Reviving his spirits on the Common
By adamg - Sat, 06/20/2009 - 5:19pm.
Mike Mennonno walked by the revival tent on the Tremont Street side of the Common yesterday morning:
... "Do you know about Jesus Christ?" he called out to me.
"Je-whoosy-whatsy?" I said, not breaking my stride.
"Jesus Christ," he repeated. "Your personal lord and savior?"
"My personal what?" I said, stopping and looking at him screwy. "Did I win an iphone? What is this?" ...
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The Common and weird religious stuff???
Although only very remotely related I can't pass up the opportunity to mention my favorite statue in Boston since she does watch over the Common.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dyer
I actually
sat in the tent with them for a little while. Southern Baptists, wow, their reputation for hellfire-and-brimstone is well deserved. They had a preacher preaching to (perhaps) a dozen people who was just going all out, sweat pouring down his face, damp shirt, yelling about the coming Tribulations (or "the Trib" as he called it). People who entered the tent wearing ironic smirks left it, after the sermon, in astonishment. Double-barreled Jesosity. You just don't get that at St. Theresa's.
So long as they keep it in
So long as they keep it in their tent and don't try to force it on others through government, more power to 'em.
*yawn*
Hey look at that axe, I think I'll grind it.
N.B. The Baptists hold "separation of church and state" as one of their central theological tenets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists_in_the_history_of_separation_of_church_and_state
They left for Georgia today, so don't you worry, democracy is safe.
That's great, but quoting from that page
...And?
Look at the weasel language. "A significant group," and "some other Protestants." That doesn't imply that there is a concerted effort by any one religious group to control the American government.
nice
selective quoting btw.
"Originally, Baptists supported separation of church and state in England and America and authentic Baptists still do."
"However, many Baptists in the United States still believe in the wall of separation and support maintaining it."
For starters
http://www.google.com/search?q=southern%20baptists%20gay%20marriage
I trust that this more than constitutes an existence proof, to justify the implications of my original statement.
Not really
They're going through the democratic process, not trying to overtake it in order to establish a theocracy.
But they're trying
They're declaring that that the US is/was governed by religious values, and attempting to use existing mechanisms to impose religious values through government. Sounds like an attempt at theocracy to me.
This inclination is not limited to huge swaths of Southern Baptists, but is seen by large subsets of several denominations.
If these people would keep to their own moral development, rather than trying to force batpoop-crazy religious edicts upon others, that would be great, kthx.
But again
What would you consider Rev. Martin Luther King's work in passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
red herring is very red IMO
red herring is very red IMO
Vive la difference!
Worked across the street from this revival for years at the Music Store that is now a gym, I think. Sat in and listened during lunch hours, though mainly for inspiration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCgeWUKcumA