The article also says that gangs are responsible for 2,500 deaths between January and March alone. There’s no amount of knowledge that was going to keep these people safe. And the truth is, religion can lead to fool-hardiness quite quickly, and I say that as someone who was raised in the church. Their deaths are tragic, but also avoidable.
I have met Doug Wilson personally, he lives in my state. He also wrote a rather lengthy book that includes things like “slavery wasn’t really as bad as people make it seem”. I had the unfortunate opportunity of listening to him preach a sermon on how hitting your kids is really the only godly way to discipline. He’s a terrible human being, and it is terrible how many people have joined his cult, Christ Church, operating out of Moscow, Idaho.
Tragic Attack in Haiti: U.S. Missionary Couple and Haitian Colleague Killed by Gangs (thenarinder.in)
Very nuanced issue (lemmy.eco.br)
life pro tip!! (mander.xyz)
Doug Wilson , a preacher , wants the 1st Amendment of the Constitution to be interpreted so it only applies to Christians( ie he wants a theocracy) (midwest.social)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/10259127