[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Clinton, Carter, Gore, etc... are all Southern Baptists. You certainly couldn't look at that denomination and get a clue regarding their politics. John Kerry is Catholic. Really, this tells a person nothing.

BTW, Disciples of Christ is a very liberal denomination.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Clinton, Carter, Gore, etc... are all Southern Baptists. You certainly couldn't look at that denomination and get a clue regarding their politics. John Kerry is Catholic. Really, this tells a person nothing.

Excellent point. I belong to a church that has everyone from the liberal left to the ultra-conservative. I've never understood how we all get along, lol. It's very different from the homogeneous church I used to attend (fairly conservative).

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Jimmy Carter says he can
'no longer be associated' with the SBC
___By Greg Warner
___Associated Baptist Press
___ATLANTA (ABP)--Former President Jimmy Carter, Southern Baptists' most famous layman, says he feels "excluded" by the Southern Baptist Convention and "can no longer be associated" with the nation's largest Protestant denomination.
___As a candidate in 1976 who introduced the term "born again" into the political lexicon, as a president who was criticized for witnessing to world leaders, as a goodwill ambassador through his work with Habitat for Humanity and as a Sunday school teacher at his small church in Plains, Ga., Carter has been one of the most visible and respected Southern Baptists for 25 years.
http://www.baptiststandard.com/2000/10_23/pages/carter.html