FBC Jax declaring war on Roman Catholics?

[Jonathan]

This is the era of preciousness in a culture that has made declaring outrage (without really being outraged) a replacement for serious thought and discussion about serious issues. We (collective "we") cheered the arrival of postmodernism because of the almost Soma like opportunities it provided for expanding our boundaries for theological reflection. What we actual got was a culture that demands tolerance for everything but boundaries and a Matrix like academic structure where arguments cannot be about what is real but about what might or might not offend the folks in our larger networks.

So before one can even consider whether the RCC or CoC or <fill in the blank> are cults, we have to consider how our buds in those groups will take our comment. So, to avoid declaring an actual outrage (i.e. that a particular doctrinal stance is in opposition to Scripture), we feign outrage at folks who dare to make a declaration.

So shall we actually have a conversation about what constitutes a cult and, then, which organizations would qualify? Nah...that would make my head hurt too much and might make my next interfaith get together a bit stressful. Just give me another hit of Soma and hope that the One who has already determined what is or is not truth doesn't show up at the party.

[Stephen Fox]

Here in nomination for Jonathan's cult list.

With reference to Harold Bloom's TheAmerican Religion, I think the 30,000 orso fundamenatlist Baptist Preachers with whom I was in the room with in San Antonio in 88 when Criswell gave his skunk speech to defeat Richard Jackson, the man who baptized Cindy McCain; I think that amounted to a cult, the Cult of WA Criswell.
It looked like a cult, had a cult leader, walked like a cult and talked like a cult--lots of hoots and howls like he elicited back in Columbia South Carolina 30 years earlier--so it must be a cult.
Who belongs to a cult?

Answer is Jonathan.

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[Stephen Fox]

has rediscovered her Catholic Faith and written interestingly about it in her latest book.
She has become great friends with Southside Baptist Bham pastor Steve Jones; Southside the church Vicki Covington left.
Rice Catholicism is not much different from Garry Wills. I hope Jonathan some day will have a similarly deep faith as has come to Rice and Wills in the Catholic tradition.

Oh, and Sherri Klouda, as I understand the comment line at Wade Burleson's blog,has joined the FBC Jax discussion taking FBC to task on their treatment of women.

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