[Vision2020] Angry Hens

[Joe Campbell]

Above, Paul writes: "I'm glad that his church elders are working with him in
an attempt to improve his life."

But that is the issue. HOW can the elders improve his life? What is the
recidivism rate for sex offenders, child molesters? What is the recidivism
rate for sex offenders or child molesters WHO RECEIVE TREATMENT? But somehow
we're to believe that Doug Wilson can do better? Holy crap. This is the
celebration ignorance gone too far.

Kai writes: "As I argued before, it is the community's right to choose what
is socially acceptable."

But the pedophile shows that this view is BS. If the community says that it
is socially acceptable for adults to have sex with children, the community
is wrong. Period. No amount of philosophy is going to wreck this rule.

This is the area where the right wing view of tolerance is shown to go too
far. Church elders don't have the right to say that they are experts about
human psychology merely because they are church elders. The idea that
knowledge is socially constructed and that all viewpoints are equally valid
is bogus and easily refuted (see pedophilia above). And dangerous.

And how dare either of you tell Rose and others to shut up! There are at
least five of us who find this news interesting and who are thankful for it.
And two of you who think it is unworthy of public discussion.

Let free speech reign and damn those who speak against it! Please use delete
rather than edit the content of these pages.


On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> > (Sing along Kai, Paul, Dougie, Dale.  You must know the words by now.)
>
> As divisive as you guys seem to be, I still consider myself "on your team",
> more-or-less.  Meaning that I am far more liberal than I am conservative,
> and have more in common with the "intoleristas" than I do with Kai, Doug,
> and Dale.  .  We just disagree on a few things, most of them having to do
> with the perceived importance of this one church.  Though I do acknowledge
> that I agree with Kai and Dale on some occasions (I haven't seen Doug
> posting anywhere), mostly having to do with financial matters.  It would be
> nice if we didn't draw so many lines in the sand.  We might see areas where
> we agree, and actually learn some respect for each other.
>
> Paul
>
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