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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>It is a painful irony when Doug Wilson co-authors a book on justice which includes a segment written by him entitled “Sexual Justice.” The unintended consequence of this effort brilliantly illustrate the risk a pretentious bully takes when he feeds off the encouragement and “judgment” of financially depended sycophants. Surely, anyone who cares a fig about Doug’s diminishing status in the world of Reformed Calvinism (or the smaller world of our community) would counsel him to avoid blithely scampering around this exceptionally perilous (for him) minefield. Make no mistake; it takes a strong stomach to read the article in its entirety which can be found <a href="http://dougwils.com/s7-engaging-the-culture/sexual-justice.html">here</a>. It contains language and examples of sexual crimes which could trigger anxiety responses in those previously victimized by sexual abuse, and consequently, I will not repost them in this venue. The following quotes will more than amply demonstrate the tone and worldview of the man. I would also encourage readers to be mindful that Doug leads a sizeable congregation in Christ Church and that his former student, Toby Sumpter, who shares his both theology and worldview, pastors a Christ Church clone in Moscow, Trinity Reformed Church. Since no intellectually mature person sits under the pastoral care of men with whom they have significant disagreement, we must consequently admit that Doug’s prejudices, cheap jibes, and ignorance is carried forward in our community by minimally six hundred dutiful communicants. How do you suppose the following sentiments will shape Moscow politically, socially, and legally in coming years? The editorial bolding below is mine and do not appear in the original text.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>“When I am providing pastoral counseling, I never promise absolute confidentiality. I do promise discretion, but I don’t ever want to say that I “will never tell a soul” and then have somebody tell me where they buried the body<b>. I reserve the full right (and moral responsibility) to call the cops, depending on the circumstances. But it is important to note that ministerial authority means that whether or not I am going to do this is a decision that rests within the church, and not with some bureaucratic functionary who has no understanding of the biblical principles of justice and mercy, and how they relate.”<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>“Accusation is not conviction. <b>One of feminism’s many lies is that women “don’t lie about rape,”</b> and the appropriate response to this is that “women” don’t do anything, but that some women do lie about rape, for the same reason that some men do. <b>Some women will lie about anything. </b>Men, ditto. The fact that she is a woman and the subject is rape is meaningless, and tells us nothing independent of the facts. Potiphar’s wife lied about rape (<a href="http://biblia.com/bible/kjv1900/Gen.%2039.14">Gen. 39:14</a>). <b>This same problem is heightened when you are dealing with children who are testifying about something — particularly when the child witness is being “coached” by some expert with a head full of nonsense.”<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>“The thresholds of proof in the Bible require independent confirmation of guilt (two or three witnesses), which is where we get our “beyond all reasonable doubt” standard. This means that, according to Scripture, in a world in which terrible things happen, the terrible thing of a guilty man going free is to be reluctantly preferred to the terrible thing of an innocent man being convicted. In addition, <b>we find that cultures in rebellion against this standard are soon in the position of inverting other biblical standards as well — as a prelude to leveling accusations against many innocents.”<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>“In our experience, such accusers frequently take the silence of pastors as an admission of complicity, or worse. But these snarls frequently involve many people with varying degrees of complicity, humiliation, shamed innocence, stupidity, and guilt. And it is far better for shepherds to be falsely accused than for shepherds to defend themselves by unnecessarily humiliating the sheep any further. In some situations, everything is out on the table, and a pastor can talk about it freely. But in other situations, there is no way to talk about it, and no way to explain, without doing a lot more damage. <b>To those who say that in doing this, I am “covering up,” I would simply respond that I am a pastor and I cover things up for a living.”<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>