The Debacle of GA '19: Well This Was Inevitable

Rev. Todd Eklof has been disfellowshipped from the UUA right on the eve of GA '20.

Here's the letter: [Original HERE]

Is anyone surprised? Literally, everything I said would happen did. And it ain't over yet, not by a longshot.

In the last piece, The Debacle of GA '19: What Rev. Todd Eklof and the Spokane Church Can Expect, we examined how the UUA operates. It is completely and thoroughly dysfunctional. 

It seems surprising (to people who only pay attention to words, not deeds) that the whole anti-racism movement seems to have such ugly "side-effects" of "creating justice." It doesn't seem to make any sense, does it?

Well... it does make sense when one realizes that anti-racism was created as a psyop by a three-letter agency. (I'm not making the claim that  Capitalism's Invisible Army is behind it, although there is a long and rich history of the CIA doing illegal activities on US soil. There are many, many intelligence agencies active in the US. Sometimes they work separately, sometimes together. Sometimes they work within the confines of the law, sometimes they don't.)

"But wait..."  I hear you say, "anti-racism and the whole culture that surrounds it is here to create racial justice."

Yes, indeed, that's what we've been told, (harangued really), again and again, and again.

But what if I were to tell you that all of the insane shit going on in the general public, and in our churches, is NOT the byproduct of striving toward racial justice, but rather, its purpose. 

Take a look at THIS. This is from last year's Democratic Socialist Convention, held just a couple of months after GA '19. If you notice nothing gets done. Nothing. That's the point. This only happens to left-leaning groups. It almost seems tailor-made to shut down the opposition. Doesn't it? It would do us well to remind ourselves that intelligence agencies lean right, not left. Some of them lean very right. 

What if I were to tell you that several people in high places in the Unitarian Universalist hierarchy receive payments from one, or more, of these three-letter agencies? Let that thought experiment perk. I encourage readers to look for themselves. Look at your "leaders" and ask yourselves how they personally benefit. Look carefully. You may be surprised.

Given all of this, do you think the beneficiaries at the UUA will allow a political enemy to interfere with their payola agenda? We will explore all of this in a future piece. 

It's obvious that the letter above was written for the prime audience of believers, fanatics... oh, alright the chronically deluded. It's obvious because it's filled with flat out lies. 

Let's take a look:

The first paragraph makes it clear that Rev. Eklof refused to take part in the star chamber the UUA prefers to call due process. It is to Rev. Eklof's credit that he did not bow down before the false idols they erected. The fact that this is completely dysfunctional, and the "ministerial misconduct" was a simple disagreement over the vision and direction of the association, should give one pause. But the deluded majority in the ministry won't give this a second thought.

The key part of this missive is this: 

"The Rev. Dr. Eklof has sought to focus public attention on his critiques of the UUA's approach to this work of repairing injustice." 

That's their issue with Rev. Eklof. It's right there. He was executed as a political enemy for the crimes of wrong-think [heresy] and wrong-speak [blasphemy].

But they can't say that outright [even though they literally just did] because it might upset those who finally see the hypocrisy of an organization that has historically championed freedom of religious experience and interpretation using Orwellian tactics to stifle discourse and remove a political enemy through charges of heresy. If people saw it that way, they might be upset. Hence the crimes of wrong-think and wrong-speak (aka heresy) must be polished over. It can't be about Rev. Eklof speaking truth to power. Which is exactly what happened. Seriously, who abusing all the power right now? 

Yup, in the new Unitarian Universalism, using the power and the language of the oppressor to stomp out dissent is known as "repairing justice." It's right there. Plain as text.

It gets more Orwellian. As they can't actually say that Rev. Eklof was removed from fellowship for heresy, [although they literally just said it] because there are still those in Unitarian Universalism who might get upset, there needs to be another presenting reason in place of the truth. As the truth is inconvenient, they chose to lie instead.

"Whether he agrees or not with a particular approach to this work is not the essential issue in the Committee's process or determination."

That's a lie... it's not only the essential issue, it's the only issue.

"Rather, the refusal to engage in dialogue with others and to be accountable  for his actions [Devilhead's emphasis] through the MFC process was the context for the Committee's review and the basis for which it has now removed his fellowship."

In other words, even though Rev. Eklof was removed for the crimes of heresy and blasphemy, for questioning the direction of the association, Rev. Sarah Lammert as a writer of this letter chooses to blame Rev. Eklof for bad process. 

Rev. Lammert I think you're a sack of shit. I'm not surprised. In my time in the ministry and out I've never heard anyone speak highly of Rev. Sarah Lammert's ethics. I guess the above is an example why.

And although the above lie is obvious, I guarantee that the majority in the ministry will parrot the line that Rev. Eklof didn't want to be held accountable.

What Rev. Eklof  and the Spokane Church Can Expect:

What no one says, but I'll tell you here because I've seen it happen time and again to political enemies of the UUA, is that removing Rev. Todd Eklof from fellowship was a given.

What would have happened had Rev. Eklof met with the Ministerial Fellowship Committee?

It would have been a meeting where he was guilty and tried before he even entered the room. The MFC is a Star Chamber, make no mistake about it.

It would be a browbeating "dialog" [one way communication] with the only goal to shame him into admitting he was wrong. With these three results, and only three, possible:

1. Rev. Todd Eklof would stand firm in his position. With the result that he would be disfellowshipped for heresy and blasphemy. And the result that they would have to make up a different lie as to why he was disfellowshipped. This would have been the most likely scenario.
2. Rev. Todd would be shamed into submission. The MFC would then hand the good Rev. a laundry list of things to do, a very large laundry list, a list so large God might have a hard time doing it all. To make things more interesting, should he actually attempt to do the list, a time limit will be placed on things. And... each item on the list will have to be validated by someone in the borg collective. End result: Rev. Eklof is removed from fellowship for either not completing the list, not doing it in a timely manner, or not making his judges happy. [In reality, Rev. Todd was aware that this is how the Star Chamber of the MFC works. Which is why he chose not to legitimize a kangaroo court.
3. Rev. Todd would be shamed into submission. The MFC would then decide that they "gave him every opportunity" but he's beyond redemption. End result: Rev. Eklof is removed from the ministry just cause they don't like him.

Now one would think that being removed from fellowship would be enough.

But, no. They want him out of the ministry.

As we speak, and I know this for a fact having heard from a congregant recently, the new approach is to badmouth Rev. Eklof by suggesting that since he isn't in fellowship, he's not really a good minister. The congregation can do better. The usual bullshit claims that there are all sorts of good fellowshipped ministers in the pipeline. UUA and Region honchos are actually involved with spreading this manure around right now as I write. Yup, real scumbags.

We'll pick this up next time.

Your Old Pal,

Devilhead