As usual, Jimmy Carter has again got it all wrong. He obviously does not understand the Judeo in the -Christian tradition of which he speaks. I do not claim to have any kind of knowledge of the internal debates withing the Southern Baptist Convention, or the internals of Islamo-Fascism which he has obviously shown his bias towards, in the past. But if you want things to change, and he IS (WAS) AN ELDER, in the denomination, then the way to go about it is FROM WITHIN! By quitting, he is just taking the easy way out, washing his hands of it, and abdicating what he indicates is his responsibility to CHANGE those policies of the church that he says he disagrees with. Great "micro-manager" Submarine Nuclear Officer. Lousy President and biased, horrible, self-compromised "activist ex-president" who desperately tries to remain in the limelight and convince us he is still relevant to anything...
Calm down! My quip about Palin was a total joke because I thought you were joking about Carter. 60 years is long enough to see your church veering even further towards kookdom. And he didn't just quit: he wrote about it explaining why he chose to leave, why cherry-picking the bible is wrong, and that other elders of other churches and organizations should do the same. While I had my issues with his Presidency (and they are not what most people think he did wrong) I believe he is an honest and caring man who tries to do the right thing. And I respect this stand, which for him must have been very painful.
But if you want things to change, and he IS (WAS) AN ELDER, in the denomination, then the way to go about it is FROM WITHIN!
By quitting, he is just taking the easy way out, washing his hands of it, and abdicating what he indicates is his responsibility to CHANGE those policies of the church that he says he disagrees with.
Great "micro-manager" Submarine Nuclear Officer. Lousy President and biased, horrible, self-compromised "activist ex-president" who desperately tries to remain in the limelight and convince us he is still relevant to anything...
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While I had my issues with his Presidency (and they are not what most people think he did wrong) I believe he is an honest and caring man who tries to do the right thing. And I respect this stand, which for him must have been very painful.
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