Philidel wrote:I've heard via email from someone attending the ExMormon Foundation Conference in Salt Lake City that David Twede publicly submitted his resignation to Greg Dodge in the open mic session. Presumably he did this by email.
A bit of a splash, apparently.
I have more respect for him now. He did the right thing by resigning.
Polygamy-Porter wrote:Or someone who was born Catholic, joins LDS, attends a few times, admits to being inactive for 30+ years, is an admitted porn addict, spends time between porn defending LDS Inc?
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Personally I think David resigning adds credibility to the Church's side of the story. It makes it appear that there were some grounds for punishment and that David 'jumped' before he was 'pushed'. I understand why he did, but holding on to his membership would leave the ball in the court of the Church (so to speak) forcing them to act or appear impotent. Either way the Church would lose credibility in a very public way.
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Drifting wrote: Personally I think David resigning adds credibility to the Church's side of the story. It makes it appear that there were some grounds for punishment and that David 'jumped' before he was 'pushed'. I understand why he did, but holding on to his membership would leave the ball in the court of the Church (so to speak) forcing them to act or appear impotent. Either way the Church would lose credibility in a very public way.
David did not resign because he was afraid of getting exed. I think he was just tired of it and wanted to move on.
Drifting wrote: Personally I think David resigning adds credibility to the Church's side of the story. It makes it appear that there were some grounds for punishment and that David 'jumped' before he was 'pushed'. I understand why he did, but holding on to his membership would leave the ball in the court of the Church (so to speak) forcing them to act or appear impotent. Either way the Church would lose credibility in a very public way.
David did not resign because he was afraid of getting exed. I think he was just tired of it and wanted to move on.
I agree. I think he took the high road. Staying in and waiting for his "day in court" is just allowing the church to maintain some level of authority over him. I wish all those who have left the church over doctrinal/historical issues would resign. That would have a real impact. I understand that there are a lot of people who don't want to resign due to family issues but just image if 10,000s of people resigned all at once...
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“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
So much for prophetic Godly insight, inspiration, and revelation from heaven for the chosen leaders of the Lord's anointed and special leaders eh? This is simply astounding......
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"Dr. Peterson and his Callithumpian cabal of BYU idiots have been marginalized by their own inevitable irrelevancy defending a fraud."
Philo Sofee wrote:So much for prophetic Godly insight, inspiration, and revelation from heaven for the chosen leaders of the Lord's anointed and special leaders eh? This is simply astounding......
Sorry, this is the response that I thought I was responding to the Jessen thread about the Torturing bishop........
Dr CamNC4Me
"Dr. Peterson and his Callithumpian cabal of BYU idiots have been marginalized by their own inevitable irrelevancy defending a fraud."
