Sarah Moon writes here about complementarianism’s ‘ugly relationship with rape.’ She poses two questions of us bad people, and they are as follows — first, how do we define rape? And secondly, what do we propose to do about it?
Okay. I would define rape as having any kind of sexual relationship with someone apart from or against her or his consent. So far, so good, probably, but she then objects to our recognition of the possibility of varying degrees of foolishness on the part of the victim, and she interprets this recognition as somehow meaning ‘when they say they are against rape they don’t mean all rape.’
Douglas Wilson
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Wherein Mike Lawyer hectored the Palouse with his precise definition of the word “rape”
“Sex with a woman who is not consenting is rape whether it happens on a date or the guy hides in the woods.” — Mike Lawyer Continue reading
They Will Know You Are Kirkers by Your Shun
Natalie wrote, “they act as though I literally do not exist . . . in a deliberate effort to make me feel as though I do not matter to them. . .” And Mike Lawyer proved her point. Continue reading
Club Thy Neighbor as Thyself
“The apostle Paul teaches us to punch back twice as hard.” — Douglas Wilson Continue reading
“If a trusted spiritual leader starts abusing a girl when she is 14”
At the same time, of course, we should make allowances for those situations where an abused girl was never given the opportunity to become a responsible adult. If a trusted spiritual leader starts abusing a girl when she is 14, it is not as though, after 7 years of abuse, a magic moment happens when she turns 21, making it easy for her to now walk away. In a situation like that, the word victim is appropriate. But we ought to reserve the word for situations like it, and not use it in circumstances like this one.
Douglas Wilson
A Teenager’s Diary vs. A Signed Confession of Guilt
If a pastor of discipleship & counseling does not understand that it’s wrong — not just illegal, but morally wrong — to seduce a 14-year-old girl into having sex, then that man has a very serious problem. Continue reading
“Was that 14-year old psychologically ready to engage in consensual sex with a man ten years her senior? In my opinion, no.”
Was that 14-year old psychologically ready to engage in consensual sex with a man ten years her senior? In my opinion, no.
Douglas Wilson
A Textbook Kirk Confession
“She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.”
— Proverbs 30:20 Continue reading
Video: “Who to Trust?”
Hunter Funk produced the following video, which in three minutes captures perfectly the Kirk’s stance against Natalie Greenfield. They interview Mike Laywer, who holds the title “Pastor of Discipleship/Counseling” at Christ Church, Moscow. Mike Lawyer runs the Center for Biblical . . . Continue reading
Update to the Sitler Archive
Organizing the Kirk freak show. Continue reading
“the first priority”
We unfortunately live in a time when child abuse is common, and given the way things are going, tragic instances of it are likely to increase. . . . In the first place, when plausible suspicion arises that child abuse has occurred or is occurring, the first priority is to ensure that it does not continue in the present circumstance, and that it does not continue into the future, in any other circumstance. . . . No conscientious pastor can be willingly complicit in a child having to spend one more minute under the control of his abuser. . . . There are times when an anemic response of a church to a child abuse tragedy is a response that simply makes the blast radius bigger. . . .
Douglas Wilson
The CREC Review Committee Nears Completion
Doug Wilson could commit a felony at high noon in the town square before 10,000 eyewitnesses and the CREC has no constitutional authority to discipline him. Continue reading
“The child actually has a problem dad”
Over the years, I have seen many hard cases of difficult kids not effectively loved by their fathers. Because I don’t see the problem disappearing, I thought I would post a series of short pointed exhortations to a dad who has a problem child. The child actually has a problem dad, but the child doesn’t think that. He is too confused, lost, and hurting to think about much of anything. I am going write these posts in the second person. I have no particular people in view; these problems should be taken as a composite. But I trust that some of those who read these posts here will see the applicability to their own situations. When I am talking about a boy I will call him Jon, and when she is a girl I will call her Mary.
Douglas Wilson