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

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People automatically equate decline with being bad.

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Except that from what I've read, the decline in other mainline denominations--those which are perceived by conservative groups as highly liberal--is much steeper than the 5% that SBC is facing.

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Sometimes, when the chaff is purged from the wheat, the end result is better. In my opinion, more purging is needed.

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I don't disagree in principle with your statement. But from my experience (which I shared sometime back), those being purged aren't those who are chaff, only those who aren't totally in lockstep with the ruling clergy class (even when they don't know they aren't, and may be willing to comply if simply told otherwise--not in my case, though).