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Major Nikon

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20. Too soon to declare.?.?.?.

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #17)

Wed Jun 12, 2019, 10:35 AM

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Southern Baptist president says racial insensitivity shows disregard for the gospel [View all] guillaumeb Jun 2019 OP

Let those that have ears to hear hear that message Docreed2003 Jun 2019 #1

And the ability to process what they hear. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #2

This is how Jesus treated someone of a different ethnicity Mariana Jun 2019 #3

He says this to a black church instead of a white church because... Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #4

Even if you only read the excerpt, guillaumeb Jun 2019 #6

HOLY SHIT. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #12

Pretty edgy to take a stand against white supremacy Major Nikon Jun 2019 #10

"Is bad" has been the normative take on racism since at least the 1960s. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #17

Too soon to declare.?.?.?. Major Nikon Jun 2019 #20

It's never too soon with these characters. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #21

"Christians lost touch with the gospel." What a steaming pantload of historical revisionism. trotsky Jun 2019 #5

They have always fpund something that they could interpret guillaumeb Jun 2019 #7

No different than you. trotsky Jun 2019 #8

Actually it is a bit different Major Nikon Jun 2019 #19

He also uses the gospel to preach against the right to abortion Major Nikon Jun 2019 #9

Careful now, you'll be accused of demanding perfection. trotsky Jun 2019 #14

Sure, it's not like he demanded political purity of Hitchens, right? Major Nikon Jun 2019 #15

Hitchens, Dawkins, the Satanic Temple, Peter Singer, etc. trotsky Jun 2019 #16

... Major Nikon Jun 2019 #18

SBC is a hard right pile of shit. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #11

Just when you think you'd seen it all Major Nikon Jun 2019 #13

The Southern Baptist Church formed in 1845 because they supported slavery Rob H. Jun 2019 #22

But he is not using the Bible to justify slavery. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #23

Yeah they've moved on to homophobia Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #24

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