Doug Wilson Says The ‘Divinely Inspired Assessment’ is that the Pharisees ‘Offered Up to God’ ‘A Different Kind of S*** Than the Medieval S***’ [original unredacted]
“I believe it was Tolstoy who characterized the difference between revolutionary violence and reactionary violence as being the difference between dog s*** and cat s***. Borrowing the metaphor, and acknowledging that Saul used it first in Philippians, we have to acknowledge how strongly Saul felt about this point after his conversion. Many are currently trying to resurrect his old way of life as ‘not that bad,’ or being ‘at bottom, a religion of grace,’ while what they are trying to resuscitate is dismissed by Saul in the next breath after his so-called ‘blamelessness’ as being so much dog s*** (skubalon). Do I speak too strongly? Is this too crass? No, it is good example of how our petty pietisms about vulgarity can get in the way of the gospel. This is the divinely inspired assessment (Phil. 3:8). And I grant that some Lutheran-influenced advocates of the OPP may been genuinely inadequate in their abilities to distinguish between light brown and dark brown. But at least they knew the genus. So I cheerfully grant that the Pharisees were not merit legalists. They were a different kind of legalist. And what they offered up to God to get Him to receive them was a different kind of s*** than the medieval s***.”1 — Doug Wilson (note: asterisks added; the original quote does not redact the s-word)
Want More Context?
Here are some links to other blogs and podcasts dealing with this and other issues in more depth:
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/profanity-worse-think/
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/untameable-tongue
https://rts.edu/resources/talk-edification-the-holy-spirit-and-the-glory-of-god/