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SoonerCoug · 08-25-2007, 03:16 AM

I'm more interested in this question than the Mormon one.

jay santos · 08-25-2007, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

I'm more interested in this question than the Mormon one.

How can you really say you don't like a group of people?

myboynoah · 08-25-2007, 03:34 AM

I need an "It depends" option.

My SiL is very likable now that she has tuned down the confrontation. Aaron has been hard to like in the past but may be on the road to more likability should we see more actual engagement and less dropping of out-of-context quotes from church leaders.

SoonerCoug · 08-25-2007, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

How can you really say you don't like a group of people?

I can't really, but I did it anyway. BarbaraGordon is technically a baptist, and she's not bad. If you lived in Oklahoma for a few years, you'd understand. Maybe it's just 10% of them that drive me batty, but it's enough. The only books about Mormons in the bookstores out here are anti-Mormon books. I only like anti-Mormon books that are objective.

Indy Coug · 08-25-2007, 12:53 PM

I've lived in the South too long as a known Mormon to provide a positive response to this question.

marsupial · 08-25-2007, 01:08 PM

I better--I'm surrounded by them!

Clark Addison · 08-25-2007, 03:56 PM

I think they can be annoying in groups, but are generally fine individually (Kind of like BYU fans?

). Especially if they don't know you are LDS.

I live in the South, and have no problems.

Archaea · 08-25-2007, 06:05 PM

I like Barbara Gordon and if more were like her, this group would be fine, but generally I find them more to be like Aaron, who are a detestable, despicable bunch of human beings.

SeattleUte · 08-25-2007, 08:29 PM

When I think of Southern Baptist/Evangelist what comes to mind is institutionalized efforts to require teaching of creationism in our children's science books and classes; establishment of that "creation museum" in Kentucky that uses scientific jargon to try to demonstrate the earth is 6,000 years old, Noah's ark literally happened, etc.; efforts to recast creationism in the veneer of intelligent design, again aping science but hating it and assiduously trying to undermine it; their promoting what would be the only Constitutional amendment that restricts individual liberties rather than restricting states' efforts to abridge them; the rebel flag still waving above South Carolina's state house;the Southern Baptist church's racist origins (about which it appears unapologetic), as a schism from the northern Baptist denomination that was dedicated to abolition; inciting and financing extremist elements in Israel opposed to relinquishing the occupied territories; impoverishment of our national/political discourse in promoting an intrusive social agenda. I could go on.

To the extent anyone favors or promotes these predominant aspects of Southern Baptist/Evangelical culture I don't like them in the sense that I would probably not have much reason to interact socially with them and I would find them intensely annoying if I did.

The Southern Baptist/Evanelical movement itself is much about dislike, even hate, as its obsession with propagating anti-Mormon propaganda demonstrates.

But I'm sure there are millions of people affiliated with Southern Baptist/Evangelical meeting houses who don't subscribe to the foregoing and are wonderful, interesting people. I have met a few of them.

Archaea · 08-25-2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

When I think of Southern Baptist/Evangelist what comes to mind is institutionalized efforts to require teaching of creationism in our children's science books and classes; establishment of that "creation museum" in Kentucky that uses scientific jargon to try to demonstrate the earth is 6,000 years old, Noah's ark literally happened, etc.; efforts to recast creationism in the veneer of intelligent design, again aping science but hating it and assiduously trying to undermine it; their promoting what would be the only Constitutional amendment that restricts individual liberties rather than restricting states' efforts to abridge them; the rebel flag still waving above South Carolina's state house;the Southern Baptist church's racist origins (about which it appears unapologetic), as a schism from the northern Baptist denomination that was dedicated to abolition; inciting and financing extremist elements in Israel opposed to relinquishing the occupied territories; impoverishment of our national/political discourse in promoting an intrusive social agenda. I could go on.

To the extent anyone favors or promotes these predominant aspects of Southern Baptist/Evangelical culture I don't like them in the sense that I would probably not have much reason to interact socially with them and I would find them intensely annoying if I did.

The Southern Baptist/Evanelical movement itself is much about dislike, even hate, as its obsession with propagating anti-Mormon propaganda demonstrates.

But I'm sure there are millions of people affiliated with Southern Baptist/Evangelical meeting houses who don't subscribe to the foregoing and are wonderful, interesting people. I have met a few of them.

I endorse this post, but other than Babs, I have not met a single, even handed Evangelical Christian. She is the first I've ever met, as most are those annoying, hateful kind, that remind me of fundamentalist Muslims.

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08-25-2007, 03:16 AM	#1
SoonerCoug Formerly known as MudPhudCoug Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of desolation Posts: 2,548	Do you like Baptists / Evangelicals? I'm more interested in this question than the Mormon one.

08-25-2007, 03:34 AM	#3
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	I need an "It depends" option. My SiL is very likable now that she has tuned down the confrontation. Aaron has been hard to like in the past but may be on the road to more likability should we see more actual engagement and less dropping of out-of-context quotes from church leaders. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

08-25-2007, 06:05 PM	#8
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	I like Barbara Gordon and if more were like her, this group would be fine, but generally I find them more to be like Aaron, who are a detestable, despicable bunch of human beings. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

08-25-2007, 08:29 PM	#9
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	When I think of Southern Baptist/Evangelist what comes to mind is institutionalized efforts to require teaching of creationism in our children's science books and classes; establishment of that "creation museum" in Kentucky that uses scientific jargon to try to demonstrate the earth is 6,000 years old, Noah's ark literally happened, etc.; efforts to recast creationism in the veneer of intelligent design, again aping science but hating it and assiduously trying to undermine it; their promoting what would be the only Constitutional amendment that restricts individual liberties rather than restricting states' efforts to abridge them; the rebel flag still waving above South Carolina's state house;the Southern Baptist church's racist origins (about which it appears unapologetic), as a schism from the northern Baptist denomination that was dedicated to abolition; inciting and financing extremist elements in Israel opposed to relinquishing the occupied territories; impoverishment of our national/political discourse in promoting an intrusive social agenda. I could go on. To the extent anyone favors or promotes these predominant aspects of Southern Baptist/Evangelical culture I don't like them in the sense that I would probably not have much reason to interact socially with them and I would find them intensely annoying if I did. The Southern Baptist/Evanelical movement itself is much about dislike, even hate, as its obsession with propagating anti-Mormon propaganda demonstrates. But I'm sure there are millions of people affiliated with Southern Baptist/Evangelical meeting houses who don't subscribe to the foregoing and are wonderful, interesting people. I have met a few of them. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

08-25-2007, 12:53 PM	#5
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	I've lived in the South too long as a known Mormon to provide a positive response to this question.

08-25-2007, 01:08 PM	#6
marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	I better--I'm surrounded by them!

08-25-2007, 03:56 PM	#7
Clark Addison Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 638	I think they can be annoying in groups, but are generally fine individually (Kind of like BYU fans? ). Especially if they don't know you are LDS. I live in the South, and have no problems.