Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[webster groves]

<<..if this were a Christian nation.>>

You speak of yourself as a Christian, but imply that those who do not share your exact beliefs may not be Christians. I think it is important for the readers of this board to understand that your fundamentalist views of Christianity are not shared by a majority of the people of this country who called themselves Christian. Although your viewpoint should of course be respected, it is nonetheless that of a minority sect - the fundamentalist fraction of the Southern Baptists to be precise.

The fundamentalists, who many call the Christian right, have also been labeled the Christian White by some detractors. Although many blacks are Baptists, fewer are members of the Southern Baptist Convention, and of those even fewer (if any) are members of the fundamentalist faction.

A little background on the subject may be found at:

http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#families


"The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was formed in 1845 when it split from Northern Baptists because of Northern Baptists' anti-slavery stance.

Since 1979 the SBC has been split internally between Moderate and Conservative (also called "Fundamentalist" or "Inerrant") parties. With a slightly higher number of delegates and, more importantly, greater political unity amongst themselves, the Conservatives have maintained control of the convention. In response, moderates have formed multiple sub-groups. [More on this subject.]"

The 15-20 M members of the SBC is about half the total number of Baptists in the US, but the fundamentalist portion of the SBC is less than half of that, so we have < 10 M fundamentalists out of a total of 120 M adults who call themselves Christian.

Your Christian viewpoint is just that - your viewpoint.
If majority view were to hold, the Pope would speak for all Christians,
but I'm sure you would take issue with that.

-wg