I have absolutely no interest in becoming bogged down in the inevitable controversy that will swirl -- that is already swirling -- about John Dehlin and his impending disciplinary council.
Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/#ixzz3PGrWZ63B
...before adding:
But I’m sadly aware of the distortions that will surely appear in the media and across the Web about his case, and I think it worthwhile to call attention to some relevantly valuable things that have recently been and are still being posted — things that will, if they’re noticed, help to steer the unavoidable conversation in the direction of honesty and accuracy. Which would be refreshing.
Here are a couple of items that are very much worth a look:
“Satan and Satire: On the Narratives of Excommunication and ‘Persecution’”
“John Dehlin and Media Manipulation”
And later that same day adding a post titled...
“Dehlin’s Case is Not about Gay Rights”
Going on to add 24 hours later a post titled...
Not trying to convince anybody, of course!
...which opens with:
Still more dissent from the narrative that's being zealously promoted about John Dehlin in certain circles. I've written and posted very little of my own on the topic, and I don't intend to do so, but others have had some very interesting (and, I think, important) things to say about it.
So to be clear, despite three posts on the subject in 24 hours, DCP has absolutely no interest in getting involved in the whole Dehlin thing....