[the_doc]

I think our conversation started by my trying to point out that John McArthur does not consider himself a Southern Baptist, although of course he agrees with most of what they teach.

Actually, you did not start off by saying that MacArthur does not consider himself a Southern Baptist. You said in #254 that MacArthur does not consider himself a Baptist (whereas he actually does, since being a Baptist is a definitional thing--as MacArthur realizes--not a matter of one's stated organizational allegiance), and then in your #558 you brought up the topic of Southern Baptists (which is actually a different topic).

[RebekahT]

Fair enough. I meant he doesn't consider himself a Baptist in the Southern Baptist sense...I believe that was the context of the original statement about him to which I initially responded.