I was a Baptist for 50 years, 25 years as a pastor. There were Baptists who insisted that our lineage could be traced all the way back to John the Baptist. Jesus was a Baptist because he was baptized by the original Baptist. Crazy stuff. I knew we went back a few hundred years. Getting back to John the Baptist required a good bit of historical gymnastics.
Your picture is a reminder of how “new” Baptists really are. Just a blip on the screen of human history.
Edwin Kagin is the National Legal Director for American Atheists; the founder of Camp Quest; co-author of The Fundamentals of Extremism: The Christian Right in America; author of Baubles of Blasphemy; co-founder of “Recover Resources Center,” alternatives to AA for addiction recovery; and a member of the Secular Student Alliance national Advisory Board. He is the son of a Presbyterian minister, an Eagle Scout, an Honorary Black Belt in Kenpo Karate, a NRA certified handgun instructor, an honorably discharged veteran, and a Freemason. The views herein expressed are his alone and should in no wise be attributed to any other person or organization.
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Bruce Gerencser
June 24, 2012 at 11:37 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That is Funny.
I was a Baptist for 50 years, 25 years as a pastor. There were Baptists who insisted that our lineage could be traced all the way back to John the Baptist. Jesus was a Baptist because he was baptized by the original Baptist. Crazy stuff. I knew we went back a few hundred years. Getting back to John the Baptist required a good bit of historical gymnastics.
Your picture is a reminder of how “new” Baptists really are. Just a blip on the screen of human history.
Thanks for brightening my day.