Nor do we endorse the junk theology you mentioned.
You waste the long cut and paste. I will not read them. Never understood how your friends want to argue with people who don't share your opinions. You will never “convince” anyone that way. Only annoy.
I’ll stick my oar in:
“The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.”
George Orwell, ‘The Prevention of Literature’ (1946)
OK, here we go ... I’m just an Okie. Back to you, Tex.
No, the Baptists and the Super-Baptists (CofC) claim to have gone underground for 1500 years.