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keely emerinemix
kjajmix1 at msn.com
Sat Jul 26 18:36:49 PDT 2008
Paul,
We'll just have to disagree on this one. I doubt that I have enough importance, whether as an object of scorn or of scholarship, to do much to affect how his followers view him. What I do have, though, is a burning desire to be counted as righteous -- as faithful -- when the day comes and Wilson's work is exposed. In this case, silence is assent, and I can't be silent.
I have a rollicking, zany sense of humor, but I can't "point and laugh" at this stuff. Neither can I point and laugh at Moscow's community of pastors, who largely say nothing in condemnation of Wilson or in defense of the Gospel. The only thing I can point to is the evil behind the Kirk's tragic, warped presentation of the Gospel.
Keely
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> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:26:59 -0700
> From: godshatter at yahoo.com
> To: kjajmix1 at msn.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Bulk] [Vision2020] in a better world ...
>
> I've said it before, but I'll go ahead and say it one more time. You're
> giving him too much power. The proper response, in my opinion, is to
> just point at him and laugh when he makes a comment like that in the future.
>
> I respect what you're doing, but every blog post you make will just give
> him credibility to those who already think he walks on water.
>
> Paul
>
> keely emerinemix wrote:
>>
>> Visionaires,
>>
>> Never would I have thought that I would live in a community whose most
>> well-known and powerful pastor, one who claims to be a Trinitarian
>> Christian and a Bible teacher, would behave in the hostile, hateful,
>> and horrendous manner that Douglas Wilson of Christ Church has.
>> During my six and a half years of living in Moscow and loving it, I
>> have been beyond dismayed at his theology, teaching, and engagement
>> with the community, and I've learned not to be surprised
>> img20080726183626428at what comes from his pen or out of his mouth.
>> But I find that he yet has the ability to shock me, owing more to his
>> crass conduct than to my naivete, and this morning offers another example.
>>
>> In a column bashing Pastor Greg Boyd's new book on the idolatry of
>> Christians in claiming the United States as a "Christian nation," and
>> throwing themselves into politics in an attempt to make the kingdom of
>> God right here, right now, Wilson complains that Boyd has no basis,
>> then, for judging anything to be wrong. His serrated edge flashing,
>> he says that, for example, if he told Boyd his church spent last night
>> "lynching homos -- you shoulda been there!", Boyd couldn't reasonably
>> object.
>>
>> Boyd won't, because Wilson's pontificating has, thankfully, a limited
>> audience. But I can, and I do. In fact, my 15-year-old son
>> Jimg20080726183626428onah and I both responded to Wilson on his Blog
>> and Mablog, and while my son responded to the church/state issue, I'm
>> as proud of him as I am embarrassed, once again, by the man who would
>> like to be thought of as the Bishop of the Palouse. I invite you to
>> read my comments there. If not, let me state in the most concrete way
>> that I can:
>>
>> For a pastor to make a point, any point, by using "lynching homos" as
>> an example, one of hyperbole and excess, is despicable, particularly
>> given the virulent homophobia Wilson has espoused. And for none of
>> his readers to complain is, while predictable, most disappointing. In
>> a perfect world, or even a mildly better one, other Christians would
>> howl in protest, rebuking Wilson immediately and publicly. It ain't
>> that kind of world, though. And, hesitant church leadership
>> notwithstanding, it's frankly just as sad to me that many of you don't
>> want to comment, object, or even know -- and wish I would just shut up
>> about the whole thing.
>>
>> Sorry, but I can't do it. What I can and will do, however, is begin
>> my own very publicized, very pointed blog devoted to defending the
>> Gospel by correcting bad theology both within the Kirk and from other
>> sources. I don't know what to call it yet, and I don't know how to
>> design it, but I intend to never let up 'til the day I die . . .
>>
>> The stakes for our community are high, higher than most Moscow
>> residents realize. But the stakes are even higher for the message of
>> peace and reconciliation, justice and love, spoken and lived by the
>> Lord Jesus Christ and sullied by Wilson, et al. If Christ means
>> anything to me, I can certainly endure the scorn of my neighbors and
>> the mocking of the boys at the Kirk by writing against them. I'll
>> still write on Vision, and still write about Christ Church as relevant
>> to the discussion, but the content of my blog will be theology, gender
>> and peace-and-justice issues, and scathing critique of those who spew
>> bigotry in the name of Christ.
>>
>> As a stay-at-home mom with a fairly useless BA from a quarter-century
>> ago, I may be "just a housewife" to some at the Kirk -- but if I am a
>> housewife, I am a thundering one, and I can't be silent.
>>
>> Keely
>>
>>
>>
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