Like Trump with Obama

Last week, the bulletin board in Friendship Square was aflutter with flyers . . . showing a smug pastor Doug Wilson standing on the rainbow flag and his words: “We know that sodomy is worse than slavery by how god responds to it.” Wilson is obsessed with homosexuality the way Trump is obsessed with Obama.

Wilson tramples the rainbow flag to show he’s a real man, and his stance is even a little provocative. Trump wraps himself in the U.S. flag to give himself the image of authority, rev up his cult, but he couldn’t pass a 6th-grade history or geography test. Turning to Wilson’s quote, he claims he knows how God responds to sodomy. How does he know? By reading? By thinking? By imagining?

Diana Armstrong
Moscow

 

How was service Christ-like?

It was reported that Christ Church with Pastor Doug Wilson held an indoor church service recently with as many as 1,000 attendees. It did not appear that attendees wore masks or were seated at least 6 feet apart. How is that caring for oneself or others? How is that Christ-like? Someone can have the virus and have no symptoms yet infect others and singing and speaking creates aerosols that can easily spread this potentially lethal virus. I would have expected that a religious organization such as Christ Church with an affiliated college, would have knowledge of these facts and acted accordingly, regardless of the legality of such a gathering.

Either Christ Church and Doug Wilson lacked the knowledge of the danger the service created or it lacked concern for its followers and the rest of us. Neither option is acceptable.

Bob Pike
Moscow