Like any human document, I’m sure there are legitimate criticisms of the newly released Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. However, the critique from Dr. Joel McDurmon isn’t fair. It is the sly rhetoric of the Social Justice elite that promotes falsehood in an attempt to smear their opponents. The most jarring falsehood in the essay is the attempt to link the statement and its signers with antebellum slavery.
Dr. McDurmon gives a list of reasons for not signing the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. But he sneaks one dishonest smear into the list. He claimed, “This document could have been signed by the antebellum slaveowners, etc.