[Vision2020] Wilson Neither Honorable Nor Brave

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (August 10, 2007) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with thanks to
Keely Emerine-Mix -

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Wilson neither honorable nor brave

Doug Wilson pretends to be astonished at the hostile reception his Trinity
Fest gathering of likeminded apologists for slavery, male dominance, and
Southern white culture is getting from some of Moscow's residents. Wilson is
unable to simply acknowledge that he teaches unorthodox, if not outlandish,
beliefs under the guise of being just another committed Trinitarian.

He claims he is not a "neo-Confederate," and elsewhere states he is a
"paleo-Confederate," as if the difference somehow mitigates his admiration
of the antebellum South and his defense of slavery. He insists his teachings
elevate women by making them subject to their menfolk in a manner and to a
degree unknown to even the most conservative New Testament scholars. And his
purported bewilderment that people find him divisive is a little hard to
fathom, given his insistence in "The Serrated Edge" that Jesus used racial
slurs, and his inability to renounce his support for stoning or exile for
adulterers, homosexuals, and unruly children. 

He may not personally own property downtown, but it is laughable and
terribly dishonest to deny his influence over New St. Andrews, Anselm House,
the NuArt, and the planned "cathedral" south of downtown, as well as his
influence on church members who own several downtown businesses. An
honorable man acknowledges that about himself which is true; a brave man
speaks his mind and takes the flack. 

Doug Wilson is neither.

Keely Emerine Mix
Moscow

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)