Just curious, how would you react/respond if it were you?
Ignore it and let the charges stand unanswered?
Respond like he did and be accused of acting like a “wounded naif?”
Seriously, how would you have him handle it?
I’m referring to his contention that he did not realize that being “engaged” while still married would be frowned upon in the milieu in which he operates. This is an intelligent and educated man; I’ve been reading his stuff since the 80s. He’s been active in evangelical/nondenominational Christianity for decades. Either he is being deliberately obtuse, or he’s so befuddled by the new young romance that his common sense went missing.