Mystic Forces

Doug gives 7 reasons why men should get married by 23.  Here’s a summary for those who have a tough time reading his posts.

• God has created most people fundamentally incapable of being alone.(Get married because you’re actually a loser!)
• Gettin’ busy is better than getting clicky. (Porn is bad and sex fixes porn!)
• 23 years old is the oldest a man should be without acquiring a mother substitute. (This time with extra benefits!)
• If you have no personality, marriage will make you appear as if you have one! (You’re actually a loser, and people will all *know* unless you get married!)
• God wants babies – you need to be able to catch babies – therefore… 23!  (If God had put you on this earth for your wisdom, he’d have made you a pastor. Be fruitful and obedient sheepies!)
• When you get older, you learn more about yourself and what you want and need, so it’s better to get married before you have any clue! (Create a small, reasonable checklist that includes working reproductive organs and theological sameness!)
• Put a dent in the menacing spectre of feminism by capturing a woman young and taking care of her so well she can’t even think about autonomy! (Shit, I needed seven points and I’ve only got six – bash feminism, that’s always a hit!)

To be totally fair, the last point hasn’t got a damn thing to do with getting married early. I suspect that Doug just wanted to see if he could use the sentence “Feminism is a toxic mess.” into an article because he thought it sounded cool.

 

Still Waiting

Think it’s been a long time since there’s been a meme? There’s been an even LONGER time since ANY word of the investigation was released publicly. No one is going to forget this is happening. It needs to come out so the denomination can deal with the fallout.

Freud

What’s Something that Kirkers Don’t Do?

Oh… Now I get what everyone was talking about!

Inspirational Reformed Leader Quote

Tweet by John Piper

This kind of explains why John Piper doesn’t speak up against Wilson or anyone else.

Nepotism = Entitlement

Should the government give out welfare? Doug says no. Should they government run social security? Doug says ‘absolutely not!’ Is Obamacare an abomination? Doug thinks so.

Should people be appointed to the highest positions of authority in Moscow because they’re related to Doug? Doug says…yes.

Our Fellowship

There are many, many valid reasons to leave a bad church.  Leaving an abusive, destructive church inflicts a lot of pain, as you often lose friends, family, and possibly your way of life.

Going through the pain of leaving a bad church provides an opportunity for growth that you never, ever get if you stay within the context of the abusive, domineering church.

The ‘Fellowship of Grievance‘, as Wilson calls it, isn’t broken. We aren’t bitter, nor are we twisted orc-like creatures as Toby says. We have grown out of our need to be dominated by our church, and we want to let the rest of the people inside know that there is a better way.

Leave the Kirk. It’s better outside.

The Kirkfather

Natalie has posted an extended segment of a conversation between Doug Wilson and her father, Gary Greenfield. It’s clear from the conversation that Doug attempts to guarantee Gary’s silence in a mafia-like fashion, and when he doesn’t encounter the complete obedience he requires, resorts to threats.

If you’re having trouble seeing the threats in Natalie or Katie’s post, try mentally replacing Doug Wilson’s name with ‘The Godfather’.

Werdsmithy

The emperor has absolutely no clothes. Doug Wilson is as much a master of words as CREC Memes is the most popular site on the internet.

He should give up the pretense of wordsmithy for Lent.

Pudding a Not-So-Fine Point On It

“Women inescapably need godly masculine protection against ungodly masculine harassment; women who refuse protection from their fathers and husbands must seek it from the police. But women who genuinely insist on ‘no masculine protection’ are really women who tacitly agree on the propriety of rape.” (Douglas Wilson, Her Hand in Marriage, p. 13)

Really, it isn’t Bill Cosby’s fault. All of those women were just walking around without men, and they got what was coming to them, right?

For Lent, how about giving up the loathsome notion that women are responsible for being sexually attacked?