A bit of backstory: many here will recall that Dr. Peterson appeared earlier this past year on John Dehlin's podcast show, Mormon Stories. While most listeners--myself included--praised Dr. Peterson's rather revealing performance, others noted that he likely felt more comfortable because the interviewer was not Dehlin himself. Rather, it was Dan Wotherspoon--an old friend of DCP's and a contributor to the secret Mopologetic weapon, "Mormon Scholars Testify."
Of course, it's long been something of a mystery why DCP would support *anything* Dehlin-related. Indeed, in the wake of his appearance on the podcast, there was a somewhat embittered and acrimonious exchange between Dehlin and DCP on the "Comments" section of the Mormon Stories Web site.
Well, it seems that that exchange was a mere foretaste of further denunciations to come. Bear in mind that this new "intel" should be treated as what it still is: a rumor. That said, this "informant"---someone extremely reliable and who is turning up as an "informant" for the first time that I can remember---is something of a stalwart, and s/he is well-positioned to get legitimate information like this.
In any case the gist of the "intel" is this:
Agent San Diego wrote:Dan Peterson was recently planning a very harsh 100-page hit piece on John Dehlin for the [FARMS Review] but it was opposed by Gerald Bradford and apparently even found its way to the desk of a General Authority, who put a stop to its publication.
I had to suppress a chuckle when I read this. Is it true? I don't know, but it certainly has the smack of truth about it. Very, very interesting, in any case. I'm more curious than ever to see what has found its way into the latest issue of the Review.
