Apostle Ballard Is Being Accused Of Sharing Confidential Tithing Records With Tim Ballard and O.U.R.

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Re: Apostle Ballard Is Being Accused Of Sharing Confidential Tithing Records With Tim Ballard and O.U.R.

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Does Daniel C. Peterson ever tell the truth? DCP is attacking me for calling him on the carpet for donating to, and encouraging his readers to donate to Tim Ballard/OUR. DCP also makes the bizarre and clearly false statement that he and his wife have only donated for the last "2 or 3 years" to Tim Ballard.
DCP" wrote:For two or three years a while back, my wife and I donated a small amount each year to Operation Underground Railroad
A quick search reveals that as far back as 2014 DCP has been pimping Tim Ballard. In a SeN article from 2015, DCP states OUR is a charity that he and his wife support. That would be about 8 years ago, DCP.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... -time.html

As far back as 2014, DCP was pimping Tim Ballard/OUR.
DCP wrote:Tim Ballard, Latter-day Saint
DECEMBER 13, 2014 BY DAN PETERSON 3 COMMENTS

Operation Underground Railroad poster
One of the best things I’ve heard about in years

I’m very proud that this man is a member of my church:

http://ldsmag.com/tim-ballard-and-the-f ... afficking/

He is also, it turns out — and I just realized this a few days ago — the same man who authored this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Hypothesi ... hy+ballard

See this website.

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I think it’s kinda crappy to criticize people for supporting what they thought was a good cause. Lesson learned, I hope. There are some creeps out there who pose as virtuous heroes and defraud good people. Tim Ballard is the embodiment of crackpot right wing religious grift. I hope everyone takes note and scrutinizes similar wannabe heroes a lot more closely.

Tim Ballard is a piece of crap.
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Kishkumen wrote:I think it’s kinda crappy to criticize people for supporting what they thought was a good cause.
Yes and no. Why didn't they know it was a good cause? There are people I'd be tempted to give a free pass, but people like Church authorities and professors who should know better, yet operate in an echo chamber of their own design and enforcement, at a certain point have to take some heat for being gullible dupes.
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Gadianton wrote:
Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:21 am
Yes and no. Why didn't they know it was a good cause? There are people I'd be tempted to give a free pass, but people like Church authorities and professors who should know better, yet operate in an echo chamber of their own design and enforcement, at a certain point have to take some heat for being gullible dupes.
I mean, I would like to think that I would not fall for affinity fraud, but maybe I just haven’t met the kind of fraudster who would appeal to me. Maybe I have been taken already.
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Not sure since there is zero confirmation anywhere I can see, but it is a verified Twitter (X) account. Also perhaps it deserves its own thread, but I'm guessing the matter is closed. Kevin Duncan announces that Apostle Ballard has passed away.

https://Twitter.com/KevinRDuncan/status ... 7929165119
We love our dear President Ballard. Joyful reunion with Barbara.
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https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.or ... llard-dies official news release out now.

It was Russell Brunson that did a video saying the Russell Ballard had contact him about donating to Tim Ballard, and that they had all met together.
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