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Did this pastor forget his own racist past? The Southern Baptist Convention broke away for the Northern Convention specifically to fight for and preserve slavery. His chosen “faith” was a big instigator of the KKK movement. It wasn’t until 1995 that the SBC apologized for slavery.

He who lives in glass houses... and all that.

Watch the media pick up this exact line of attack should Romney win the nomination.

His chosen “faith” was a big instigator of the KKK movement. It wasn’t until 1995 that the SBC apologized for slavery.

Today is 2012 and mormonism has yet to apologize for its racism and racist history.

The Southern Baptist Convention broke away for the Northern Convention specifically to fight for and preserve slavery. His chosen “faith” was a big instigator of the KKK movement. It wasn’t until 1995 that the SBC apologized for slavery.

#1 the Mormon church hasn't apologized for anything...only denounce racism (as if it was mere unnamed individuals within its church...no time frame given...no holding accountable of any specific people making specific statements...pointing a nebulous fingers @ others is not repenting for anything).

#2 Please show us a specific Southern Baptist 19th century racist who claimed to be a DI-rect mouthpiece for God? Anything they uttered was a mere opinion; that can't be said for the gobs of racist passages still extant in Mormonism's D&C 134:12; the Book of Mormon, and the Pearl of Great Price. Except for 2 Nephi 30:6, which the Mormons changed for unknown reasons in 1981 (unknown reasons other than PRness), Lds can't easily scrub its racism from its "sacred" books.

[ALL: You can look @ Tennessee Nana's post re: racist phrases in the Book of Mormon -- Book of Mormon racism

Whatever 19th century Baptist sermons or calls to split you can point to that were racist in nature were never revelations from God -- nor did anybody pretend them to be.

But when you have Mormon "prophets" and "apostles" speaking, the Mormon people have ALWAYS billed them as "living/ongoing seers and revelators" from the Mormon gods.

So stop your wholesale reductionism going on in this thread, Allon. The issue here isn't the mere "opinions" of men...for men always offer up wretched opinions of one sort or another.

The issue is -- which speakers claimed to be speaking the very voice of God on this issue?

You're certainly free to quote some Baptists doing that...but I forecast "crickets" on that one...As for Mormon leadership racism...well, everybody can look here:

Curse of Cain? Racism in the Mormon Church Part Three [Martin Luther King & Malcolm X 'Mormons?']