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March 11, 2008
Goodbye, Southern Baptist Convention
I've been a conservative Southern Baptist most of my life. My earliest memory of Southern Baptist churches came almost to the day that my mother divorced my father.
Up until that point, and for a time right after "hah skrewl" (a little Rush lingo, there) when I was in a rebellious period of my life, I was a Presbyterian. But soon as mother divorced dad, she began to go to the church where her mother had been a longtime member. And dragged me and the Sibling Unit™ along with her. And thereafter, I'd always felt most comfortable...well, more comfortable than not...in the Southern Baptist Convention. Especially after the conservative takeover thereof in the 1980s.
That all ended Sunday night, when I read this RCOB-inducing bullshit.
In a major shift, a group of Southern Baptist leaders said their denomination has been "too timid" on environmental issues and has a biblical duty to stop global warming.The declaration, signed by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention among others and released today, shows a growing urgency about climate change even within groups that once dismissed claims of an overheating planet as a liberal ruse.
We'll forget for a minute that this country just went through one of the coldest, if not the coldest, winters in history. I mean, even though the frigid-as-a-witch's-tit temps generally missed Dallas/Fort Worth, we still got our share of cold weather - it even snowed nine fucking inches in parts of the Metromess the other day. Putting that aside for just a minute, the very fact that it's the liberal Donktards pushing this Glow-bullshit Wormening™ thing on us, not even wanting to invite debate on the matter, should have the heretofore-conservative Convention raising red flag after red flag after red flag - right?
Oh, but not only no, but HELL NO! (Pun only partially intended.)
"We believe our current denominational resolutions and engagement with these issues have often been too timid," according to the statement.
I'd probably have to agree with that statement. Their reactions have been "too timid" in that they apparently have lacked sufficient spine to tell the Left Reverend Albert Arnold Algore, The Mostest Mostest Highest (on what exactly, who can say?) Glow-bull Wormening Goreacle™, exactly what he could go do with all of these so-called "issues" of his.
Not to mention trying to shove some of the aforementioned March D/FW snow up his fat ass.
"Our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed. We can do better."
Oh fer Cthulu's ever-more-blasphemous sake.
"Mounting evidence" like nine inches of snow in March in a place where it won't even snow in December, January or February most winters? "Evidence" such as massive blasts of winter cold everywhere the Goreacle travels? The fact that the average temperature has risen one whole fuckin' degree in the last century or so?
"We can do better" my ass. Quit trying to sound like John-boy F'n Qetchup-Ass and pandering to the environ-mental case asshats, huh?
But these paragraphs here, Denizens, are what have my blood boiling:
No one speaks on behalf of all Southern Baptists, who leave decision-making to local churches. Yet, the signatories of today's resolution represent some of the top figures in the convention.Among them are the denomination's president, the Rev. Frank Page of South Carolina; two former presidents, the Rev. James Merritt of Georgia and the Rev. Jack Graham of Texas; and the Rev. Ronnie Floyd of Arkansas, who helped conservatives solidify control of the denomination in the 1970s and 1980s.
Didja see that name? Jack Graham of Texas?
Up until this past Sunday night, that was my pastor. Yes, sportz fanz - I was a member (whether in good standing is anyone's guess) at Prestonwood Baptist, where Graham rides herd. And when I read that my pastor had signed this piece of abject bullshit, I promptly emailed him and told him - nicely, of course; he is a pastor - what he and the Southern Baptist Convention could go do with themselves.
Memo to the SBC: If I wanted to be a member of a liberal, touchy-feely, Gaia-worshipping cult, I'd go with the Pepsi-cola church. Or the Unitarians. Or the Catholics - hell, none of them worship Creator God anymore; what difference would it make?
But hey, SBC - enjoy pleasing mammon rather than the God who created you. And do go get your Bibles and read Revelation 3:14-17. Before you suffer the same fate that church did.
Posted by Lord Spatula I, King & Tyrant at March 11, 2008 02:12 PM
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Spats,
Here's how I see this....
85% of the reason the SBC came out with this total crock of OwlBore worshipping is EXACTLY as you have put it. The other 15% is because they couldn't let the Pope get all the press for the Catholics by saying that destroying the environment is one of the new "deadly sins".
FYI, good one on the Biblical "smackdown". Then again, Revelations is quite good for that purpose.
And finally, IMHO if a religious organization is going to start brown-nosing to libtard bullshiat like glowbull wormening, then said religious organization is in business for the money and not ANYTHING but the money. Which as you can guess, is all wrong in the soul.
Posted by: Supreme General Rayegun at March 11, 2008 05:43 PM
Just out of completely pointless curiosity, any relationship between Jack and Billy?
Either way though, protecting the environment from REAL threats is a good idea, but bending over backwards for a cult of retarded Gaea-worshiping nincompoops is not. Hopefully there will be a few (thousand) more people who tell them the exact same thing as you did.
RH
Posted by: Robert Huntingdon at March 11, 2008 06:50 PM
Just out of completely pointless curiosity, any relationship between Jack and Billy?
Uh..."Billy"? Did I miss something there?
FYI, good one on the Biblical "smackdown". Then again, Revelations is quite good for that purpose.
'Preciate it. Then again, as I was still pondering the issue today I thought of several other verses (in Revelation and otherwise) that probably would've served even better - some straight from the mouth of Christ. Something about serving two masters or somesuch.
Posted by: Lord Spatula I, King & Tyrant at March 11, 2008 07:36 PM
Sorry Spats... Jack Graham... Billy Graham... I guess I thought the last same/similar last names would be more obvious. Guess not, sorry.
RH
Posted by: Robert Huntingdon at March 12, 2008 05:57 AM
Not at all, RH. I thought of that briefly, but since Billy wasn't mentioned in the story, didn't give it a second thought. My bad.
Posted by: Lord Spatula I, King & Tyrant at March 12, 2008 06:30 AM
Spats,
'Preciate it. Then again, as I was still pondering the issue today I thought of several other verses (in Revelation and otherwise) that probably would've served even better - some straight from the mouth of Christ.
You're welcome. Also, don't forget I have plenty of first-person experience with that "guilt" religion. Up until about 10 years ago I was still a member of it.
Something about serving two masters or somesuch.
Appears in two places no less. Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13.....
Posted by: Supreme General Rayegun at March 12, 2008 01:49 PM
Spats,
There are two possible explanations for the Baptist stand.
1. He SBC leadership has truly become convinced that Christians must truly worry about CO2.
2. (More likely in my opinion) The SBC leadership has become so enamored of their status as the nation's largest protestant faith group, and of the political influence which they have as a result, that in order to appeal to the largest possible group, they are getting on the Global warming bandwagon.
If this is true, they have forgotten that our job ass Christians is to proclaim the Gospel in purity and truth, not to win a popularity contest, or to obtain political power.
Posted by: David Hartung at March 12, 2008 02:51 PM
Look at this chart and note the trend since 1998. If this were a stock graph, I'd be preparing to sell short.
Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at March 13, 2008 10:59 AM