[Vision2020] Reviews DW001

Mon Jan 29 18:26:24 PST 2007

J. R. Corry writes in his review:

"His [Wilson's] statement that the women in his church aren't allowed to read this book [Federal Marriage by Douglas Wilson] should be the first clue, but that's just one of several extremely offensive statements."

Women of the cult not allowed to read the book?  JFOR!

Do the men of the Wilson & Family's Christless Cult & Cash Machine -- (You must tolerate us since we do not tolerate anyone else.) form some kind of secret society whose rituals and dicta must be kept super secret or the world as we know will end?  Do they have secret handshakes and decoder rings?  Are they so afraid of thinking women and of the foolishness/absurdity of their beliefs that they cower in shame and are forced to hide what they are commanded to think?  

And Wilson and Associates wonder why his business is called a cult and why West of Paris is not doing well.

W.

PS:  Does anyone else see a direct correlation between Wilson's dicta on women's role in life/marriage and his belief that slavery is a wonderful Christ-sanctioned practice?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Reviews DW001

> Questions:  Doesn't Nancy get paid for the "articles" that she writes?  Does 
> this make her a working wife that is helping support his girthness?  And 
> what about his daughter owning(!) a business?  Isn't she working outside the 
> home and bringing in money to help support that home?
> 
> Hmmmm..........Doug - you need to make sure your own home is being run as 
> you demand others to do.  Not doing too well there, big boy!
> 
> J  :]
> 
> 
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>>From: "News of Christ Cult" <news-of-christ-cult at lycos.com>
>>To: <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>Subject: [Vision2020] Reviews DW001
>>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:23:58 -0500 (EST)
>>
>>    Federal Husband
>>by Douglas Wilson
>>
>>Reviewer:J.R.Corry "ceebcorry2" (Fl)  - See all my reviews
>>In my review for Nancy Wilson's book "The Fruit of her Hands", I
>>mentioned how Ms. Wilson seemed constantly nervous about displeasing
>>her husband. Now I know why; her husband is nothing short of sexist and
>>controlling, not only of his wife but apparently of his entire church.
>>His statement that the women in his church aren't allowed to read this
>>book should be the first clue, but that's just one of several extremely
>>offensive statements.
>>
>>There's hardly a thing in this entire book
>>regarding women or marriage that I found helpful or even Biblical.
>>Wilson says we should question everything the modern woman does, even
>>going to college! Does he really expect us to pull women out of college
>>in the name of Christianity? But then, if he thinks women are made
>>simply to get married and bear children, I guess it's not surprising
>>that he doesn't think we should have educations. Here's a little
>>shocker, Wilson: women are meant to do far more than marry. This is
>>proved by the fact that Eve was given a brain as well as Adam.
>>
>>One of
>>the main things that angered me about this book was that Wilson
>>shamelessly ripped B!
>>  ible passages out of context in order to support
>>his ridiculously s
>>exist views. As an example, he listed a passage in
>>which someone in the Bible (I honestly cannot remember if it was God or
>>not), while furiously addressing men in a certain village, said "Women
>>rule over you and children oppress you." You get the sarcasm there? He
>>was obviously accusing those men of being utterly spineless and saying
>>they needed to stand up for themselves. Wilson, however, took his angry
>>and very sarcastic words to mean that God doesn't want women to be
>>leaders, ever. Um, WHERE did he get that? That particular Bible passage
>>involved someone who was ticked off and was addressing a certain group
>>of weak men, NOT all mankind. The passage didn't even really have
>>anything to do with women, so to rip that out of context and interpret
>>it as God's words for all mankind is simply nonsense; only a man with
>>an agenda could find such ridiculous meaning behind something like
>>that.
>>
>>Calling female leadership a curse is one of !
>>  the most lame things
>>you could possibly do considering all the leading females in the Bible,
>>including Deborah, who helped lead a battle, counseled men and operated
>>as a judge, and had a song made in her honor. This book, unlike the
>>Bible, is chock-full of images of spineless women. Before all the
>>feminists get mad, though, let me assure you that Wilson gives plenty
>>of bad advice for men too, even saying that the husband's solely
>>responsible for any problem in the marriage and the household.
>>
>>Wilson even scolds men who let their wives work, saying that if men can't
>>provide for their wives enough by themselves, they fail as husbands. I
>>found this almost amusingly offensive; have you looked at the job
>>market, Wilson? Haven't you ever seen good husbands struggling to
>>provide for their families? Not only does he imply that women are
>>simpletons who need caring for, but he seems determined to dump the
>>world on men's shoulders and this!
>>   is simply not right.
>>
>>Several times he
>>acts as though he be
>>lieves marriage to simply be a contract ("I'll
>>provide for you if you bear me children") and he even goes so far as to
>>say that sex is just a duty and doesn't need any spark to be enjoyed.
>>
>>
>>Wilson gives the impression of a guy so sequestered in his own little
>>church and beliefs that he's totally unaware of how the real world
>>works, not to mention how real minds work. His matter-of-fact, almost
>>dull tone in the book imply that he's just a guy laying out all the
>>facts and we should act accordingly. I find it hard to believe that he
>>expects us to accept these ideas as Christian behavior.
>>
>>
>>
>>Reviewer:Bradford-Ewart "Freedom!" (Burnaby, Canada)  - See all my reviews
>>Ew!
>>
>>I don't even want to give this book a star. Can you give negative
>>stars?
>>
>>Since I've been doing an in depth study on Biblical Equality, I
>>thought I'd pick up this book and see this guys point of view. The
>>ideas presented in this book are so entirely unbiblical that I couldn't
>>even stand it. He states ideas like: sexism isn't really a sin, and a
>>woman's "purpose" is to bear children and serve a man. Not only are
>>they entirely untrue, but his arguments to support his cases are really
>>bad. One example of this (and the book is full of them) is how he
>>mentions how husbands are to love their wives as Jesus loves the
>>church, but twists it and says that Paul meant this in an "entirely
>>mundane" way. C'mon buddy! I'm sorry, but Jesus' love for me is more
>>than "mundane".
>>
>>My advice is to not read this book, but if you do, and
>>if you know pe!
>>  ople that adhere to these blasphemous world-views, teach
>>them about
>>  how Jesus came to set women free. Not to set them free to be
>>only housewives (which, by the way, is an entirely 19th century ideology), 
>>but to set them free to choose, to bring complete and total
>>equality between ALL people. Don't even try to tell me that the women
>>who followed Jesus around on his public ministry were housewives.
>>
>>Think
>>about these issues and don't just accept ideas like Mr. Wilson's
>>disgusting stereotyping and misconstrued ideas about what Jesus has
>>done for humankind. Jesus came to set ALL people free: males, females,
>>slaves, different races, Jews and Gentiles! Stand firm then, and do not
>>let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery!
>>
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