Southern Baptist Church, and Democrats Options

[Jaq]

A Southern Baptist church in East Waynesville, North Carolina has expelled all of its Democrats

Well, actually 9 of them have been expelled and another additional 40 left as protest.

From another message board:

She (posters mother) said WLOS tv just broke in to report that the East Waynesville Baptist church has officially excommunicated all its democratic members.

She said that before the election, the preacher told the congregation from the pulpit that if they didn't vote for * they had to come to the altar to confess their sins and repent. they could'nt be members. (My Mom doesn't attend that church--she's United Methodist, but I know of lots who do attend).

From Mom's email: "One of the local women who got excommunicated said on TV that it was like a cult. Another man who got excommunicated said that the rest of the congregation stood up and applauded as the Democrats were told to leave."

This seems to signal to me another step towards not just the gradual blurring of the boundary between church and state, but a full blown theocracy.

Ten Commandments in public places, debating homosexual marriage in the context of religion (when it's a secular government policy and wouldn't have any impact on churches as they wouldn't be required to perform homosexual marriage ceremonies), prayer in schools... the list goes on..


What think you? The States heading towards a theocracy, or am I just blowing things out of proportion? Would a theocracy be such a bad thing? Why? Why not? Please submit your essays by 5:00 p.m. 500 words or less.

[believe]

I don't think we're close to a theocracy. We have a bit of a cultural war going on with both sides being blown out of proportion. Some people attacking any traces of religion and the religious fanatics adding more fuel to the fire and attacking people as well. Its quite stupid really. There's so much better things to sue and fight over than a display of the ten commandments or traces of dissenting opinion by the 'left'.

The ten commandments.. bleh. They were displayed histoically I think, at least in some of these cases. I don't see why thats more harmful to humanity than than other historic displays, honestly. For some people it is religious, but some people still revere pieces of their philosophy or religion. My school had a picture of Martin Luther King, I remember quotes of various writers in some classes, ect. I don't feel displays of philosophical/religious/historic nature have so much power that they convert people on the spot. Or that their presence instantly renders an atheist null and void. But I guessing that I'm laid back and mildly biased about this issue.

The gay marriage thing is a bit more complicated. There are people who have no intention of forcing it on religion and just want to live their lives. But then there's people fighting for them to be priests, pastors and for churches to accept it. Thats very much forcing it upon people. Some of which don't feel they can agree Biblically, as the Bible speaks rather bluntly on it. People are trying to make a cultural norm. Which is fine and happy if you believe in it.. if you don't believe its an acceptable option, its not near so simple.

As for voting on it.. it gets even more fun. I can see the secular issue arguments. There's just one problem with that. When it gets posted on the ballot, that no longer matters. To religious people God's Law is usually above the law of man. So whether you should have legally voted on something doesn't matter if its laid before you. All you can do then is make the decision you believe is right.

Edit- And I think kicking people out for voting democrat is asinine. God is not a freaking political party and the republican party misses huge key values such as caring for the poor and that 'love they neighbor' bit. meh.