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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Saundra's and Rose's
revelations about Wilsons' tax evasions? Accusations not revelations. The way I
remember it, the gals hooted and shrieked at length for zero end result. (the
authorities were totally unimpressed with their multitudinous shoeboxes of
"evidence." Go figure) None of their specious allegations were born out. Of
course when it comes to the vilification of our proud intolerista's
favorite bogeymen, all innuendo may freely be treated as truth and facts be
damned. For the record, I've known Jim since I was a junior high school kid
(bumped into him within a week of his moving to Moscow) and while we have
had our share of disagreements, he's still one of the nicest guys
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 11, 2011 3:26 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Hypocrisy (was RE: September 11th Memorial
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<P><FONT size=2>Hi Paul,<BR><BR>I've known Jim Wilson for at least 38 years and,
despite our religious differences, I respected the man, even after his son made
friends with a board member of the neo-Confederate League of the South, became
an extreme Calvinist, and proceeded to violate every virtue in the book.I know
that this troubled Jim very much and what stressed him most was the rift it
caused between Doug and his brother Evan, whom I still respect as conservative
evangelical Christian. <BR><BR>But after Saundra's and Rose's revelations
about Wilsons' tax evasions and after I read Jim's book on basing evangelivism
on a military model, that was the last straw for me. Especially when I asked him
directly if thought that the upheld sword on his book cover was a mistake.
He brushed it off as just "symbolic."<BR><BR>I don't pray but my humble request
to the Life Force is that more of Doug's congregation move over to Evan's nice
little church on 6th Street. I'm not inviting them to my church, because I
don't think they would make good Unitarian Universalists--and that's perfectly
OK with most UUs.<BR><BR>I offer my condolences for your loss, but I was moved
to tears this morning in church when a 9/11 song that began "Even though I did
not know you. . . . was played over the sound system. I'll try to get the
entire lyrics off the web.<BR><BR>In memory those who were lost and in sympathy
with their families and those Muslims (or those taken for them)whose scripture
and mosques have been burned,<BR><BR>Nick<BR><BR>In part, Paul wrote:<BR><BR>"I
know Jim Wilson personally. He's an extremely nice and respectful
individual, and (despite not agreeing with him on matters of faith) is as sane
as anyone on this list. He's the kind of guy that would give you the shirt
off his back if he thought you needed it more than he. If he thinks a
certain way about something, it's because that's his honest interpretation from
reading his Bible."<BR><BR><BR><BR>Huh - you must know a different Jim Wilson
than do I because I personally don't give a rip how "nice" or "respectful"
someone may be if honesty & integrity are lacking, as is the case with Jim
Wilson wanting a free tax ride & expecting government - which means you
& me -- to pay for his ride. My friends will remember how completely
shocked & disappointed I was that Wilson had no difficulty being dishonest
under oath. Pathetic.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Personally, I don't think it's OK to
be disingenuous - at best - just to stick the rest of us with CCM's tax bill,
and I don't think God thinks it's OK, either. Lying, cheating, stealing -
or being intentionally obtuse -- are OK as long as long as you're ripping off
those who don't share a particular faith, eh? Not in my faith, and not in
my world, it isn't.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Hypocrisy is hypocrisy is hypocrisy, and we
know that it pains you, Paul, but it's even more reprehensible when it comes
from so-called "religious leaders" like Jim
Wilson.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Saundra Lund<BR><BR>Moscow, ID<BR><BR><BR><BR>The
only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.<BR><BR>~ Edmund Burke<BR><BR><BR></FONT></P>
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