[PJ-Comix]

Some of the biggest poker players are Rednecks or Southern Baptists. Come to think of it, Harry Truman was both a Southern Baptist AND a poker player. In fact, I would guess that Southern Baptists form a disportionally LARGE part of Protestants who gamble.

BTW, ever see the movie, California Split? It is my favorite gambling movie. Anyway there was a scene at the poker table that had Amarillo Slim in a Cowboy hat while the Elliott Gould and George Segal characters were analyzing the players including one guy they claimed looked like a Klansman. I would advise you to check out the poker tables at most casinos. The Redneck (most likely Southern Baptist) poker player is a well known type at such games.

[newbeliever]

If I call myself a "man from Mars" am I a man from Mars? Would like to see my collection of Unicorn horns?

[newbeliever]

Please do not be shocked by the following statement. Southern Baptists are sinners. Some struggle with gambling, smoking, adultery, lying etc. But they are still sinners, just like everyone else.

[AzaleaCity5691]

I don't think there is a single state where Baptists comprise a majority of the population, they may be the largest denomination, but they don't constitute an outright majority.

Southern and Baptist are not co-equal terms. The Methodists are the other predominant Southern Protestant faith, and it is from the Methodists that you find more adherents of the "redneck" culture, not to mention, much of the political leadership.


"Harry Truman was both a Southern Baptist AND a poker player"

He was also a Freemason, and he was from Kansas City, a city where I'm guessing, you didn't have a real thriving "Baptist" culture (in the sense that Southerners use the word "Baptist") He was also a member of the Pendergast machine, which specifically fought the Klan, which at the time, had a very high Evangelical membership.