What Does Doug Wilson Believe?

LGBTQ+ Issues

Gay and Lesbian Clergy Are a Sign of Mainline Churches’ Decay, and Their Worship May Not Be “Acceptable” to God

The foolish alarmist who warned them of the eventual arrival of lesbian choir directors and Buddhist Presbyterian pastors would have been dismissed as a nutcase.

In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 1 quote from 2010, from A Serrated Edge, cited to the source.

The liberals of the 1920's did not anticipate the bizarre harvest we can now see in the mainstream denominations. If they had been warned about it, their only response would have been a confident laugh. The foolish alarmist who warned them of the eventual arrival of lesbian choir directors and Buddhist Presbyterian pastors would have been dismissed as a nutcase. But, right on schedule, here we are.

— Douglas Wilson, A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking, Canon Press, 2010, Ch. 7 ModEvism