“The doctrine of John Smyth (1570-1612) has one fatal flaw...”
Ummm...that no one in the SBC gives a rat’s rear about John Smyth? For doctrine, we prefer the Bible. And the SBC was NOT on the forefront of preaching against slavery.
With respect. The Bible is the authentic Word of God and thanks to the Baptists we have Biblical archeology in the Holy Land. My sister did her degree in Boston on the Baptists’ sermons in the 1830’s by very brave Baptists. High five. And please notice this simple puzzle. Why take the Bible literally if the following is discounted? “Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty” (John 6: 35). His substance really was in the bread at the Last Supper.