DCP "Jokes" Yet Again About His Wealth

[_LifeOnaPlate]

Yes, I am literally seething in red hot anger while simultaneously, and somewhat strangely, feeling extremely threatened (that was what you originally accused me of right?).

lol

[_Brackite]

I love flying and traveling. I hope that maybe someday, DCP and I can either fly and/or travel together.

[_Mister Scratch]

Because this will mean that many of the "BYU" trips were apologetic in nature.... Is that the impression you want to create?

No. Nonsense. But you'll be the one to do the creating, and you'll create what you want to create.

Who pays for the trips you take with Ed Snow in order to try and squeeze money out of wealthy LDS? BYU? Or FARMS?

[_Mister Scratch]

Let's face facts here, Prof. P.: you have long allowed the boundaries between your apologetic ventures and your professional career as an Islamicist to be blurred. The financing, the trips, the lectures, the firesides, the scholarship, the writing---these things all bleed together. It seems clear that you boast about your non-apologetic travels in order to bolster your credibility as an apologist. Otherwise, why would you be endlessly telling about all of this on LDS messageboards??? It must be pretty clear to you that Kerry S., LoaP, Rommelator, and other TBMs look up to you in part because you do this. The truth is that you want to intertwine all of these things when it is rhetorically advantageous for you to do so. But, obviously, there are certain drawbacks to this.

[_Daniel Peterson]

As I said, you'll be the one to do the creating, and you'll create what you want to create.

I wish you joy of it.

[_Mister Scratch]

As I said, you'll be the one to do the creating, and you'll create what you want to create.

I wish you joy of it.

What is it you think I "want to create"?

Who pays for the Ed Snow trips, Prof. P.?

[_Daniel Peterson]

What is it you think I "want to create"?

That's too evident to require comment.

Who pays for the Ed Snow trips, Prof. P.?

The typically two-day "Ed Snow trips" that I've taken roughly once each year for the past several years (to such distant and exotic locations as Las Vegas, Idaho Falls, Los Angeles, Denver, and St. George) have been paid for by the Maxwell Institute, which generates most of its income from royalties and donations but also receives some of its funding from BYU.

[_Mister Scratch]

Who pays for the Ed Snow trips, Prof. P.?

The typically two-day "Ed Snow trips" that I've taken roughly once each year for the past several years (to such distant and exotic locations as Las Vegas, Idaho Falls, Los Angeles, Denver, and St. George) have been paid for by the Maxwell Institute, which generates most of its income from royalties and donations but also receives some of its funding from BYU.

Wait a second... "Royalties"? What might you mean by that? Also, to what extent does BYU fund the MI? How might this differ from the funding of anti-Mormon ministries that were subject to Louis Midgley's lambasting?

[_Daniel Peterson]

Wait a second... "Royalties"? What might you mean by that?

A royalty is a profit on the sale of a book or work of art or music. The Maxwell Institute publishes books. It sells these books. It sells these books for money.

The books cost money to produce, but they are often sold for a wee bit more money than they cost to produce. The difference is the royalty. The Maxwell Institute uses these royalties to fund its operations.

Its operations cost money. Its people work in buildings. These buildings cost money. They have heat and air conditioning and lights. Heat and air conditioning and lights cost money. Also, books cost money to produce. Books must be edited. They must be printed on paper. Printing costs money. Ink costs money. Paper costs money. The Maxwell Institute must pay for these things. The Maxwell Institute also funds research and publication projects, gives out scholarships, and sponsors conferences. Scholarships, too, involve money. Conferences sometimes cost money, too.

Also, to what extent does BYU fund the MI?

Sorry. I don't post specific budgetary data, whether my own or the University's.

How might this differ from the funding of anti-Mormon ministries that were subject to Louis Midgley's lambasting?

Feel free to contact Professor Midgley on that point.

[_Mister Scratch]

Wait a second... "Royalties"? What might you mean by that?

A royalty is a profit on the sale of a book or work of art or music. The Maxwell Institute publishes books. It sells these books. It sells these books for money.

Oh, come on, now. That's not entirely correct, and you know it. It is not as if "The Maxwell Institute" is writing these books. "Royalties" usually refer to what artists and authors receive. You *did* know that, right? Of course you did! That's why you told me, some time ago, that MI authors frequently deny their royalties and opt instead to dump the money back into FARMS.

Equivocation once again, Professor Peterson. Not very nice! Not very honest!

The books cost money to produce, but they are often sold for a wee bit more money than they cost to produce. The difference is the royalty. The Maxwell Institute uses these royalties to fund its operations.

If this is true, then one would have to assume that the MI carefully and strategically calculates which books will best help to increase its profit margin. Would you say that's the case?

Its operations cost money. Its people work in buildings. These buildings cost money. They have heat and air conditioning and lights. Heat and air conditioning and lights cost money. Also, books cost money to produce. Books must be edited. They must be printed on paper. Printing costs money. Ink costs money. Paper costs money. The Maxwell Institute must pay for these things. The Maxwell Institute also funds research and publication projects, gives out scholarships, and sponsors conferences. Scholarships, too, involve money. Conferences sometimes cost money, too.

Chairs require payment, too. As do treasurers, and "fundraisers," which, mysteriously, are supplied by the Church.

Also, to what extent does BYU fund the MI?

Sorry. I don't post specific budgetary data, whether my own or the University's.

No, of course you don't. Secrecy is the order of the day. (As usual.)

How might this differ from the funding of anti-Mormon ministries that were subject to Louis Midgley's lambasting?

Feel free to contact Professor Midgley on that point.

Why don't you invite him over? Oh, wait---that's right. You are terrified that he might stumble upon all this evidence against you.