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Wednesday, June 16, 2004
SBC: Gettin' Fundie with it
Well, the big religion news right now is that the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest protestant denomination with over 16 million, is leaving a larger alliance of over 200 Baptist denominations as part of the SBC's continuing conservative swing. You can read more about it here. Issues cited for leaving ranged from a liberal view of Scripture (the SBC's hold that it is inerrant), gay-friendly churches in the alliance, and growing anti-Americanism among other alliance churches. Characteristic of fundamentalist churches--Scripture is inerrant and infallible, gays are to be avoided or at least unwelcome in church, and the United States and its foreign policies are to be upheld as carrying out the will of God. While I'm sure that for the Baptist World Alliance the split was saddening, it may be for the best. The SBC will further alienate themselves from society and the rest of the church as they become more conservative, sectarian, and closed-minded. It sounds like another little denomination I know of...
Posted at 09:18 am by Theologian Guy
 | | | Theologian Guy
June 25, 2004 09:01 AM PDT
Spanks, Jon.
I just back from Uplift at Harding...I'm a bit fuzzy (faced and minded), but I'll be with it soon, I'm sure. | |
| | | Jon Melton
June 22, 2004 01:03 PM PDT
Very good approximation of fundementalism. I had a conversation recently where I used the term fundamentalism in a negative way. I was told that being a fundamentalist isnt ALL bad...after all, we believe the bible is inerrant too. I made the same case you do theologian guy. the argument isnt;
A. all fundies believe the bible is inerrant
B. I believe the bible is inerrant.
C. Therefore, I am a fundie.
instead, it is;
A. All christians believe the bible is inerrant
B. All fundies believe the bible is inerrant,
C. Therefore, all fundies are Christians.
Its a necessary distinction---all fundies are Christians, but not all Christians are fundies. And while we may see the flaws in a fundie theology, let us never deny our fellowship to them. Because in so doing, we will have become the very thing we claim to not be...sectarian. Thanks for your thoughts theologian guy! keep up the good blogging. | |
| | | Warren
June 19, 2004 10:07 PM PDT
Well, anon, the SBC voted that particular thing down, so there IS no SBC call to homeschool. Read a little bit before ranting, please. | |
| | | Married Guy
June 18, 2004 04:15 PM PDT
I am just so glad the President was able to do a televised speech to the group. There's nothing like a presidential backing against a church split. Apparently, being "Anti-American" as defined by the SBC means being anti-Bush and, I suspect, anti-War. I guess I'm going to hell because I refuse to pledge allegiance to anyone but my Lord. I'm sorry, am I being cynical.
They will know we are Christians by our love, not by our ability to sniff out the liberal swingings of fellow Christians. | |
| | | Anon
June 16, 2004 01:45 PM PDT
[Long-time listener, first-time caller.]
Is anybody else troubled by the SBC's call to home-schooling? It's the equivalent of a spiritual air-raid drill. Somebody tell these people that our cold war's been won, please. | |
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