In which Mark Driscoll gives skjaere a RAGE headache
I cannot focus on anything else at the moment. I can't even bring myself to censor my profanity. Because Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church has got to be one of the most douchebaggy douchebags ever to stain the city of Seattle. A little while ago, I was checking through the normal roll-call of blogs I follow when I came across this post*, discussing a recent status update posted by Driscoll on his Facebook wall: “So, what story do you have about the most effeminate anatomically male worship leader you’ve ever personally witnessed?” I was understandably annoyed, and I posted to that effect in the comments.
Then. Then. I went over to Facebook to see if the status update was still there, and if so, what sort of feedback Driscoll had received on it. It was, as well as a staggering 679 responses. Some people, including a few self-identified members of Driscoll's congregation, called him out on his assholery. Good for them. However, there were plenty of others who were more than willing to play along with the Driscoll and even defend his posting.
This is who Mark Driscoll is. This is what Mars Hill Church advocates. They encourage their members to openly mock others in Christian Ministry based on their appearance and manner, and NOT in any way based on what those people may have to say. Who does that? Who thinks it makes them look at all good to do a thing like that?
I was so rage-blinded that I posted about it on Facebook. And now I know I've let myself in for trouble. My sister is a member of MHC. My mother has been listening to Driscoll's sermons online for months. Tomorrow morning, they are going to a service together. And then they are coming by to pick me up and take me back to Port Angeles with them. Oh, this is going to be fun.
I haven't said much to them, so far, about my objections to MHC. They know I'm not a fan, and they know I perceive complementarianism as essentially misogynistic. I don't send every blog or article or outrageous quotation I find their way. You know why? Because it won't help my case. I can't push them into changing their minds. I probably wouldn't even care all that much about MHC if I didn't know it was becoming a significant influence in the lives of people I care about. But I trust that they are grown up, intelligent women, and that their own discernment should be enough; I cannot make these calls for them.
I guess we'll see what happens now.
*All MHC links have been added to my ongoing info post on the church.
Then. Then. I went over to Facebook to see if the status update was still there, and if so, what sort of feedback Driscoll had received on it. It was, as well as a staggering 679 responses. Some people, including a few self-identified members of Driscoll's congregation, called him out on his assholery. Good for them. However, there were plenty of others who were more than willing to play along with the Driscoll and even defend his posting.
This is who Mark Driscoll is. This is what Mars Hill Church advocates. They encourage their members to openly mock others in Christian Ministry based on their appearance and manner, and NOT in any way based on what those people may have to say. Who does that? Who thinks it makes them look at all good to do a thing like that?
I was so rage-blinded that I posted about it on Facebook. And now I know I've let myself in for trouble. My sister is a member of MHC. My mother has been listening to Driscoll's sermons online for months. Tomorrow morning, they are going to a service together. And then they are coming by to pick me up and take me back to Port Angeles with them. Oh, this is going to be fun.
I haven't said much to them, so far, about my objections to MHC. They know I'm not a fan, and they know I perceive complementarianism as essentially misogynistic. I don't send every blog or article or outrageous quotation I find their way. You know why? Because it won't help my case. I can't push them into changing their minds. I probably wouldn't even care all that much about MHC if I didn't know it was becoming a significant influence in the lives of people I care about. But I trust that they are grown up, intelligent women, and that their own discernment should be enough; I cannot make these calls for them.
I guess we'll see what happens now.
*All MHC links have been added to my ongoing info post on the church.