The physical activity of writing was nothing to him. When it came to pensive reflections of man and his existential condition (as mirrored in the experiences of Robert P.), foreign film reviews that were allowed to make as little sense as the films themselves, extended discussions of how the pert French breasts in those films could not really be deconstructed, Derrida or no Derrida, and long, protracted discussions of how people — particularly food service personnel — misunderstood him, Robert was a machine. If it was narcissism and self-indulgence you were after, he could write like a bat out of the bad place.
Douglas Wilson, Evangellyfish
@KirkCEO: “God, make people who talk about how I helped protect child molesters in my Kirk curl up and dry out like dead insects.”
God, I hope you crush the head of anyone who doesn’t agree with me like a grape. #imprecatoryprayer
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) September 23, 2015
God, make people who talk about how I helped protect child molesters in my Kirk curl up and dry out like dead insects. #imprecatoryprayer
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) September 23, 2015
The primary difference between Trump University and New Saint Andrews College
Besides the hair. Continue reading
KRFP-FM Radio: Doug Wilson denied that he called down imprecations upon his enemies
“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil; A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.” — Proverbs 6:17–19 Continue reading
“We pray that You would string Your bow, sharpen Your sword, make ready all the instruments of death.”
Father, we pray that the angel of the Lord would chase them down. We pray that You would set for them a dark and slippery place, and that the angel of the Lord would persecute them there. They have hated us without any just cause at all, and they have devised all their plots without any good reason. We ask You therefore to rise up and defend us. Stand in the pass behind us, and lower Your spear against them. Turn them back from their wicked attacks. Rout them, we pray. Chase them like chaff in a stiff wind. We pray that You would string Your bow, sharpen Your sword, make ready all the instruments of death. Ordain Your arrows to fly against those who persecute the righteous. Make their mischief to roll back on their own impudent heads.
Douglas Wilson
Katie Botkin: “Serving Tash”
Katie Botkin remarks on Doug Wilson’s imprecatory prayers:
When I consider that these words, or similar ones, may be directed at me and my family through Doug, I have to conclude that the deity Doug is invoking with these words is a malevolent one, created in Doug’s own image. And as such, I do not believe his prayers will be answered. When you toy with malevolent deities, you bring destruction upon yourself, draw your power from the sickening rot of anguish. And this, more than anything, makes me very sad for the man.
Please read the comments too, for Natalie’s father, Gary Greenfield, links to a prayer by St. Chrysostom.
“Natalie Greenfield: My Story of Abuse, Shaming, and Recovery”
Natalie spoke at the University of Idaho last week and Peter Røise filmed it. Normally, I would post a link to Natalie’s site for you to watch the vid, but we are building an archive to host all of Doug . . . Continue reading
Theology That Needs a Bite Mask
And Other Obvious Observations
“Savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.” — Acts 20:29 Continue reading
“Do not let them enter into Your righteousness.”
We pray that their eyes would be blinded by You; strike them so that they cannot see. Father, we pray that You would make their loins shake continuously, that they would be seized with fear and amazement. Pour out hot indignation all over them; take hold of them tightly in Your wrathful anger. May their dwellings become empty and desolate — for whenever You chastise anyone else, they love to pile on as though You were not there. They persecute the one that You are disciplining, and by their talk they dismay the one who is suffering under Your hand. Add iniquity to their iniquity; make a great heap of their sins. Do not let them enter into Your righteousness. Blot them out of the book of the living. Do not record their names alongside the names of the righteous.
Douglas Wilson
Combox: “There can be no other end.”
As someone who’s experienced terrible abuse in life, it’s my opinion — and certainly not mine alone — that this man should not be lay counseling anyone, especially abuse survivors, nor should he be waxing philosophical on laws related to abuse. Why not? Among many reasons, because he’s shown himself to be incapable of truly deferring to or submitting to those (lawmakers, therapists, research psychologists, etc.) who have more knowledge or expertise than he does in this area.
Until recently, it seems to me that his condition has been one of veiled megalomania. Well, that veil seems to be finally lifting for many people (and not fast enough in my opinion).
To his church body, please hear this: without intervention, his condition, like a cancer, will absolutely ravage the body. It is destructive and it is terminal. There can be no other end.
a survivor
“He loved cursing, and so give him that cursing.”
We ask for this because he is merciless. He loved to kick the poor and downtrodden, and sought to kill the broken-hearted. He loved cursing, and so give him that cursing. He detested blessing, so let blessing remain far away from him. He would put on curses like a comfortable coat; let those curses of his seep into him deeply. Tie those curses around him permanently. Let this be the clothing of all our enemies.
Douglas Wilson
Do you remember that time Wile E. Coyote caught The Road Runner? Me neither.
@NatalieGfield @CalebASweazey @MoscowIdahoUSA Let’s face it, he’s the Donald Trump of reformed fundamentalism.
— Boz Tchividjian (@BozT) February 29, 2016
@BozT @NatalieGfield @CalebASweazey @MoscowIdahoUSA — but wait . . . doesn’t @BozT teach at Liberty, a college whose prez endorsed Trump?
— Douglas Wilson (@douglaswils) March 3, 2016
@douglaswils @BozT @CalebASweazey @MoscowIdahoUSA @NatalieGfield we understand your role in the rapes by your seminary student then?
— Ryan Sather (@ryansather) March 3, 2016
Continue reading Do you remember that time Wile E. Coyote caught The Road Runner? Me neither.
“When they have abused offices within Your Church, let other faithful men rise up to take their place.”
Let these wicked men come under the rule and reign of wicked men. Let Satan be continually at their right hand, accusing them. When they come into judgment, when the trial comes, we pray that the verdict of guilty would be rendered. When they cry out to You, let their prayers be reckoned as sinful. When they pray to You, let the ceiling above them remain silent. Cut short their days. When they have abused offices within Your Church, let other faithful men rise up to take their place.
Douglas Wilson