re: What are the origins of the Religious Right.. really?

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By 1979, liberal baptist like this started being purged from leadership positions because of their views.

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and the SBC has seen a decline in membership at a rate of 5% every year since then...

I'm not saying the SBC is wrong, but they have some really really stupid beliefs, and have made many enemies from people that should be friends over the years

Texas has a big split, and created 2 "factions" in 2000

The massive civil war between WMU and the SBC in the 90s

...... the CBF

Since 1979, the SBC has really become more of the "denomination for the rich" and much less what it was originally intended to be. (I work for one of the arms of the SBC, and I can tell you with 100% certainty, that these exact words have come from IMB, NAMB, and the SBC, they only focus on the "big rich churches" now) (I do still like their mission work however...)

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Read the history of the Southern Baptist Convention. Leadership like that led to a big takeover of the denomination by conservatives who were offended by their leadership straying from scripture. By 1979, liberal baptist like this started being purged from leadership positions because of their views. This is just a political hit piece to paint Southern Baptists with the broad brush that the left paints all Christians with.

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Nice try at deflection, W.A. Criswell, quoted in the article, was in no way, shape, or form a liberal. He was one of the architects of the conservative takeover of the SBC, and is still revered by the conservative SBC leadership. That is the guy who was in favor of Roe v Wade in 1979, at the same time he was plotting the conservative takeover of the SBC.