With these people, an accusation is always a confession. Yes, I'm linking to conservative Christian writer Russell Moore in Christianity Today who has just read the report on the coverup by Southern Baptist convention leadership of widespread sexual abuse by clergy. Just so you know, the Southern Baptist convention is the largest protestant denomination in the United States. It was formed in 1845 when it split from the northern baptists over the issue of slavery. Presumably you can guess which side they were on.
Nowadays, the SBC affirms male dominance. Women cannot be pastors and, according to the official church doctrine called the Baptist Faith and Message:
The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to his people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
Obviously, since the 1970s they have opposed abortion under any circumstances. However, raping children is just fine with them. Christ deliver us from Christianity.
1 comment:
Religion sucks. But Christianity is the worst.
Religion needs to be a personal matter between each individual human and whoever they think god is.
And if someone doesn't want to be religious, or doesn't believe in a deity, that's great too.
As Voltaire wrote, "Honor those who seek the truth, but beware those who claim to have found it." And yes, the whole society needs to be taught about human projection. These days, any accusation is a confession.
Post a Comment