A Blistering Account of DCP's Scholarship

[_Doctor Scratch]

Hey, Mr. Stak--I thought you might find this interesting:

The issue in this regard is about my use of a quotation from Albert Camus. It's been claimed that I misrepresented Camus's position. Even if true, though, that wouldn't make me guilty of uncivil behavior, which is, I believe, the topic of this thread. The two are distinct issues. I can still be sweet, even if utterly incompetent.

http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/577 ... 1209123195

So I guess he's admitted to fouling up, eh? Good for him. And he's right: it is possible to "be sweet" and "incompetent" at the same time. Of course, when you're being "incompetent" in the service of a viciously polemical essay that tries to tar and discredit your ideological enemies, I would hardly call that "sweet."

[_Carton]

Say what you want about DCP's scholarship, it sure looks to me like it pays damn good to be on the apologists team at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute.

I saw on Peterson's blog that they are hiring for "Director of Publications" at the MI.

Here's the job posting: Director of Publications

Starting pay: $63,000 - $84,000.

For a job that certainly ranks far down on the ladder at the MI, that's not bad pay. I think we can be quite certain that the upper echelon is earning well over six figures. That, my friends, is not bad for doing nothing but sitting around writing "hit pieces" all day long. Not to mention the annual trips to exotic places around the world.



Edit: Link doesn't work as formatted. When you get on the BYU employment page, click the search link in the upper left, then select "full time" and "Director of Publications".

[_MsJack]

I saw on Peterson's blog that they are hiring for "Director of Publications" at the MI.

Here's the job posting: Director of Publications

Starting pay: $63,000 - $84,000.

Awesome! I'm turning in my application ASAP.

[_RayAgostini]

That, my friends, is not bad for doing nothing but sitting around writing "hit pieces" all day long. Not to mention the annual trips to exotic places around the world.

Dr. Peterson is a tutor/lecturer in Islamic studies and Arabic at BYU. To say that he "sit[s] around writing 'hit pieces' all day long" seems to be in the category of the Krispy Kreme myth.

But nevertheless, Carry On

[_why me]

Dr. Peterson is a tutor/lecturer in Islamic studies and Arabic at BYU. To say that he "sit[s] around writing 'hit pieces' all day long" seems to be in the category of the Krispy Kreme myth.

Good point. Dan has a full time career as a professor. He writes articles dealing with his profession in Islamic Studies and attends seminars and conferences. His work at the Maxwell Institute is a side job which brings him very little glory.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

That, my friends, is not bad for doing nothing but sitting around writing "hit pieces" all day long. Not to mention the annual trips to exotic places around the world.

Dr. Peterson is a tutor/lecturer in Islamic studies and Arabic at BYU. To say that he "sit[s] around writing 'hit pieces' all day long" seems to be in the category of the Krispy Kreme myth.

But nevertheless, Carry On

It is hard to see why anyone would have that impression of him, no?

http://maxwellinstitute.BYU.edu/authors/?authorID=1

- VRDRC

[_RayAgostini]

It is hard to see why anyone would have that impression of him, no?

http://maxwellinstitute.BYU.edu/authors/?authorID=1

- VRDRC

You mean on message boards? Or academia?

Muhammad, Prophet of God.

Islam: Threat or Not? - Part 1.

Islam: Threat or Not? - Part 2.

Islam: Threat or Not? - Part 3.

Islam: Threat or Not? - Part 4.

Islam: Threat or Not? - Part 5.

Islam: Threat or Not? - Part 6.

He "lives" in apologetics and on message boards?

Middle Eastern Texts Initiative.

[_Kevin Graham]

Dan cannot be trusted on even the basics about Islam. This guy says jihad was aleays for self defense which is about the craziest thong an Islam expert could possibly say. Robert Spencer told me after their "debate" that it was eather boring because Dan pretty much agreed with almost everything he said.

One must wonder why Dan didn't call Robert a bigot for saying Islam is the worlds most intolerant religion. When I said that he had a conniption fit.

[_RayAgostini]

One must wonder why Dan didn't call Robert a bigot for saying Islam is the worlds most intolerant religion. When I said that he had a conniption fit.

I'm aware of your views on Islam, and don't agree with them. Never did, even when you were a Mormon.

In a very strange way, your antagonism to Islam seems to have carried over to Mormonism. Interesting, and I don't say that as if I have an answer to why this is so. It needs some "pondering" on my part.

[_Kevin Graham]

I don't have an antagonism towards Islam. I accept the fact that it is an intolerant religion. Who could argue otherwise?