Doug Wilson being Doug Wilson
An example, a small example perhaps, but a relevant example of Doug Wilson's penchant for dishonesty.
He writes a blog post about the incident in Moscow, Idaho, where he lives, of a sniper killing two and taking his own life. The sniper had some beef with the courthouse. It was the courthouse that he was shooting at. Then he retreated into a church across from the courthouse when police were on him.
So Doug Wilson writes his entire post as if it was the church ("a Presbyterian church") that was the focal point of the whole incident. Wilson, of course, gets pleasure out of the fact that a gunmen would be shooting up a "Presbyterian" church, and he loves to leave the impression that this is so obviously some kind of judgment from God, so he harps on that part of the incident, never mentioning the courthouse and the fact that the "Presbyterian" church was most likely the closest building for the sniper to retreat to.
A small example of dishonesty, and mischief on the part of Doug Wilson, but small dishonest words are telling, especially with his overall reputation for dishonesty and mischief regarding truth.
ps- I don't link to Wilson's posts because he edits them with no mention he has edited them. Much like James White edits his books with no mention of it in the book, and then accuses critics of having misquoted him when they were merely quoting his text from before he edited it. These are church leaders.
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Here's Wilson's original post:
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Prayers and Exhortation
Topic: Exhortation
Many of you have heard that there was a sniper shooting late last night and early this morning at the Presbyterian Church here in Moscow. We don’t know many details, but our thoughts and prayers are of course with the victims, and with their families.
We also pray for the congregation at the Presbyterian Church, which has had its house of worship violated in a grotesque way. Many of us here were at the Presbyterian Church just yesterday afternoon for the celebration of the Telling/Johnson wedding, and incidents like this bring certain truths home. We should ponder them, reflect on them, meditate on them.
Centrally, this murderous assault tears the veneer off, and we see the true condition of the human race. This is why we have sanctuaries; this is why we need to call on the Lord. We are a sinful race, and at the very heart of our sinfulness is our willingness to shed blood.
At the same time, we are appalled by bloodletting, and so we turn away from it in various ways. This is the source of all humanistic forms of worship—a deep desire to draw a discrete veil over such things. The desire is to pretend that we are not that bad, that we are not that sinful.
So as we worship this morning, we need to call to remembrance the fact that the Christian faith centers on the proclamation and commemoration of a murder. Christ died on the cross, and He died there so that the human race could be made new. But the human race can only be made new by confronting the meaning of that murder, and the centrality of it.
Sacrifice that is brushed off to the side will always come back with a vengeance. Murder denied and suppressed is murder that still lurks. But murder confronted by faith in the death of Jesus is the end of murder and hatred. As the gospel goes forth, we preach that they will not hurt or destroy in all His holy mountain. We long for that day.
Posted by Douglas Wilson - 5/20/2007 11:54:58 AM | Link to this post | Print this post | 0 Responses
Here's a newpaper account of the incident:
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Sniper Rampage in Idaho Leaves 3 Dead
By JOHN K. WILEY
Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007
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A sniper sprayed dozens of bullets on a courthouse, killing a police officer and wounding a sheriff's deputy and a civilian, then apparently killed a caretaker and himself Sunday in a nearby church, police said.
Investigators believe the shooter deliberately fired into an emergency dispatch center inside the Latah County Courthouse late Saturday to lure people into the line of fire. The officer was killed as he rushed to the courthouse, and the deputy helped pull the officer out of the way before being shot, said David Duke, Moscow's assistant police chief.
Shortly after 6 a.m., three SWAT teams entered the First Presbyterian Church and found the bodies of the shooter and another man, Duke said. An assault rifle, ammunition and spent shells were found next to the gunman's corpse, he said.
The shooter died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Duke said. His body was found in the sanctuary, and the body of another man was found in the church office. The second man also dead of gunshot wounds, Duke said.
Authorities did not release either man's name, but the church's pastor, Rev. Norman Fowler, identified the victim inside the church as Paul Bauer, a sexton believed to be in his 60s who lived at the church.
Police said the gunman started shooting from a parking lot across from the courthouse shortly after 11 p.m. A hail of more than 30 bullets ripped through the county's dispatch center, Duke said. Dispatchers were moved to the jail area of the courthouse.
"Whoever the shooter is wanted to draw people to the courthouse," Duke said. "When officers responded, he did open fire on them."
Lee Newbill, the first officer at the scene, was hit around 11:35 p.m. Saturday, Duke said. Newbill had served with the police department since March 2001 and is the city's first officer killed in the line of duty.
Deputy Brannon Jordon, a 17-year veteran, was shot shortly after midnight as he took cover behind a tree after pulling Newbill out of the line of fire, Duke said. Jordon was in serious condition with multiple gunshot wounds, the assistant chief said.
Authorities did not release the name of the injured civilian, but said he lived in the neighborhood and had gone outside after hearing the gunshots. The man was undergoing surgery and was in stable condition.
Police had no information about the gunman's motive.
"He was just shooting at anybody he could," Duke said.
Four empty magazines were found outside the church. Duke initially estimated that 75 shots were fired, but later said it was not clear how many shots the gunman fired.
None of the officers who responded returned fire, Duke said.
Officers surrounded the church, which is across the street from the courthouse and nestled in a residential neighborhood near downtown and Moscow High School. A final shot was heard from inside the church about 1 a.m. Sunday, Duke said.
Streets in the area had been barricaded and residents had been told to stay inside their homes.
With the church still a crime scene late Sunday morning, members of the congregation shed tears for Bauer and prayed for the other shooting victims, including the gunman, at a service in a building on the nearby University of Idaho campus. They said Bauer was a constant grandfatherly presence at the church and was always smiling.
Moscow, a community of about 20,000 people, is 80 miles south of Spokane, Wash.
A service of the Associated Pres(AP)
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