[Vision2020] Metzler admits he was "dead wrong, " but he is still dead wrong

[J Ford]

Doug, Doug, Doug (one and all of you);

Below is a copy of the posting that you say Mike shows his humble side.  
Thing is, you were partly correct.  Mike DOES show just how humble a he can 
be - BUT he shows something else that you and your bunch can't seem to 
muster - he shows just how much of a GROWN MAN he really is and admits he 
may have jumped to a conclusion not wholely founded in solid facts:

"After months of amazing behavior from Ligonier Ministry, and some of the 
troubles I already had with Federal Vision’s response to internet critics on 
a new section of their web site, I was assuming the same behavior from Doug 
Phillips as I have seen from Doug Wilson and to a degree Ligonier 
Ministries. Because of this anticipation, I grouped Doug Phillips together 
with men I knew far more about, particularly Sproul Jr and Doug Wilson (and 
of course I am one of the leading experts on Doug Wilson!). I therefore 
stated things about Doug Phillips that have been shown to be false. Here is 
what I said:

Those who want to merely silence all criticism use this complaint to silence 
truth seeking, discussion, or even cogent and sincere replies to 
allegations. Folks like RC Sproul Jr, Tim Dick, Doug Phillips, and Doug 
Wilson assume a level of authority that refuses to even straight-forwardly 
deny allegations. Those who are sincerely seeking truth seem to never be 
interested in such shenanigans.

Consider: If you were an innocent man, publicly charged with something, 
wouldn’t you want to make a sincere, honest, and sufficient answer to the 
false charges? In what sort of situation would you not want to reply in this 
way? And why not offer some public humility wherever the complaints might 
have touched down in some way? Why not show in practice that you are a just 
man who receives accountability? Do some introspection into your own heart – 
this is fairly a priori stuff. But I have watched Doug Wilson reply to my 
own sincere questions—and then challenges—with nothing but ad hom attacks, 
threats, belittling, harassment, subterfuge, and sage-like imprecatory 
innuendo. I even got a police report filed against me about a used condom 
found in his mailbox! Likewise, Doug Phillips was offered to provide his own 
side of the story and refused. Why is a sincere and honest rebuttal so 
difficult for men like this? (you can see the entire post here).

This was grounded in part on the claim from Ministry Watchman that Phillips 
had been given plenty of time to response:

Likewise, Doug Phillips was offered to provide his own side of the story and 
refused. Why is a sincere and honest rebuttal so difficult for men like 
this?

However, it appears that Phillips was not offered a genuine opportunity to 
deny the allegations (and Still Fed Up claims he was not even given any time 
at all), and sure enough these allegations were denied just a few days after 
the first post by Ministry Watchman; there was a prima facie “sincere and 
honest rebuttal.” I WAS DEAD WRONG. I like being wrong. Around the wood 
being shown to be wrong, finally, was quite a pleasant surprise."

Now, go to your closet, get back in it and PRAY you can become at least half 
the man Mike is by the time you are all grown up.  BTW, does your nanny 
Dougie-BOY know you're up this early playing with the computer!?  Or did you 
sneak this one in before he could see it and stop you?

(Keep up the good work, Mike!)



J  :]





>From: "Taro Tanaka" <taro_tanaka at hotmail.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Metzler admits he was  "dead wrong," but he is still 
>dead wrong
>Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:44:31 +0000
>
>For a man who has brought a lot of condomnation upon himself, Mike Metzler
>sure has a lot of spunk.
>
>So now over at his blog he admits he was dead wrong. In this, he probably
>thinks he is superior to that other fellow who has never admitted to being
>wrong in public (except for his having been a credobaptist and his having
>fumbled the ball in editing everybody's favorite pamphlet on slavery), but
>Mr. Metzler still has a problem. He is still dead wrong because he still
>trusts his nose enough to blab in cyberspace about other peoples' problems
>about which he has no first-hand knowledge. Until Mr. Metzler learns the
>fine art of shutting up about such matters, he will continue to be dead
>wrong everytime he posts.
>
>-- Princess Sushitushi
>
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