Why the Complaining?

It seems that there is a saying I grew up hearing and it applies to what we are now seeing in the blog world. The saying; “Stop spitting in my face and telling me it is raining“. This saying was used when someone was trying to change something that was fact and using words to change public perception in order to change facts. Judge McBryde’s summary judgment is now in, but some seem to be spitting in our faces and telling us it is raining.

With the case of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and her President Dr. Paige Patterson coming to a summary judgment, it seems that it is not good enough for some. In the weeks leading up to the judge’s decision one person said; “Once the jury (or judge) decides a proper verdict, whatever they decide, nobody should complain.” This comment was said on this blog. In the same comment stream this same commenter said; “I trust that we as Southern Baptists can rest in the belief that a sovereign God will ensure a righteous decision, and judgment, shall be forthcoming - however it turns out.” It seems that now this commentor seems to question the ‘outcome of this situation’. Later in the comment stream this same commentor said; “Thanks Bart, for the healthy discussion. I think it is evident that nobody knows the truth - YET. But a court will soon decide.“

Well another blog in another comment stream was rife with comments about how many would see the truth and we should follow the judges decisions. It seems that some wanted to make those of us who were calling for an accurate reading of the case feel like we had no business reading, much less commenting on this case. Here one commenter said; “Listening to you parse case law is like watching a ground hog in the clutches of an eagle assuming that he can fly.” But, here you can see that the author of the article referencing to the loyalty of Dr. Blaising and insinuating he is merely trying to cover his proverbial backside.

Today, Craig Blaising is doing his best to cover Defendant Patterson’s hind quarters. In fact, no greater loyalist at SWBTS can be found among Patterson’s two-legged colleagues. His affidavit reveals the nature of his involvement in negotiating Klouda’s contract with the seminary, in revising the conditions of her faculty responsibility to satisfy hesitant trustees, and in doing the dirty work of giving her the boot when Patterson determined that his “sincere religious belief” warranted a unilateral vacation of the trustee majority opinion regarding the suitability of a woman to teach Semitic languages in the School of Theology.

With all of these pre-judgment statements, these same bloggers are now asserting a mistake by the judge. The same judge, whose decision that one said, ‘we all should submit’. Well, now I want you to notice the post-judgment posts. Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, and Here.

As has previously been noted; Once the jury (or judge) decides a proper verdict, whatever they decide, nobody should complain. Why all of the complaints if we trust that we as Southern Baptists can rest in the belief that a sovereign God will ensure a righteous decision, and judgment?