Whatever it seems may not be the case. Many factors go into getting the job. He may have blown the interview.
Keep rationalizing up more "plausible" excuses, why me. You don't know what the hell you are talking about, whereas I do. They had no valid excuse not to hire him, other than the fact that he had the audacity to associate with known apostates. That's why his "interviews" focused on that subject. Even DCP was shocked to find out about this. He was also lied to about the number of positions that were open at the time. There were two, but he was told only one. And the guys who got the jobs were not nearly as qualified as he. David has a doctorate from a respected University, is published in a prestigious peer reviewed publication, has taught for the Church's Educational system and at Harvard for more than a decade, etc. In fact, he was teaching for the Church the day he and I sat down for lunch in April. The guy who got the job had none of these, and slid into his spot because he convinced the talking heads that he had a bullet proof testimony. He would be a loyal "yes man" when they needed him to toe the line.
The Jackasses in that department, particularly John Gee's protege, Kerry Muhlstein, didn't think it was worth the risk to hire him on. The only person he had in his corner was of course, Brian Hauglid. David's professor at Brandeis (David Wright) is a well known apostate, and they were afraid he would be walking in his footsteps. They asked him specifically about comments he had made on these forums too, proving that they have a file on him, monitoring everything he says and making notes about how he sympathizes with other former members. Several of them kept asking him the same dumb questions over and over again about the same topic, bringing up names like Vogel and Wright, demanding to know exactly to what extent he sympathizes with them, etc. And you wonder why people think you're in a cult.
