Well, what can I say to that except that some of the finest people (read: minds) that I (who tends theologically to RC) know just happen to be Baptists? (Or Calvinists? Or Anglicans?) What is the "nonsense," in your view, in their testimony of Truth?
It's good to be conservative on fiscal maters. But I don't see how that exactly gives you a license to be liberal on social matters. Indeed, it seems to me that the remediation (at public expense) of social pathology of one description or another is what causes the main drain on the public purse these days.
The challenge is to see the inevitable logical connection between the two....
Or so it seems to me, FWIW.
Been lurking on this thread since the beginning...
My take on APL [and all else who think the Bible is full of errors rather than the source of absolute truth]
Faith is a heart matter first and foremost. Folks who read the Bible strictly for content can always find stuff to criticize. There’s a scripture [iicrc] that indicates the Bible is written the way it’s written to keep those spiritually blind in darkness as to it’s meaning.
Only God and the individual knows the true condition of their heart. Only God can correct this fallen condition and only the person can decide to open their heart when they here him knocking...
That a Sentient Magical Being that has existed forever one day got "bored," made the vast Universe (but apparently only populated one planet), made humans and then didn't like how they turned out, and required a human sacrifice in order to forgive them for being just exactly what He made them. It's just a silly story. Like Charlotte's Web, but less entertaining.
It's good to be conservative on fiscal maters. But I don't see how that exactly gives you a license to be liberal on social matters.
I don't need a license. But as it is, my views on gay marriage and immigration are pretty much in line with most of FR, I'm just not very passionate about them. I can't drum up the fire to be against abortion, though. This country really doesn't need several thousand more little thugs running around playing Knock Out King.
Indeed, it seems to me that the remediation (at public expense) of social pathology of one description or another is what causes the main drain on the public purse these days.
Yes, definitely.