CBF Baptists in Georgia, many of whom still financially support the Georgia Baptist state convention, are persona non grata within official Southern Baptist circles. Christian Reconstructionists who advocate "replacing" the American system and "stoning" homosexuals are headliners.
Southern Baptists don't seem to notice or care. Others do. Here's a quote from a story about "Public Stoning: Not Just for the Taliban Anymore," by John Sugg published on AlterNet today:
There are big theological differences between the Religious Right's generals and the Reconstructionists. Traditional Christian theology teaches that history will muddle along until Jesus' Second Coming. That teaching is tough to turn into a political movement. Reconstructionists preach that the nation and the world must come under Christian "dominion" (as they define it) before Christ's return -- a wonderful theology to promote global conquest.
In short, Dobson, Robertson, Falwell and the Southern Baptist Convention (the nation's largest Protestant denomination) may not agree with everything the Reconstructionists advocate, but they sure don't seem to mind hanging out with this openly theocratic, anti-democratic crowd.
It's enough for Americans who believe in personal freedom and religious liberty to get worried about -- before the first stones start flying.
1 comment:
I think Sugg is coming out with a book. He has written for Mother Jones, great job he did last fall on Roy Moore and Baylor's Underwood who went to Mercer.
Glad you are monitoring his output for us.
Take a look at the baptiststoday link for Aug 15 for Possible Bush administration harassment of the Alliance of Baps for being friend of Cuba
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