[Vision2020] Oh the irony, or is it ignorance?

[deb]

A response to Judd Wilson's public rant:

My husband and I have two kids (and a grandchild). We are "Open Doctrin Wiccans". We very much desire (and are living) a life on the land, with freedom and the support of local, state, and federal government in the form of roads, schools, infrastructure, and assistance to the needy. We desire to be Wiccan Agrarians, with organic and sustainable practices, and have no television or cell phones (not because these are "bad" but because we just don't need them!). We are thankful for our ability to provide for our own well-being, and support others who do the same. We also support several families who cannot provide for themselves. We pay our taxes and support community causes. We have no difficulty embracing those in the community who are Christians, Atheists, Pagans, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, and anyone else who wishes to reside in Moscow and make a life here. If some faith or non-faith puts up a billboard, it does not impact me or mine. I have always been  fully capable of speaking with my children about "faith", and believed they would find the path that worked for them. 

I have zero sympathy for Judd Wilson. If he has an inability to discuss this with his child, if his belief is challenged by a mere billboard, and if he needs the entire community to validate his point of view, I say he needs to look to his scripture---"Oh, Ye of Little Faith" indeed. 

Debi Robinson-Smith
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Saundra Lund 
  To: 'Rosemary Huskey' ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 10:04 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Oh the irony, or is it ignorance?


  Speaking of irony, I think there's a bigger one with respect to Judd Wilson.  With his recent whine (sympathetically received, it seems, by some loony council members) to the City Council, he falls into the usual category of hypocritical theocrat-craving creeps, something those of us living in this area know all too much about.

   

  http://www.frontierfreedom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=710&sid=3a1ece8f7013ce2f9a637f231f13facc

   

  "My name is Judd Wilson. My wife and I have two kids, are Reformed Presbyterian Christians, and very much desire a life on the land, with freedom and safety from our government, and charity towards our neighbors. We desire to be Christian agrarians rather than dependent on modern worldliness for our life and well-being. . . "

   

  Is it just me, or does he remind anyone else of another infamous local Wilson who is anti-government except when he & his minions want to use government as a big stick to punish or silence those with whom they disagree???

   

   

  Saundra Lund

  Moscow, ID

   

  If a man aspires towards a rightous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

  ~ Albert Einstein

   

   

   

   

   

  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary Huskey
  Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 1:25 PM
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com
  Cc: judd at uidaho.edu
  Subject: [Vision2020] Oh the irony, or is it ignorance?

   

  To me, the most offensive part of the flapadoodle regarding the humanist billboard is Judd Wilson's position at the University of Idaho.  http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=205&f=2662&t=8554554

  One would imagine, given his job description, that he might be acquainted with freedom of speech.  Perhaps his supervisors should have a chat with him.  That degree from Regeant University  is really telling, isn't it?  Rose Huskey



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