The discovery of Mark Driscoll's 2000 Internet postings

[Darth Executor]

I don't mean cussing, I mean the coarse sexual/slang references throughout.

That's the cussing...

[KingsGambit]

I'm pretty sure cussing is not what that verse is talking about.

I don't mean cussing, I mean the coarse sexual/slang references throughout.

[TimelessTheist]

The coarse language is a pretty blatant violation of Ephesians 4:29.

I'm pretty sure cussing is not what that verse is talking about.

[Darth Executor]

The coarse language is a pretty blatant violation of Ephesians 4:29.

"Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it."

Now if that's not edifying I don't know what is.

[Darth Executor]

Briefly went through article, Driscoll comes off like a dumb raging oaf but he's basically right about the, err, kittified church. One of the more common complaints I hear from many ex-Christians and atheists is that Christians are essentially neutered, getting overrun by liberals without putting up any fight, surrendering the lives and souls of their neighbours in expectation of some distant reward for themselves. They then blame the Bible for this, using the exact same type of interpretations someone like Spartacus might use to come up with convoluted ways to explain why it's not ok to fight back in virtually every circumstance. It's hard to fault their logic and though I correct the biblical errors wherever I can the latter's ultimately futile if all Christians display is the former.

[KingsGambit]

I don't have a problem with what he said - I agree...

The coarse language is a pretty blatant violation of Ephesians 4:29.

[Darth Executor]

As an aside, this really reads like something from a men's rights forum like what Elliott Rodger hung out on.

I suppose poisoning the well before the thread even gets started is one way to go.

[seer]

I don't have a problem with what he said - I agree...

[KingsGambit]

As an aside, this really reads like something from a men's rights forum like what Elliott Rodger hung out on.

[KingsGambit]

Does this sort of thing matter now that it's been 14 years and he's somewhat distanced himself from the past?

Here is a link: Language/content warning. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrent...sified-nation/

My main issue is that his "apology" seemed to have been more about his volume than his content, so to speak. That, and what is posted here is not all that far removed from much of his more recent theology, though it's not as crudely put.

Overall, I have not seen the best of fruit from this church.