Dealing with Synod Bullies

Put your hand out so I can see it.

WELS is not the only sect filled with bullies. Missouri has its share. So does ELCA. The micro-mini sects are ideal for psychotic, in-bred bullies. Being closely related to everyone in the sect is not a good indication for one's DNA. Bragging rights in a sect may be a cause for alarm from the medical profession.

In school, no one has the right to assault, abuse, or dominate another person. That might seem obvious to many, but the WELS prep system is different. Not only is bullying encouraged, but those who dare to report it are bullied even more. Anything done in the name of getting even is considered fair, including destroying someone's property. The WELS clergy are so deep into this behavior that they think it is great. They brag about what they have done to others. The stated goal, as VP Huebner told me, is to "make sure everyone comes out the same." That may be why the ELS calls Mequon The Sausage Factory.

The ELS must love bullying, because they re-elected Pope John the Malefactor. They should have sent him packing after he took over control of various congregations because some doubted the plenary inspiration of the ambiguous ELS position on the public ministry. I lost count of how many pastors he got rid of in his re-enactment of Jesus Cleansing the Temple.

The ELS is used to being bullied by WELS, but they have no smaller sect to bully.

The best approach is to stand up to bullies. Their cowardice shows on their faces. If the bully waits to get even later, often through proxies, the time has come to separate for good. They should be pitied, because they are emotionally immature and seriously impaired in their thinking.

Here is one good example. A WELS pastor brags about his high level of education and tries to browbeat laity into accepting his divinely-inspired course of action. This same genius graduate of The Sausage Factory thinks - to stretch the verb - that copying the sermons and materials of a false teacher will:

1. Save his congregation from fading away.
   
2. Remain undetected by people who use the Internet.

His response to being found out is to launch an anonymous blog, and to post anonymous comments, although the Internet logs all such activity, even down to the exact name of his operating system.Bullies get away with a lot, and clergy bullies probably escape attention the longest. The trouble is, the Law eventually works its way. The price is paid in time.