Father Hunger
There’s no father hunger like the cravings of a pedophile who hasn’t been allowed to touch his son in a year.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) August 16, 2016
Quotes
“Churches that specialize in superficial reconciliation”
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
“we do believe that he, his wife, his chaperons, his ministers and elders, his fellow church members, his probation officers, and the state of Idaho, have reason and cause to be wary”
We do not believe that the temptations that earlier led Steven to molest children are out of his life, and we do believe that he, his wife, his chaperons, his ministers and elders, his fellow church members, his probation officers, and the state of Idaho, have reason and cause to be wary.
Douglas Wilson
“killed on the spot, and no injustice done”
I believe there was at least one scenario where Steven could have been killed on the spot, and no injustice done.
Douglas Wilson
“evil simpliciter”
To molest a child is an appalling thing. There is no righteous way to relativize it into some kind of ‘not so bad’ status. It is an evil simpliciter.
Douglas Wilson
“Sins I won’t be preaching/blogging against any time soon”
Sins I won’t be preaching/blogging against any time soon: gluttony, vaingloriousness, intellectual property theft.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) August 17, 2016
@KirkCEO …pedophilia
— (((Teresa Rincon))) (@ymmarta) August 17, 2016
“simply predatory”
Steven’s behavior was with young children and was simply predatory.
Douglas Wilson
“the kind of offense that you execute people for”
The fact that someone was convicted of a sex offense does not mean that all sex offenses are in the same category of offense. We do need to have the category of statutory rape, and it needs to policed with tough sanctions, but we also need to remember that it is a different kind of offense from the rape of a three-year-old. The latter is the kind of offense that you execute people for, and the former usually is not. It is important to distinguish, in terms of legal consequences, the creep show from the fornicator.
Douglas Wilson
“it is terrible when a child has to live within range of a sexual predator”
Make no mistake — it is terrible when a child has to live within range of a sexual predator.
Douglas Wilson
“Our ministry to Steven . . . has not been conducted at the expense of any children in our church community, or in a way that puts any of them at risk.”
Our ministry to Steven, in other words, has not been conducted at the expense of any children in our church community, or in a way that puts any of them at risk.
Douglas Wilson
#intolerista
My church doesn’t have spiritual abuse. We have faithful parishioners who submit to me, and #intolerista heretic apostates we gaslight.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) August 10, 2016
Are you aggrieved? By definition you’re in rebellion against me and thus in sin.
You’re probably an #intolerista, too.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) August 11, 2016
“More than one rogue pastor has established a mini-papal state, and run it like Leo X on a toot.”
More than one rogue pastor has established a mini-papal state, and run it like Leo X on a toot.
Douglas Wilson
“Unfortunately, Diotrephes has an online discipleship training program, and his imitators are everywhere.”
The intention, laid out for us in Scripture, is for the institutional Church to receive the apostles, their emissaries, and their letters. When we get their letters, we in the Church are supposed to open them up and do what they say. Unfortunately, Diotrephes has an online discipleship training program, and his imitators are everywhere. Moreover, his imitators and heirs are, just like he was, entrenched in the Church.
Douglas Wilson