The Southern Baptists begin to eat their own

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Metaphorically speaking. We had this earlier thread but things are starting to ratchet up in other directions:

After purging liberals from their ranks, Southern Baptist conservatives who won control of their denomination are taking aim at each other.
The Rev. Wade Burleson, a Baptist leader from Oklahoma, says fellow conservatives who crusaded to elect only leaders who believe the Bible is literally true are carrying their campaign too far, targeting Southern Baptists who disagree with them on other issues.
These leaders, he wrote on his blog, are "following the same battle plan conservatives used to defeat liberalism," and have started a "war" for the future of the SBC.
Mr. Burleson's postings may have cost him a leadership role in the denomination. Trustees of the Southern Baptist international missionary agency took the first step this month toward ousting him from their board, accusing him of "broken trust" for writing about a meeting on his Web site.

Said site, should you wish to track Burleson's take on things over the past week (the story I quote ran this past Sunday) is http://kerussocharis.blogspot.com/

Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 28 January 2006 23:32 (twenty years ago)

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Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Saturday, 28 January 2006 23:43 (twenty years ago)

What do the Northern Baptists think of this?

Nemo (JND), Sunday, 29 January 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

The only (aus) baptist I ever knew was a (possibly gay) Bauhaus fan who looked like Morrisey. I guess they must be a different breed o'er here.

Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

If they played "Stigmata Martyr" at Baptist conventions I would totally go!

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:30 (twenty years ago)

hahaha! Aw yeah.

Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:31 (twenty years ago)

"the passion of Christ is for death, said she"

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:33 (twenty years ago)

OK now I am totally visualising a full on catholic mass with Pete Murphy muttering the latin "father son and holy ghost" at the pulpit with dry ice and strobes. Talk about puttin the fear of god up everyone.

Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:37 (twenty years ago)

Um. I'm not a goth. I swear.

Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:38 (twenty years ago)

LIAR LIAR, pants on fire.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:43 (twenty years ago)

Cor, how hardcore!

Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 29 January 2006 04:46 (twenty years ago)

this is actually fairly impt, because it marks the rights interceine fights, kept in check for larger goals, now that some think the larger goals are done, they ae ripping themselves apart.

Anthony Easton, Sunday, 29 January 2006 05:50 (twenty years ago)

right's ripping themselves apart still more focused and unified than the left on it's most together day sadly

j blount (papa la bas), Sunday, 29 January 2006 06:58 (twenty years ago)

its not exactly that they are ripping themselves apart, its this weird alien thing, where they just jettison that which is not either

a) useful for the larger war
b) ideological consitent

Anthony Easton, Sunday, 29 January 2006 09:35 (twenty years ago)


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