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JDPriestly

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42. You are correct. Methodist churches would be the least likely to preach against racial
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 11:13 AM
Aug 2013

equality. There probably are exceptions, but I think the Methodist Churches are integrated at the top.

Meet the Ohio bishop for the United Methodist Church

Bishop Gregory Palmer

http://www.google.com/search?q=Methodist+bishop+Ohio&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.51156542,d.cGE,pv.xjs.s.en_US.iz6Z5q8RWbs.O&biw=1024&bih=480&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=7xEeUsj4EKWJiAKD14HwBQ#fp=1b316031d410a2e0&hl=en&q=Bishop+Gregory+Palmer&tbm=isch&um=1

He was educated in the Philadelphia public schools. In 1976 he earned the B.A. degree at George Washington University. His M.Div. degree is from the Duke Divinity School (1979). Palmer was awarded an honorary D.D. from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1999.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_V._Palmer

I have not heard anything negative about him from my Methodist friends.

And North Alabama United Methodist Church has a female bishop.

The Rev. Debra Wallace-Padgett, elected the first woman bishop for the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, said she hopes to work toward renewal in the church.

She will take office Sept. 1, succeeding Bishop William Willimon, who retires at the end of August.

“The United Methodist Church in the United States is ripe for renewal,” said Wallace-Padgett, who was consecrated Friday as a bishop after her election Wednesday night.

The 7.8 million-member United Methodist Church, the nation’s third-largest denomination after Catholics and Southern Baptists, has lost millions of members over the past several decades.

http://www.canterburyumc.org/bishop

So, if you want to strengthen liberal Christianity, check out your local Methodist Church.

Personally, I am a Unitarian. People of all races (and most creeds) are welcome among Unitarians.

What kind of people continue following a church that preaches hate? ananda Aug 2013 #1
Hateful people who want to believe sufrommich Aug 2013 #3
More like stupid people obxhead Aug 2013 #67
Stupid and hateful volstork Aug 2013 #78
And severely, supremely IGNORANT ailsagirl Aug 2013 #119
Hatred may be an ingredient sometimes... TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #112
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #126
It's fear get the red out Aug 2013 #7
I disagree.. Lithos Aug 2013 #20
You have a great point. MatthewStLouis Aug 2013 #31
Steeple jacking get the red out Aug 2013 #39
^ THIS ^ mac56 Aug 2013 #106
Does your applause refer to post #20 or #39? If it is the latter, then reply to the latter. If the Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #113
Brilliant, spot-on analysis! markpkessinger Aug 2013 #121
Not In The Cities DallasNE Aug 2013 #132
People that were taught to accept whatever JoeyT Aug 2013 #26
I agree completely get the red out Aug 2013 #40
The really annoying ones are the people who preach Right Wing crap,.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #66
Southern Baptists FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #51
New President johnsolaris Aug 2013 #118
millions of them... n/t jtuck004 Aug 2013 #92
Christians, in this case! atreides1 Aug 2013 #101
It begs the question: rvt1000rr Aug 2013 #120
Someone Looking For Validation Of Their Own Hate DallasNE Aug 2013 #129
People EXACTLY like the many respondents below. TheMadMonk Aug 2013 #130
People who generally hate their lives..Wives ignored by husband, children ignored by parents and busterbrown Aug 2013 #137
That holy water must be poisoned. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #2
anticipate there is truth in this dembotoz Aug 2013 #4
RAPTURE REPUBLICANS JEFF9K Aug 2013 #5
I wish Somebody would "rapture" them... truebluegreen Aug 2013 #27
I have experienced the hate in a white church. CherokeeDem Aug 2013 #6
Well said get the red out Aug 2013 #8
have you read joe bageant's books? riverbendviewgal Aug 2013 #114
I've witnessed the same at a Southern Baptist church in the Florida panhandle Zorro Aug 2013 #12
I thought I had found a church in east TN that was not racist. fasttense Aug 2013 #22
I missed the hate in your story, especially race hate hfojvt Aug 2013 #34
You are correct. Methodist churches would be the least likely to preach against racial JDPriestly Aug 2013 #42
Methodists are weak in the South happyslug Aug 2013 #115
Methodists churches are everywhere here Go Vols Aug 2013 #141
Tennessee, the only State the succeeded that did NOT have a Military Governor. happyslug Aug 2013 #142
While I am not religious.... CherokeeDem Aug 2013 #68
You beat me to it! And I do live in the south 7962 Aug 2013 #86
I feel like there are probably some churches who do it hfojvt Aug 2013 #95
Had a similar experience cilla4progress Aug 2013 #57
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #73
K & R malaise Aug 2013 #9
I attend church services every week 1awake Aug 2013 #10
How does your church feel about gays? B Calm Aug 2013 #41
At my church wryter2000 Aug 2013 #46
You know what? They don't give a flying fuck about what you think. There are millions of these jtuck004 Aug 2013 #94
My parents abelenkpe Aug 2013 #11
All these churches operate tax free to play "pulpit politics".... Historic NY Aug 2013 #13
"Tales of the American Taliban" Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 #14
Tax the Churches. FSogol Aug 2013 #15
Bad idea. n/t LTX Aug 2013 #81
Why? n/t FSogol Aug 2013 #82
You would drive smaller churches out of existence LTX Aug 2013 #83
Ok, then just tax the churches that engage in politics. FSogol Aug 2013 #84
That is the most sensible solution, LTX Aug 2013 #87
these hatemongers are parasites in control of their hosts (certain churches) eShirl Aug 2013 #16
THIS IS ED AT WORK drynberg Aug 2013 #17
Here in Oklahoma redstatebluegirl Aug 2013 #18
I know this is true from my good, God fearing, Baptist inlaws in Texas. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #19
Black Couple Told They Can't Wed In Baptist Church (2012) Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #108
It always seems to be 30% of Americans who are bigoted, racist and homophobic. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #110
K&R stonecutter357 Aug 2013 #21
no suprise heaven05 Aug 2013 #23
THIS IS SOOOOO TRUE!! In North Carolina....hot seat of the Southern Baptist Convention loudsue Aug 2013 #24
FYI, the independent Baptists in NC are very progressive, though zazen Aug 2013 #58
This so-called Christianity is a cruel hoax. Stonepounder Aug 2013 #25
Very well said! maddiemom Aug 2013 #74
Have you read these parts of the New Testament? Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #90
god hates fags figs: Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #107
I love people who take things out of Context, people use the bible that way all the time happyslug Aug 2013 #128
You still have not refuted a lot of the cruelty in the original quotes. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #133
I Bolded,.because you cite it. That is all happyslug Aug 2013 #140
Thank you! JNelson6563 Aug 2013 #134
You're welcome!!! Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #135
Dear Julie, Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #138
This nastiness AGAIN? cordelia Aug 2013 #139
"out of context". Yeah, plain words don't say what they say. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #144
Understand, folks, the white churches FAILED these people long ago. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #28
salon is being silly hfojvt Aug 2013 #48
Nitpicky. And irrelevant. DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #52
and Salon decided to publish the hooey hfojvt Aug 2013 #62
So take your complaint to Salon and the author, OK? DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #64
sorry, did not meant to harsh on you hfojvt Aug 2013 #100
The New Deal didn't fail the Southern Whites bigbrother05 Aug 2013 #53
The same people had problems NOLALady Aug 2013 #29
Exactly! I remember when DUers were this concerned about Rev. Wright's sermons. hughee99 Aug 2013 #61
Someone's FOS... ileus Aug 2013 #30
I've been in dozens of churches in the south, AlbertCat Aug 2013 #33
apparently not as worthless as the ONE church hfojvt Aug 2013 #38
One church she's probably never been in. ileus Aug 2013 #44
sermon on Easter @ Lutheran Church 2011 in Texas catrose Aug 2013 #102
lots of people hated Hillarycare too hfojvt Aug 2013 #105
Boom HangOnKids Aug 2013 #65
it comes from a story - one story told by one person hfojvt Aug 2013 #43
Need me to point you in the direction of some of Falwell/Robertson's affiliated churches? Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #50
Ed Schultz EXPOSES Cause Of Racism In The South AlbertCat Aug 2013 #32
+1 Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #47
+ 2 cordelia Aug 2013 #54
Openly racist Northern politicians typically lose elections meow2u3 Aug 2013 #76
Openly racist Northern politicians typically lose elections AlbertCat Aug 2013 #145
Meanwhile Coyote_Bandit Aug 2013 #35
I left my church Brainstormy Aug 2013 #36
I'm guessing racism in other places in the U.S. has much the same reason too. Lex Aug 2013 #37
There's a lot of hate in certain churches in the South, particularly LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #45
Funny...I can find hundreds of videos on YouTube of "kittehs" but not one exposing this alleged Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #49
Its not all Hate; many are tired polynomial Aug 2013 #55
Can you clarify these thoughts a bit? M0rpheus Aug 2013 #77
it's a prison thing heaven05 Aug 2013 #93
The reason doesn't even matter any more. M0rpheus Aug 2013 #96
LOL heaven05 Aug 2013 #97
And right on cue... Sadly... M0rpheus Aug 2013 #98
Well, one of the causes, and some of the churches. nolabear Aug 2013 #56
this bears repeating- right here Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #80
The KKK never went away, they just weren't organized until the like of Karl Rove came around Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #59
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #125
Happy to say madokie Aug 2013 #60
Not only racism comes from the southern religions - they have been anti union for as long as jwirr Aug 2013 #63
On the contrary, Americans don't spend enough time on race issues. DeSwiss Aug 2013 #69
"Martin Luther King said the most segregated hour in America is at 11:00 on Sunday mornings" KamaAina Aug 2013 #70
"Martin Luther King said........ usaf-vet Aug 2013 #71
those churches should lose their tax-exempt status noiretextatique Aug 2013 #72
every church needs to lose its tax exempt status. Vashta Nerada Aug 2013 #75
Related: The rise of the nons: Why nondenominational churches are winning over mainline churches Mosby Aug 2013 #79
This is not limited to the South - not by a long shot. WestSeattle2 Aug 2013 #85
Its easier for some to bash the south instead of looking at what is happening in their own Rebellious Republican Aug 2013 #91
IMHO Racism is caused by 3 things: gopiscrap Aug 2013 #88
God guns and gays-Lee Atwater underpants Aug 2013 #89
I always liked JK Galbraith's assertion that the modern ashling Aug 2013 #99
Religious fanatacism is used worldwide felix_numinous Aug 2013 #103
Love Ed Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #104
Hatred for long haired hippies condemning the rich: Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #109
They want to preach the politics of racial hatred, segregation, and voter supression? Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #111
Amazing what followers will do. Apparently they have no inner voice... polichick Aug 2013 #116
It is the..... JimboBillyBubbaBob Aug 2013 #117
You preach politics and hate, you lose tax exempt status. End of debate. Initech Aug 2013 #122
This is not exclusive to the South Generic Brad Aug 2013 #123
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #124
it's not the church, it's the radio. those dumbass preachers listen to team limbaugh certainot Aug 2013 #127
Pen!s envy. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #131
Ed Schultz is always worth watching -Just watch..... LaPera Aug 2013 #136
K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #143
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