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the narrator wrote:http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54358137-78/mormon-institute-peterson-studies.html.csp

That was quick!

I'd be curious to hear from Peggy what kind of response she gets from her readership-- whether people in general seem to care. I understand the excitement on our end considering the history of DCP's interactions with various characters on these internet message boards, but I'm curious to know if a more general audience would even give a rat's ass about the MI, DCP or this whole ordeal.

I haven't commented on this whole situation thus far because I have no relationship with Dan Peterson or any of the other individuals involved but I want to go on record as saying that once I read through the various threads here and at MDDB, I was hoping this would remain an internet affair and die a quick, quiet death.

Unfortunately, what has now happened is that Dan appears to have gotten the same kind of public dressing down by MI (via Peggy's article) that George Pace got from Bruce R. McConkie, a pointed humiliation that has always bothered me.

That's positively brutal and not something I would wish done to any fellow human being. I seem to recall reading that Brother Pace never quite recovered. I hope Dan fares better.

I wonder how this same story will be handled (or ignored) at the Deseret News. Without actual reporters it would be hard to compile the story reported by Ms. Peggy in the Tribune, plus there are the interminable politics and censoriousness to contend with at the Deseret News.

My projection is peggy stack's article will have over 200 comments, mostly critical of DCP and applauding the action in 24 hours.

just sayin

k

Thanks so much for posting this article! I have been trying to sort all this out by reading posts and attached links.

It's all clear now.

I think it may be ironic that DCP might be correct in his view. Personal attacks may be the best way to combat critics from the point of view of the church. I don't believe any pseudo scholarly response from the church is enough to defray the historic truths that they would like to dismiss.

There are just too many reliable facts that refute the church's origins and tenets. The only way to successfully combat those truth's is by defaming the people that bring them up.

for what it's worth, I was told by my informant roughly a week ago that news of this had been sent to the SL Trib. I suppose they've simply just been waiting to formally confirm all the details.

Quasimodo wrote:There are just too many reliable facts that refute the church's origins and tenets. The only way to successfully combat those truth's is by defaming the people that bring them up.

Something tells me that during the proceedings which led up to this BYU decision, the question was asked as to whether such defaming was detrimental to us as a religious people and to the Church in seeking to better its relationship with the outside world, and the answer was that it must stop.

angsty wrote:I'd be curious to hear from Peggy what kind of response she gets from her readership-- whether people in general seem to care. I understand the excitement on our end considering the history of DCP's interactions with various characters on these internet message boards, but I'm curious to know if a more general audience would even give a rat's ass about the MI, DCP or this whole ordeal.

I bet 95% of TBMs have never heard of Daniel Peterson and have never heard of the Maxwell Institute. Of the general SLTrib readership, that would go up to about 99%.