Doctor Scratch wrote:Here's a question. DCP says that he is going to work overtime to turn donors away from the Maxwell Institute. Might that be a risky thing to do?
It won't be a problem. His apologetics have turned tithe payers away from the funding the Church for a long time.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it. I avoid church religiously. This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
Doctor Scratch wrote:Here's a question. DCP says that he is going to work overtime to turn donors away from the Maxwell Institute. Might that be a risky thing to do? I mean, the MI is a Church institution, so wouldn't the Brethren have a problem with somebody going around and diverting donations away from a BYU institute like this? It seems sort of like telling people that they shouldn't pay tithing.
It will be DCP's first giant step into the world of apostasy! He's threatened to divert money away from the system and that won't set well with the General Authorities should they get wind of that.
I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. He really screwed up.
When I read DCP's letter in the OP, it reminded me of Joseph Smith's journal writings. I can't put a finger on it. Is there a sense of persecution?
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
Whoa. I don't delight in Peterson's humiliation, but I am grateful to know that there are sensible people who realized the damage he was doing. He really doesn't get it.
