tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post1900845610023196847..comments2023-06-08T06:20:06.396-04:00Comments on Just a Curmudgeon: Just Say NoWilliam H. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16943856892268011802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post-84608071303664850722017-04-22T08:53:25.215-04:002017-04-22T08:53:25.215-04:00Thanks very much!Thanks very much!William H. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943856892268011802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post-62811558559024042017-04-21T15:09:06.611-04:002017-04-21T15:09:06.611-04:00A little nugget of recent news that may prove usef...A little nugget of recent news that may prove useful: https://www.nas.org/articles/the_pseudo_science_of_microaggressionsPip Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357170631734500942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post-3977364640913281652017-04-11T08:48:21.796-04:002017-04-11T08:48:21.796-04:00Dear Jenny, I wish I had more I could offer you in...Dear Jenny, I wish I had more I could offer you in terms of the practical methods for doing something. I don't know what church you are in, or who your pastor is, or what Presbytery you are (and do not want to). But what is needed, in my view, is something along the lines of what happened before and when the PCA came into existence. Some ministers of influence and some ruling elders led a movement of reform in the PCUS and later of forming the PCA (and I am not saying a new denomination should be begun). The problem is that it is hard to see how such a coalition of teaching and ruling elders can come together. Men are very afraid of being accused of being racists if they confront the influence of CRT (if they know what it is and how it has influenced racial reconciliation). As long as CRT is allowed to be influential the further the church will be from any real reconciliation. There will always be a set a new things that must be confessed and repented. Another thing that would need to happen is for the two seminaries that feed ministers into the PCA were willing to say, "No we are not going there." I have in mind CTS and RTS. But the truth is they both have within them proponents of CRT - and apparently with the support of the administrations. This is one reason I am not very hopeful. The difficulty with confronting "gender apartheid" is two fold: The accusation of racism. And the accusation that women are being devalued and put into second class citizen status. There has to be a willingness to say clearly and decisively: "We are not going to have female REs and/or TEs. William H. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943856892268011802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000196701682120087.post-26212460567509142342017-04-10T11:18:54.302-04:002017-04-10T11:18:54.302-04:00I agree with what you are saying. I believe you h...I agree with what you are saying. I believe you have correctly identified a problem. But can you provide more advice on what a layman can actually DO? <br /><br />You're saying that the Church must "say" certain things. I agree. How does a layman make that happen? What, exactly, can a layman -- or even a RE or TE -- do? To whom do we talk? What do you recommend we actually say? Are you talking about overtures at GA? Something else?<br /><br />I believe the time for concrete action has come. I just don't know what form that concrete action should take. Any suggestions?Jenny Geddeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067985724883907678noreply@blogger.com