Why I Am A Baptist Christian (Jesus Christ, ritual, reject, Earth)

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Melody

What can I say, but...sad. I don't know whether the church I'm going to would do that although I'm absolute certain that they would not allow a gay pastor and they might not allow them to become an official member since the philosophy of the church is that to be a member you have to abide by their philosophy...which in this case is to adhere to the bible (their interpretation obviously).

I had a feeling J4L was baptist but I had you, Nathan, pegged as a Catholic. Oops.

Most people can't tell the difference between a Baptist and the flam'n fundamentalist lunatics like www.landoverbaptist.org

I think that most people see Bigot instead of Baptist:

Southern Bigot Convention instead of Southern Baptist Convention

I have some diplomas from Wayland Baptist University, and I feel like people see "Wayland Bigot University" on my T-shirts because of what Jerry Falwell and Paige Batterson (er... Patterson) has done for Baptist life.

[johnnys4life]

Landover Baptist!!! LOL Angellous that is NOT A REAL CHURCH!!!! That's a parody website set up by someone with a really sick sense of humour! I thought everyone knew that!!!

[johnnys4life]

Hmm...well this isn't exactly a Baptist teaching at all but I think anyone who is living in a conscious, willful state of sin should be "politely" kicked out of the church until they straighten up. After all, we are supposed to be a model of what Christianity is. But maybe I am a Catholic, and I just don't know it!

[Holly]

I'm a Baptist because I agree with all of their beliefs. The King James Version is superior to modern translations; baptism is to be by immersion only (following Jesus' example); once you are saved, you are always saved; only males are to occupy leadership positions in the church (as the Bible says); evangelism is a supreme directive; outreach is also very important; ecumenism is not always a good thing and more often than not, is a bad thing; God created the universe in 6 days and rested on the 7th; communion is purely symbolic; baptism is purely symbolic; works do not save us; etc etc etc...

[angellous_evangellous]

It's "Revenge of the Baptists"!!

[Holly]

I believe that Baptists are about as close to the Biblical church as you're gonna get and that's one reason why I'm a Baptist.

[FerventGodSeeker]

Originally Posted by Holly

I'm a Baptist because I agree with all of their beliefs. The King James Version is superior to modern translations; ...

Really? So then you believe in unicorns?

"God brought them out of Egypt, he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn." Numbers 23:22, KJV
"Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in a furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?" Job 39:9-10, KJV

Or satyrs?

"But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there." Isaiah 13:21, KJV

" The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest." Isaiah 34:14, KJV

FerventGodSeeker

[Abram]

Originally Posted by Holly

I believe that Baptists are about as close to the Biblical church as you're gonna get and that's one reason why I'm a Baptist.

I agree with you here. This site shows this point very strongly. There are many believers that feel the Bible is in error. I feel very strong that the creator of the heavens and earth could deliver a book a 10,000 years and still state what he wants it to. The mere order of the words was placed by the hands of men directed by the Holy Spirit. Thats why it's called the living word. You could read one passage a 100 times and find something new every time. Its a endless book that contains the truth, Jesus. Until I gave up on trying to please the world and died to it I came to learn the real truth of God.
I love most Baptist Pastors because their intensity to the Bible. They teach the Bible and not their view of the world.
These are the views of a Bible thumping Jesus freak and have no problem admitting it...
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[Victor]

Originally Posted by J4L

But maybe I am a Catholic, and I just don't know it!

He he, it happens to more people then you might think.