{"id":2508,"date":"2002-06-12T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2002-06-12T14:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2002-06-12T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2002-06-12T14:22:18","slug":"how_depressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/12\/how_depressing.html","title":{"rendered":"How depressing"},"content":{"rendered":"

JillMatrix reports on the Southern Baptist Convention<\/a>, meeting in St. Louis. Always good for a laugh, except when they make you cry.<\/p>\n

Some of the current highlights (aside from the entertaining internecine struggle over whether the Texas general convention is planning on seceding):<\/p>\n

  • Sympathy for Catholics<\/a>, and an acknowledgment that the abuse scandals in a church setting are not solely a Catholic occurance. The more decentralized structure of the SBC is a mixed blessing here — it’s less likely that one person at the top (since there really is no “top”) can hush things up, but it also means lack of oversight as to what folks out at the fringes are doing.<\/p>\n
  • Lack of sympathy for Moslems<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    “Islam was founded by Muhammad, a demon-possessed pedophile who had 12 wives, and his last one was a 9-year-old girl,” Vines said to applause.
    \n“Allah is not Jehovah, either,” Vines said. “Jehovah is not going to turn anyone into a terrorist that will try to bomb people and take the lives of thousands and thousands of people.” <\/p>\n

    I’m sure Timothy McVeigh would be surprised to hear that. The Crusaders might have an objection as well.<\/p>\n

  • Lack of sympathy toward gays <\/a>protesting the convention, a number of whom were arrested and charged with trespassing and “ethnic intimidation” (?).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    JillMatrix reports on the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in St. Louis. Always good for a laugh, except when they make you cry. Some of the current highlights (aside from the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29114,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/dadt-repeal-leads-to-attack-on-religious-freedom.html","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":0},"title":"DADT repeal leads to attack on religious freedom!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 2-Aug-12 8:46am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, it's true, just as conservative Christian groups such as the Southern Baptist Convention warned, the repeal of Don't Ask \/ Don't Tell in the military has led to military chaplains facing pressure to obey orders and being disciplined for not going along\u00a0what they are now told is the \"moral\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130888,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/baptists-call-for-an-end-to-displaying-the-confederate-flag.html","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":1},"title":"Baptists call for an end to displaying the Confederate flag","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Jun-16 10:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Southern Baptist Convention has passed the following resolution:'We call our brothers and sisters in Christ to discontinue the display of the Confederate battle flag as a sign of solidarity of the whole Body of Christ, including our African-American brothers and sisters.'I applaud their action.(The full resolution is here: http:\/\/erlc.com\/resource-library\/articles\/resolution-7-on-sensitivity-and-unity-regarding-the-confederate-battle-flag)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1820,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/25\/the_solution_to.html","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":2},"title":"The solution to rude cell phone users","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 25-Apr-02 11:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"Nokia should seriously consider this suggestion. (Via JillMatrix)...","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-Tech"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3983,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/04\/oooookay.html","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":3},"title":"Oooookay","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 4-Mar-03 12:04pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As long as we're talking about superstitions, how the frell does this work? (via JillMatrix)...","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2566,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/04\/a_friend_in_nee.html","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":4},"title":"A friend in need","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 4-Jun-02 9:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"Vote for JillMatrix as Queen of the Blogwhores. And vote for Sekimori as Sexiest Female Blogger. That is all....","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging & Internet"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging & Internet","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2090,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/03\/14\/altogether_ooki.html","url_meta":{"origin":2508,"position":5},"title":"Altogether Ookie","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 14-Mar-02 1:08am","format":false,"excerpt":"Would you survive a horror movie? 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