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I hate to say this, but as a Baptist, the Pentacostals around here scare me. Speaking in tongues, writhing on the ground, screaming and shouting... :shock:

yes, I got out of there as soon as politely possible.
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I hate to say this, but as a Baptist, the Pentacostals around here scare me. Speaking in tongues, writhing on the ground, screaming and shouting... Shocked
Which is funny because as a Pentecostal, the Baptist, especially the South Baptist scare me! So authoritarian and hateful! I remember I went to a service after coming home form the war and the preacher was ranting and raving! Declaring all the main stream baptists would go to hell! Why? Because a group of them prayed in front of the same building that a bunch of Wiccans were praying at. That's right folks, pray within 30ft of a bunch of Wiccans or Pagans and you will be damned for eternity. I have never personally heard a sermon so damn hateful and so damn petty all at once.

Or my favorite piece of Baptist doctrine that makes me crosseyed, once you're saved you can never go back. Go ahead, sin! Have that affair, embezzle from your boss, steal those mittens from Walmart, you're saved so God will forgive you!

I'll take the screaming and the babbling please. :wink:
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Well as an Atheist, I gotta say, you guys BOTH scare me.
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General Havoc wrote:Well as an Atheist, I gotta say, you guys BOTH scare me.
magi does not scare me. He is a very reasonable person despite his pentacostalism. :razz:

I have never seen him babble in tongues and I have known him for years. He is not even a creationist!

How does that work in a deaf church anyway? I mean... I have this mental image of your parents making strange moaning sounds and flailing their hands... but that is not much different than anyone speaking in tongues. :wink:
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I am not a reasonable person despite my Pentecostalism. My beliefs are part and parcel of my reasoning process. It's like saying you're a moral guy despite your Utilitarianism. You couldn't be moral despite the very foundations of your moral system.
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frigidmagi wrote:I am not a reasonable person despite my Pentecostalism. My beliefs are part and parcel of my reasoning process. It's like saying you're a moral guy despite your Utilitarianism. You couldn't be moral despite the very foundations of your moral system.
I know man. I just couldn't resist the friendly cheap shot.

The point is, you are an anomaly among christians I have interacted with. Most never know, think about, and apply their faith the same way you do. It is especially odd in that respect because you do not come out of a denomination that has an intellectual tradition. It is a bit refreshing

Except for the babbling.
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Magi, *I* am scared of Baptists today! :lol:

(which is why i don't go to church much anymore.)
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Alright people, lets get back to discussing the matter at hand and not how one another's beliefs scare each of us
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