[Vision2020] Douglas Wilson steps on his member again

[keely emerinemix]

More disturbing is that Moscow's most famous pastor, and evangelicalism's puzzling new defender of the faith, actually thinks that the incarceration of criminals, according to the article below, is proof that slavery still exists.

The third grader Wayne refers to below might not quite see the difference, but any reasonably educated adult surely could -- and would understand immediately why I describe evangelicalism's view of Wilson as an apt apologist for the Christian faith as "puzzling."  In fact, most of them would come up with adjectives much stronger than that.  

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




From: deco at moscow.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:58:44 -0800
Subject: [Vision2020] Douglas Wilson steps on his member again










>From the Daily News Article below:
 
 
"Wilson said morality cannot evolve over 
time."

"Wilson said there are good and bad things in the Bible. He said 
there are certain things that are wrong now, but used to be good back in 
time."


Wouldn't even an average third grader see the contradiction 
here?


Should there be some kind of  God, Cultmaster Douglas 
Wilson is certainly one of God's more self-amusing curses upon 
humankind.
 
 
Wayne A. Fox
1009 Karen Lane
PO Box 9421
Moscow, 
ID  83843
 
waf at moscow.com
208 
882-7975
 
 
 
 

Pastor, WSU atheist group discuss film
Local pastor, WSU atheist group debate
By Yesenia Amaro, Daily News staff writer
Posted on: Thursday, February 11, 2010

 

What was supposed to be a question-and-answer session turned 
into a debate after the showing of the documentary "Collision" at Washington 
State University on Wednesday night. 
The documentary, which was released in October, features 
Christ Church pastor Doug Wilson of Moscow and Christopher Hitchens, well-known 
journalist and author of the bestselling book "God is Not Great." In the 
documentary, Wilson and Hitchens debate each other. 
The debate continued after the showing of the film, which was 
sponsored by Collegiate Reformed Fellowship of Christ Church and the WSU 
Atheist/Agnostic group. 
Wilson debated with the adviser of the atheist/agnostic 
group, Ph.D student Raj Poudel, and group member and undergraduate student Jenae 
Reese. 
Evolution of morality was one of many issues that were 
debated during the event. 
Wilson said morality cannot evolve over time. 
Reese disagreed and discussed slavery as an example of how 
morality has evolved over time. She said in the past, people didn't think it was 
wrong to own slaves, but that since then has changed. 
"That's a clear evolutionary path that morality has taken," 
she said. 
Wilson said slavery still exists. 
"Incarceration is slavery," he said, adding there's thousands 
of people in prison. 
Reese said Wilson was confusing two different things. She 
said slaves didn't have a choice, while people in prison made the decision to 
commit something that was wrong, which is the reason they are incarcerated. 
Poudel asked Wilson why he was "scared of even using the word 
evolution." 
"It's not scary, " Wilson responded. "It's a distasteful 
thing for me." 
Wilson said there are good and bad things in the Bible. He 
said there are certain things that are wrong now, but used to be good back in 
time.
"I don't want to apologize for anything in the Bible," he 
said. 
Reese said if God knows the past, present and the future, he 
"should have known that owning a slave was bad back then." 
As the three of them continued their debate for almost an 
hour and a half, Wilson said he always thinks he's right, but he knows that 
isn't always the case.
"I'm not unique," he said. "Everybody always thinks they are 
right, that is why they say what they say."
He said he would abandon his faith if a grave with Jesus' 
body was discovered. 
On other hand, Poudel said if somebody could prove to him 
that there is a God, he would believe it.
"I don't say there's no God ... ," he said. But "there's 
overwhelming evidence that points to there not being a creator. I don't know 
where life came from. Science doesn't explain that yet. I don't claim to know 
that truth, I don't know where we came from." 
Yesenia Amaro can be reached at (208) 
882-5561, ext. 237, or by e-mail at yamaro at dnews.com. 		 	   		  
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