The problem with Southern Baptists is that they can only view things from their own perspective. Empathy is non-existent. I mean I got to be honest, I figure God doesn't really give two shits if little Johnny wants to be called little Jenny and play female sports. I think he would be much more concerned about all the little Johnnys and Jennys living in the street.Best thing that could happen to them. The parallel to the mythical messiah is kicking them in the face. Maybe some.of them will wake up.This is too much. Can you say Fascis?
Southern Baptists are forcing out followers who don’t pledge allegiance to Trump - LGBTQ Nation
The departure of prominent leader Russell Moore shows opposing LGBTQ rights isn't enough. Now, morality means supporting whatever Trump says.www.lgbtqnation.com
Southern Baptists are forcing out followers who don’t pledge allegiance to Trump
The departure of prominent leader Russell Moore shows opposing LGBTQ rights isn't enough. Now, morality means supporting whatever Trump says.
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Dr. Russell D. Moore preaching in October 2011 at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.Photo: Wikimedia Commons
White evangelicals have always been the core of Donald Trump’s support. Once they got over their unease with his fungible approach to morality, conservative Christians found in Trump the political warrior–or mega-bully–that they have long been seeking. The only thing they disliked about him was that he curses.
After acting like a political party through the Trump presidency, it’s no surprise that evangelicals are now following the GOP’s template of purging their ranks of anyone who does not worship at Trump’s altar. The latest case in point: the departure of Russell Moore from the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
Moore held one of the top positions in evangelical Christianity. As head of the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, he has been a fervent advocate for the denomination’s right-wing positions. He has been a staunch opponent of LGBTQ rights, especially marriage equality, and has pushed hard for religious liberty exemptions that would gut existing protections.
However, Moore has never been a fan of Donald Trump. Unlike other prominent evangelicals, like Franklin Graham and Tony Perkins, Moore was unwilling to trade his religious beliefs for access to power and Supreme Court appointments.
When Trump was running for president in 2016, Moore accurately described him as “someone who not only characterizes sexual decadence and misogyny, brokers in cruelty and nativism, and displays a crazed public and private temperament — but who glories in these things.”
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I am pretty sure Jesus doesn't care if a man marries a man, or a woman marries a woman. In fact, I seem to recall him saying something about marriage being of the earth. I believe he would be much more concerned about how we treat the least among us. In fact, I am pretty sure he even mentioned that being what judgement will be based upon. So I got some really big problems with Holy Rollers rampaging against transgender athletes and same sex marriages while at the same time supporting the curtailment of social services, taking food away from the hungry, and kicking poor people into the streets. Flannery O'Conner wrote often about these people, they believe themselves first but they will find themselves last.
