But on the other hand, if we make the mistake that many other Christians make — that of confounding forgiveness and trust — we will throw open the doors of the church blindly ‘because Jesus,’ and will unwittingly create a climate that favors the creepers, and which excludes and punishes the vulnerable. Churches that do this are really good at blaming the vulnerable whenever something goes wrong — because the vulnerable are the only ones who will put up with that crap. Churches that specialize in superficial reconciliation do this in numerous ways — demanding that the spouse who was sinned against pay all the practical consequences (‘no divorce, sorry’), or, on the basis of one ‘sorry about that’ email, requiring a molested niece to look at her uncle continuing to serve communion.
Douglas Wilson
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When I read things like this, I’m strongly tempted to copy and paste them into the mablog comment box, with no quotation marks or attribution, and see how fans respond. But that would make me a plagiarist.
This is way too on the nose. He knows. He knows it’s all wrong. He freakin’ said so. Yet he does it. Lovely.
The man has become a parody of himself. He makes a mockery of his own cult, and if he doesn’t realize that, he comes up way short of his self perceived brilliance.
The irony of that hypocritical jackass’s remarks are staggering. I am reminded of of an inelegant observation I once hear. . . “He has more guts than a slaughter house.” Which is the certainly the case here.
Rose Huskey
Love it.
Technically, Doug Wilson is absolutely correct in this quote. It’s a crying shame he didn’t see fit to live by so many of his own words.