(February 24, 2015 at 9:46 pm)abaris Wrote:(February 24, 2015 at 9:35 pm)Beccs Wrote: I keep hearing and reading some seriously weird and disturbing things from and about southern Baptists.
Are they all inbred, uneducated rednecks?
I didn't have the misfortune to know about them either before I came here. Seems like a hate cult. Funny thing though, Fred Phelps (did he bite the dust yet?) started out as a civil rights lawyer before turning into a raving preacher.
A hypocritical bunch of pissants is what they are. I should know; I was raised as one. Robbypants's thread about "gaming the system" could be a game plan for many of them -- they pray every Sunday for sins committed every Saturday night, and it's often acknowleged with a laugh.
Phelps, who died in 2014, was ordained a a Southern Baptist minister, but it seems he had some very Calvinist views, especially his acceptance of preordainment, which is directly contrary to SoB doctrine that salvation comes through personal confession, repentance, and accepting The Loarrrd into one's heart.
Not all SoBs are inbred and uneducated. But those who get the education leave the congregation for more tolerant fields, usually.
