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September 2019

September 12, 2019

Doug Wilson, Christianity Today, and the White Supremacist in the Room

Wilson is racist. Wilson is a white supremacist. This is not complicated. All you have...

September 13, 2018

Christopher Hitchens, Doug Wilson, and the Making and Remaking of a Platform

Whether or not he realized it, Christopher Hitchens expanded Wilson's platform and built Wilson's gravitas...

August 2018

August 27, 2018

It Is Long Past Time for Evangelical Leaders to Condemn Doug Wilson’s Views on Slavery and the South

According to Wilson, the South was a truly Christian society. The North was pagan and...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

Well-Known Evangelical Pastor Justifies Slut Shaming (and More)

But then, this is classic Wilson---he pretends to be all "hip" and "cool" and "edgy"...

June 2018

June 12, 2018

Doug Wilson Moves the Goalposts on Evidence and Abuse

For many years, Wilson has insisted that allegations against church leaders should only be entertained...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

Pastor Doug Wilson: The Civil Authorities Can’t Be Trusted with Sexual Abuse Cases

The real problem with Wilson's post---and I didn't even get into his claims that Boz...

December 2017

December 06, 2017

“Kick Him Where It Counts”: Conservative Appeals to Violence as a Distraction Technique

This is about every conservative who talks about shooting anyone who so much as messes...

December 05, 2017

Doug Wilson on the “Biblical Criteria” for Judging Roy Moore

Growing up, I heard a lot about the "freedom" we have in Christianity---that Christ sets...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Crudity and Sexism Are Not Synonyms

Wilson considers himself a wit and positions himself as an intellectual. I've long disagreed with...

August 2017

August 22, 2017

You Cannot Be a Patriotic American and a Confederate

Christian colleges are all over the map on the Confederacy, the Antebellum South, and the...

July 2017

July 18, 2017

What Is Doug Wilson’s Problem with Male Ballet Dancers?

A recent blog post by Doug Wilson has me musing on the lack of foundation...

July 11, 2017

Shades of Sexual Deviance: Doug Wilson and the Tale of Two Boxes

Wilson seems almost confused as to why his critics object to his ministering to sex...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

No, That’s Not Why Confederate Statues Are Being Removed

This isn't about Lee being a slaveholder. It's about his role in an armed rebellion...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

“I’m not saying they deserve to be raped, but…”

Wilson claims he isn't blaming women for getting raped while 'foolishly' dressed, but they shouldn't...

March 14, 2016

Doug Wilson: Women who reject patriarchy are tacitly accepting “the propriety of rape”

First Wilson imagines a society in which women are physically protected by their male relatives...

December 2015

December 15, 2015

Doug Wilson’s Plagiarism Problem

In a second statement, Canon Press contends that they've run the text through plagiarism-detecting software...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Jamie Wight, Maranatha, & Sexual Predation Unrecognized

In the comments on my recent post about Jamin Wight, who sexually molested a young...

September 22, 2015

Doug Wilson: Jamin Wight Not a “Sexual Predator”

Oh boy. So I've written before about Doug Wilson's excuse-making for serial child molester Steven...

September 16, 2015

Doug Wilson: Steven Sitler Is Not a Child Rapist

And frankly, the Duggars had the same problem in all of their justifications for how...

September 14, 2015

Doug Wilson Explains Why He Oversaw Wedding of Serial Child Molester

In a recent blog post, evangelical theologian Doug Wilson explained why he married pedophile Steven...

September 08, 2015

Doug Wilson’s Pedophile Problem: The Root of the Issue

I'm not upset that Wilson has chosen to minister to a convicted serial pedophile. I'm...

September 06, 2015

Doug Wilson’s Pedophile Problem: Sex Offender For Whom Wilson Begged Leniency Back in Court with Infant Son

In 2005, Wilson asked the judge for leniency in sentencing Steven Sitler for molesting young...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

No, the African American Womb Is Not More Dangerous Today than during Slavery

This entire conversation ignores the fact that it is absurd to compare abortion and child...

July 14, 2015

Doug Wilson: Have His Views on Slavery Changed?

As bad as was Southern Slavery As It Was, I've been almost more shocked by...

July 13, 2015

Doug Wilson: Exchange with Thabiti Anyabwile

Previously in this series, I have covered conservative theologian Doug Wilson's 1996 pamphlet, Southern Slavery...

July 09, 2015

Doug Wilson: Black and Tan

In our last post, we dealt with Doug Wilson's 1996 work, Southern Slavery As It...

July 08, 2015

Doug Wilson: Slavery As It Was

I wrote yesterday about Doug Wilson's statement that supporting marriage equality is a worse sin...

July 07, 2015

Doug Wilson: Supporting Marriage Equality Is a “Far More Serious” Problem Than Supporting Slavery

It might be worth reminding readers that Wilson has a long history of referring to...

May 2014

May 26, 2014

Why Christian Homeschooling Culture Is Not a Safe Space

Some months ago I stated in a blog post that I was becoming increasingly convinced...

May 25, 2014

In Which Doug Wilson Splits Hairs and Fails at Logic

I didn't get into it when I touched on Wilson's "Gaylag Archipelago" comment last week,...