[Vision2020] WOW

[Alan Stout]

Hmmm... well, I do not know that pastor Wilson preaches that slavery is
OK nor do I know that Lee is a hero of his (though he would be one of
mine) ditto for the tax stuff. 

My point remains... ya'll are mean.  Religion can't be discussed
logically?  That might surprise Aristotle.  

So if I say that you (editorial you that is) might strive for more
civility in this list serve then I am defending slavery, plagiarism, tax
evasion etc... Well, I guess it would be a hopeless effort to try and
post anything more meaningful.  

I have looked into Pastor Wilson's church and it does not seem cultish
to me. Although I have only read what they post on their website and
they may have hidden documents detailing their secret handshakes and
other nefarious dealings with demons and heretical views.  I am willing
to listen to arguments to the contrary but I get the feeling those
making the charge are doing so in the dark.  Perhaps it is because they
despise a church with more theological backbone than the local
Unitarians.  I don't... maybe?

Al sends



-----Original Message-----
From: Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanarnold at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:01 PM
To: providence at mchsi.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] WOW

Alan,

Pastor Wilson preaches that slavery is OK and General Lee is a hero of
his. 
He also tried to rip the city off by not paying his taxes.

The argument IS Doug Wilson. So it is not an ad hominem. In terms of
using 
logic, well that doesn't work when talking about religion, we tried that

(see past posts).

Second, if you read his book, it isn't really his book, he plagiarized
it. 
This we already established by find word-for-word statements in other
books.

Third, it is funny how people that defend Wilson always start off with 
EXACTLY the same line before they try to defend the indefensible.

If you want to defend slavery, plagiarism, tax evasion, and the morality
of 
the South in the Civil War, you are anything but neutral in your views,
even 
in the conservative state of Idaho.

I don't think the people defending against Wilson's hatred are
necessarily 
Liberal or Conservative. I think they are just concerned community
members 
that don't like the hate, and power trip, of a man who leads something
that 
is closer to being a cult than a church.

I do personally find the names of "Wolfman" and the like rather
childish, 
and doesn't help the cause of cleaning up the racist trash laying around
our 
community left over from the 50's.

Donovan J Arnold



>From: "Alan Stout" <providence at mchsi.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] WOW
>Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:33:08 -0500
>
>Kind people of Moscow,
>
>
>
>I am a visitor to your website/list serve vision2020.  My goodness you
>really hate Pastor Wilson.  I was always taught that to attack someone
>personally in a debate was to disclose the weakness of your position.
>May I ask a couple of questions?  I will assume an affirmative
response:
>
>
>
>1.  Does this "rule" of ad hominem apply to list serves?
>
>2.  Do you who call this church a cult and pastor Wilson "wolfman" lean
>to the left politically and/or theologically?
>
>3.  Why would anyone want to visit Moscow when there are people full of
>such vitriol amongst the population?
>
>4.  Can you tolerate someone of pastor Wilson's persuasion
(theological,
>political or follicle) in your town?
>
>
>
>I am not affiliated with Christ Church, Doug Wilson (other than reading
>a few of his book), or any institution carrying his name (although my
>children to attend a private school that teaches classically).
>
>
>
>
>
>Al Sends
>
>
>
>No sooner is the soul quickened, than it at once discovers its lost
>estate, is horrified thereat, looks for a refuge, and believing Christ
>to be a suitable one, flies to him and reposes in him. -C.H. Spurgeon
>
>
>
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