the recent report released concerning sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention
the recent report released concerning sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention
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Section titled “Highlights”- Over many years on this blog I’ve engaged with Christians who have defended patriarchy in the face of this criticism. And the defense is always the same: In the hands of godly and virtuous men, “God’s plan” for patriarchal gender relations in marriage and church leadership is perfectly safe. To which I respond: That’s the fatal flaw in your argument. Seriously, that’s your argument? That patriarchy is safe when being run by godly, virtuous men? Well, here’s a news flash: Humans are sinners. We’re ungodly. Any decent Baptist knows this. So the success of your system can’t depend upon the assumption of widespread virtue, because that foundation of virtue doesn’t exist and has never existed. Want some evidence? Here’s some: The SBC report on sexual abuse. To put the point clearly, you can’t make the claim that patriarchy is safe when your argument relies upon a vision of human virtue that both Scripture and human experience flatly contradict.