Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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Well according to Steven Smoot

by the way, one blogger, apparently with a straight face, incredulously asked, "What exactly has John Dehlin done wrong?"

That's a good question, and one that has been thoroughly answered.*

*And this only covers stuff Dehlin had been doing up to 2012. I have in my possession another document (that will hopefully see the light of day sometime soon), almost as long, synthesizing Dehlin's attacks on the Church since 2012.


Good grief!
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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Stephen Smoot has become an angry young man.
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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One would think that after Smith's disastrous hit piece, they would have learned their lesson. I guess Smoot doesn't recall that Smith's paper was the beginning of the end for DCP and his minions at MI.
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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Smoot must think it's open season on Dehlin again.
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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consiglieri wrote:Smoot must think it's open season on Dehlin again.


Well, honestly, once they stamp the excommunicated label on John, the work has already been done.

Moral of the story: You can criticize the hell out of fellow church members. But dear God don't criticize the leaders.
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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Here you have it wrong, my friend.

Elder Oaks told us just two months ago there is "no up or down in the service of the Lord," and that a stake president is "equally honorable" with a ward nursery leader.

All the Best!

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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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consiglieri wrote:Stephen Smoot has become an angry young man.

To me he comes across as a self righteous prick.
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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Tomayto Tomahto
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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consiglieri wrote:Smoot must think it's open season on Dehlin again.

It is. Now that Mormon Interpreter is its own entity, divorced from BYU, the OMIDs are free again to do whatever they want.
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Re: Yet another John Dehlin "hit piece?"

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Arrakis wrote:
consiglieri wrote:Stephen Smoot has become an angry young man.

To me he comes across as a self righteous prick.


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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