Posted on 11/17/2001 4:23:44 PM PST by gg188
Someone sent this to me as an example of the egregious intolerance of Baptists. What say ye, Freepers? Or, rather, what do you think *I say in response to the person who sent this to me?
The First Amendment means that I don't have to believe your religion, and you are not required by law to believe mine. If necessary, we agree to disagree.
That said, I know people who are Baptist who have prayed with me and others of other Christian denominations with no hesitation.
It's a matter of personal preference and I don't see any reason to criticize it.
I say way to go SBC !
We have too much compromise today..all religious faiths have the right to worship as they please in this country..but there is no law (yet) that forces prayer with groups that are not Christian..and God's word is clear.He does not hear the prayer of those that are not His.
It may not be PC..but it is correct!
Florida and much of the South was first Christianized by Spanish (Catholic) missionaries, many of whom were killed by warring Indian tribes supported by the English. Many Christian Indians were also killed, mostly by non-Christian Indians, again encouraged or even paid by other foreign powers.
So give a little thought to history before you refuse to pray with other Christians.
Yes they are. Try living down south.
Please,please, please do not fall into the trap of getting personally offended by the Southern Baptist Convention's position on this. That is what the diversity police and PC nazis want. They want your emotional reaction (as a Catholic, Morman, Jew etc...) to override your logic.
This is about freedom of association. If you are personally offended by their position on this, just forget about it. Thats not the point here.
I'm sure some Moderates will jump on this article as an excuse to sit out or vote Dem or Independent in this next election, thus empowering more Dems(who will promote more abortions, forces religious groups (including churches) to hire homosexuals, restrict free speech, replace private industry with inefficient govt monopolies lacking service, further empower union featherbedding and thuggery, further entrench and solidify corruption, steal more elections, increase our vulnerability by weaking our defenses, sell secrets to our enemies, etc.). Yes, much better than voting for that icky intolerant pro-life Republican who doesn't agree 101% with everything I believe in.
Divide and conquer, and we never seem to learn.
Here's a little more gas for the fire from a non-Southern Baptist:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/572769/posts
Christian leader condemns Islam
Preacher Franklin Graham calls Islam ‘wicked, violent On the first day of Ramadan, Franklin Graham's comments last month about the Muslim faith are causing problems for the Bush administration.
By Jim Avila
NBC NEWS Nov. 16 — The Bush administration continues to be careful about what it says concerning the religion of Osama bin Laden. However, it turns out that one of Bush’s close friends in the American religious establishment has had some very harsh words for the Muslim faith. There is fallout from such remarks made last month by Franklin Graham.
FRANKLIN GRAHAM is one of America’s most powerful Christian leaders. He delivered the benediction at George W. Bush’s inauguration. His father, Billy, counseled a long list of presidents. But now Franklin is in trouble with political friends for comments made recently, calling the entire Islamic religion “wicked, violent and not of the same God.”
“I don’t believe this is a wonderful, peaceful religion,” said Graham. “When you read the Koran and you read the verses from the Koran, it instructs the killing of the infidel, for those that are non-Muslim.”
Asked by NBC News to clarify his statement, Graham repeated his charge that Islam, as a whole, is an evil.
“It wasn’t Methodists flying into those buildings, it wasn’t Lutherans,” said Graham. “It was an attack on this country by people of the Islamic faith.”
Meanwhile, Ramadan, the holiest season of the Muslim year, has begun. Graham’s comments came as Bush, himself a deeply religious Christian, wished the world’s 1 billion Muslims, “health, prosperity and happiness during Ramadan.”
“Islam never teaches hatred, Islam never teaches terrorism,” says Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini of the Islamic Center of America.
The White House also distanced itself from Graham’s remarks Friday, saying the president “views Islam as a religion that preaches peace,” and that the terrorists do not represent what Islam teaches.
None of the other Christian leaders contacted by NBC News, including Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, would comment on Graham’s attacks.
“Obviously, Mr. Graham is tone deaf in this respect,” says Newsweek religion editor Ken Woodward. “He’s certainly not his father’s son in terms of discretion.”
A presidential friend and supporter now finds himself at odds with both the Muslim world and the message from the White House.
All religion, no matter what you believe, started so long ago and in the same place that it doesn't even make sense. You believe what you believe and that is it.
Don't tell me that yours is better than mine or anyone else's. If you do, you are nothing but a hipocrite. Where do you get off telling anyone that?
For those of you that think that your religion is any better than others, just stuff it.......
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