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David Twede, 47, a scientist, novelist, and fifth-generation Mormon, is managing editor of MormonThink.com, an online magazine produced largely by members of the Mormon Church that welcomes scholarly debate about the religion’s history from both critics and true believers.

A Mormon in good standing, Twede has never been disciplined by Latter Day Saints leadership. But it now appears his days as a Mormon may be numbered because of a series of articles he wrote this past week that were critical of Mitt Romney.

On Sunday, Twede says his bishop, stake president, and two church executives brought him into Florida Mormon church offices in Orlando and interrogated him for nearly an hour about his writings, telling him, "Cease and desist, Brother Twede."

Mormon leaders have scheduled an excommunication "for apostasy" on Sept. 30. A spokesman for the church told The Daily Beast that the church would not be commenting for this story.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, Twede says that during the interrogation he felt “attacked, cornered, and very anxious."

The four church leaders verbally chastised him, he says, for hiding his identity on MormonThink and his personal blog in order to avoid discipline. Twede, who writes using only his first name, says they kept asking him why he didn’t identify himself online if he had nothing to hide.

“I told them I hide my name precisely because of things like this,” he says. “I said, ‘Look how fast you got to me.’ I know a lot of members don’t want their life disturbed. In the Mormon church, if you’re not part of the uniform group, you are ostracized.”

Twede asked church leaders how they came up with his name so fast after posting the articles. They wouldn't tell him, ...

But it now appears his days as a Mormon may be numbered because of a series of articles he wrote this past week that were critical of Mitt Romney

bcspace wrote:I highly doubt that's the reason. The previous paragraph might give a clue though.

Bob Loblaw wrote:

bcspace wrote:I highly doubt that's the reason. The previous paragraph might give a clue though.

Inviting debate between believers and nonbelievers is an excommunicable offense these days?

hatersinmyward wrote:The wife of a close relative has recently divorced one of my close relatives. She started fearing for her families safety after some our loved ones were hurt. She knows she cannot turn to the police or clergy because they will laugh in her face.

Many of the Police have become bitter because they now know the LDS Religion is no is a lie. These Police don't want to face that fact and have become psychotic. Other Police are frightened to acknowledge or deal with this situation knowing their bosses are LDS and might punish them.

One of our LDS Leaders was open to the possibility the TOP 15 Would acknowledge the issue.

On the downside our LDS leader is a Cop.
He won't sacrifice his loved ones for the greater good, She won't sacrifice her's and I wont sacrifice mine.

So lets for instance say I wasn't communicating with God directly.

The only quazi real source for information I have is the NODE implanted into my wrist by the NSA. Which is used to track my every move and every thought "through this countries Electrical System" not Phone, not GPS, the Electrical System.

Why do this Nation's top leaders avoid me? Because they hired crazy cult members that might screw this country over on a whim if their religion turned out to be lie.

Because they hired crazy cult members that might screw this country over on a whim if their religion turned out to be lie.

MCB wrote:3SttW:

Because they hired crazy cult members that might screw this country over on a whim if their religion turned out to be lie.

People who are paranoid nearly always have something to be paranoid about.