[Vision2020] A (Kirker) Sicilian opera ends badly

[J Ford]

Recently, a series of e-mails between a Kurtis Smith, kirker/non-kirker of 
Christ Church and poohsthink.com was published, much to Doug Wilson's 
chagrin.  He so disliked them, he DEMANDED that the e-mails be taken down 
immediately...they were much to the disappointment of free-thinkers 
everywhere.

If an organization - any organization - can not stand a demand for 
justification of its stance and clarification of leadership's actions and in 
fact attempts to hide its wrong-doing by squashing its detractors, can its 
legitimacy truly not be called into question?

The e-mails can be easily found through google, so Doug, don't get your 
panties all up in a wad...but, since Mr. Smith's demands for CC to respond 
to requests for meetings that were made and his saying that he would parade 
up and down main street with an neon orange plackerd shouting how unfair CC 
is to its members met with such prompt and resounding disapproval by you and 
Mike Lawyer, were so many, (19 e-mails in all) I thought I'd just publish 
your responses - after all you did NOT say they should'nt be published, now 
did you?


"I find Kurtis Smith's reasoning unassailable, and your behavior in light of 
that reasoning inexplicable." --Doug Wilson

The elders of Christ Church require that you remove any and all references 
to Kurtis Smith (including pseudonyms) from your blog site by 3:00 PM today.

Officially,

Mike Lawyer
One behalf of the Elders of
Christ Church, Moscow


(Later in this morning)
This is an official notice to acknowledge your compliance with our request 
to remove Kurtis Smith’s name from your blog.

In Christ,

Mike Lawyer
On behalf of the Session of
Christ Church, Moscow

To quote a friend of poohsthink.com:

"This is what Emmanuel Sivan has rightly termed "The Enclave Culture". 
Instead of vigorous and open intellectual intercourse and having their 
reasoning exposed to criticism and debate, the Kirk leaders instead thread 
their ideas through the eye of a needle to pass them on. This does not make 
for healthy Christian community; rather, it deepens the cult-like behavior 
of the enclave and exacerbates their isolation, speeding up the cultural 
death-spiral.

I'm not your pastor or your confessor, but only a distant Christian brother. 
But I urge you with all sincerity to cut your losses with the Kirk for no 
other reason than your moral sanity and the sake of your family. The 
session's recent actions betray their duplicity, and you are nothing more to 
them now than agitprop. They are not just distancing themselves from your 
relationally, but intentionally failing you regarding their most basic 
Christian responsibilities. In moral and religious terms, they are utterly 
bankrupt. Get out while you still can. This Sicilian opera ends badly"



J  :]

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