Carter, Clinton woo Baptists to new convention [Church of Jimmy & Bill]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 1/10/07 | Ernie Suggs, John Blake

[madprof98]

Jimmy and Bill want to get politics out of religion, so they are founding their own church. This will make a whole lot of sense to Democrats.

[martin_fierro]

[NewCenturions]

WIshing they'd take the FAKE Catholics; Pelosi, Kennedy, & Kerry with them!

[AnAmericanMother]

At the time, he said the final straw was a denominational statement saying wives should submit to their husbands.

Rosalyn must not have liked that.

Problem is, if you argue with that you're arguing with Scripture (Colossians 3, Ephesians 5, 1st Peter 3), so it's a little difficult to be a Southern Baptist (a very Scriptural denomination) and reject the teachings of the New Testament.

If Carter had a brain in his head, though, he would read that Scripture in context and understand what it meant. While wives must obey their husbands, in return the husband must be Christ-like and sacrifice everything -- even his own life if necessary -- for his wife.

[dawn53]

My son was at a gathering of college students in Atlanta over New Year's. One of the speakers was John Piper, and he talked about a movement that was denying several tenets of the Christian faith, but in a very subtle way. The group is called "The Emergent Church."

I had never heard of them, so I did some looking and sure enough they are trying to appeal to the "non fundamental, less conservative" Christian, but deny such doctrines as substitutional atonement and hell.

Here's a link that discusses the new movement.

http://signsoflifebooks.com/blog/2006/09/what-is-the-emergent-church/

[L98Fiero]

Democrats never miss a church photo-op but Christians are "right-wing". I take that as, to a Democrat, it's OK to lie about being religous but not OK to actually BE religous. Mmm-hm.

[KarlInOhio]

XXX-42 is just looking for some more troubled young women to "minister" to.

[Bahbah]

Do you have to hate Jews to join up?

[Dreagon]

What this really amounts to is an attack on an enemy constituency......the Southern Baptists.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton announced in Atlanta on Tuesday the creation of a Baptist organization they said would counter what they say is a negative image of their faith.

I had to go back and read this several time to make sure my eyes weren't failing me. Carter and Clinton announcing the creation of a new Baptist organization? Now, that's an outfit you can trust. (/s)

[Gay State Conservative]

No doubt this "convention" will express the core of its beliefs through The Ten Suggestions.

[Our man in washington]

I have no problem with this. I just wish they wouldn't use the Baptist name. They should pick something more historically accurate.

I would recommend the "Church of Malignant Narcisissism." In the long run, they could form a united alliance with other narcissistic religious enterprises, such as the Unitarian Universalist Association. and at least half of the mainline Protestant denominations.

[cdcdawg]

"Emergent Church" is just the latest hip name for something that is not new at all.

[Kuksool]

[promised an inclusive organization willing to debate openly all issues.}


Clinton and Carter mean issues can be honestly disccuess as long as they are politically correct. Politically incorrect issues are hateful, hutful, and extreme.

[pandoraou812]

In 2000, Carter left the Southern Baptist church after years of feeling "increasingly uncomfortable." At the time, he said the final straw was a denominational statement saying wives should submit to their husbands.

I think he is a senile old liar. How he could sit in church and take Arab money is beyond me. What a forked tongue that man has. He is so pro Arab yet he leaves his church because final straw was a denominational statement saying wives should submit to their husbands. Shaking my head here again....

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

"There is a deep crisis and division among Christian believers who are separated from one another because of these ancillary issues," said Carter. "The main thrust of our efforts is to heal those wounds."

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There should be a huge division, he is preaching heresy and the body of Christ should use the sword of truth to lobe his head off.

[princess leah]

What about separation of church and state - if the republicans had done this, man they press would be eating them alive!

[denydenydeny]

the New Baptist Convention will look for solutions to problems such as poverty and racism.

Let me think....oh, what on earth could these solutions be?

Could they be....uh....socialism and statism? Just a wild guess.

[Kuksool]

Where's the ACLU complaining? Afterall, they claim tobe non-partisan? :)

Notice the media is more than willing to have Christians on tv say the faithful shouldn't get involved in politics in regards to abortion or gay marriage. However, in the next sentence, they say Christians have a Godly duty to combat global warming and support universal healthcare.

[Son House]

Read the ticker on this music video, about Clinton getting mad at Wallace,

Cheap Trick - Voices

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huARDXzPEN8

Then enjoy this one for all those who want surrender,

Cheap Trick - Surrender

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9EMJzu8kV4

Both are great, and we all could use a little joy.