[Vision2020] Re: another question for Doug Wilson

[bill london]

D-
Thanks for your response to my question about the accuracy of the 
information on the <www.dougsplotch.net> website.
You suggested that I carefully read the documentation that is provided 
on that site and then find the proof there that the charges are false.
I did carefully read the documentation and did not find the proof that 
the charges are false.  Maybe, if you were specific regarding the points 
raised, we could get this sorted out.

So, please specifically comment on the accuracy of the following points 
made on the website:
1. in the fall of 2001, Christ Church member Ethan opens a casino in a 
garage in Moscow, offering illegal gambling and alcohol. church member 
Brett serves as bank
2. in Dec of 2001, you found out about the casino and took the following 
action: cancelled all debts, including $4,500 owed to the bank and tells 
those who had won approximately $1000 from the bank to return it to the 
bank.
3. Ethan said the casino was OK'ed by another Christ Church officer.
4. Casino players who won the $1000 refuse to return the money.
5. Brett contacts you to get his $1000
6. Christ Church elders take $1000 from church general funds and you 
give it to Brett in June 2002
7. Brett wants to declare the $1000 as income in reporting federal tax 
in 2003 (and wants IRS form 1099 from church to explain receipt).
8. Christ Church refuses to supply IRS form 1099.

Please address the accuracy of these 8 points.  The documentation on 
that website (emails and letters reproduced) indicates these 8 points 
are accurate.
BL


Douglas wrote:

>
> Dear Bill,
>
> What you need to do is look at what the web site claims about us, and 
> then carefully read the documentation they provide for it. They 
> basically provide ample proof that their charges are false, so you 
> really need nothing further from me. I have never before in my life 
> seen such a combination of malevolence and incompetence. But thanks 
> for checking with me.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
>
> At 09:39 AM 2/27/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> D-
>> I have visited the website <http://www.dougsplotch.net>.
>>
>> This website focuses on a series of incidents about an alleged casino 
>> operation involving a number of  members of your church.  According 
>> to the website documents, the casino story began in the fall of 2001, 
>> when the son of the dean of New St. Andrews College opened a 
>> blackjack casino in his garage.
>>
>> The website explains that the casino was a fully operational gaming 
>> facility equipped with books, chips, wet bar, free alcohol, a secret 
>> doorbell, casino trappings, credited money from the house, and a $100 
>> betting-limit per hand. In addition to violating state laws, such as 
>> dispensing alcohol to minors, the casino violated federal statutes, 
>> including a handful of racketeering laws. The casino s patrons were 
>> all members in good standing at Christ Church; many were students at 
>> New St. Andrews.
>>
>> According to the documents provided on that website, when you 
>> discovered the casino, you paid $1,000 from church funds to settle 
>> the debts and protect the casino operators.
>>
>> Is the information provided on this website accurate?
>> BL
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