I grew up Southern Baptist also. The denomination split from northern Baptist over the issue of slavery.
According to wikipedia it is the largest Protestant denomination in the US. Not everyone who attends a Southern Baptist Church is an inbred hick. Some people go because their parents and grandparents were Southern Baptist so that is the church where they are most comfortable.
SB churches are usually very friendly to new people. They often have various programs for families and the singing is good. There are lots of people who attend SB churches and seem to be oblivious to its overall craziness. I think that they are going more for the social aspects of church and not for the religion itself.
There is a lot of hypocriticalness in SB congregation. I don't know if it is still true but I was told that SB congregations aren't supposed to drink alcohol and yet, lots of people who attend that denomination do drink. My neighbor used to be a bartender and she still makes the best drinks. Whenever she had a get together, there would always be a group of people who hung behind waiting for everyone else to leave so they could sneak one of my friend's drinks without their fellow church members knowing. They were always Southern Baptist
According to wikipedia it is the largest Protestant denomination in the US. Not everyone who attends a Southern Baptist Church is an inbred hick. Some people go because their parents and grandparents were Southern Baptist so that is the church where they are most comfortable.
SB churches are usually very friendly to new people. They often have various programs for families and the singing is good. There are lots of people who attend SB churches and seem to be oblivious to its overall craziness. I think that they are going more for the social aspects of church and not for the religion itself.
There is a lot of hypocriticalness in SB congregation. I don't know if it is still true but I was told that SB congregations aren't supposed to drink alcohol and yet, lots of people who attend that denomination do drink. My neighbor used to be a bartender and she still makes the best drinks. Whenever she had a get together, there would always be a group of people who hung behind waiting for everyone else to leave so they could sneak one of my friend's drinks without their fellow church members knowing. They were always Southern Baptist