But sin is like that. Sin is blinkered and it naturally and easily assumes, in the grip of envy and covetousness, that more for him is less for me, and since I am in this for me, we have to work on more for me and less for him, and devil take the hindmost. Theft and fraud are driven by zero-sum thinking, which is one of the underlying theological reasons for opposing and rejecting them.
Douglas Wilson
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Many of the comments from Douglas Wilson that you post here at this site sound autobiographical – as if the pastor is writing about himself unbeknownst to that reality of course. What comes to mind is D.W.’s attempts with Gary Greenfield to buy out Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub. I’d say that describes a man “in the grip of envy and covetousness.” Wasn’t Doug Wilson wanting to obtain Bucer’s motivated by “more for me (DW & the CREC) and less for him (Gary Greenfield)? Just reading the dialogue between the two men it was rather clear that quite a bit of manipulation was at work by Wilson to compel Gary Greenfield to sell Bucer’s, even when it was evident by Gary Greeenfield’s responses that he had no interest whatsoever in selling his business. How is it that Doug Wilson is so unaware that his writing points the finger right back at him?
Doug’s not unaware. He knows exactly what he’s doing. By making these kinds of self-revealing statements he revels in the ignorance of his congregation while simultaneously flaunting his hubris at the outside world. It’s called “wagging the dog.”