You wrote:
“Opinions like these and the almost daily posts here on Free Republic about “Crossing the Tiber” and the supposed superiority of The Catholic Church makes me wonder what is really the most important thing here?”
It’s not an opinion. It’s a fact - the SBC was started to uphold the life of slavery and racism.
Totally missed the point! What is in the heart? Of the person? Today? Now? The past is gone, your church cannot claim innocence in the past, but what matters is now and the Southern Baptist faith, IMO, is far closer to the gospel of Christ than many, many older ones.