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Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men alone should preach to these conservative evangelical congregations.

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[–] musicalphysics@discuss.online 3 points 15 minutes ago

Southern Baptists were formed to use God to justify slavery. No surprise that they continue to be disgusting people.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This doesnt go far enough. They need to ban women and men!

Only spiritual entities that have ascended to a higher plane and propagate through dementional shifting.

Just like in the bible.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

It should be only non-binary hermaphrodite asexuals allowed to spread the word of the lord, as they are the true form of the unsplit god.

[–] thepig@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Women constitute 50% of the population, yet they keep voting for conservative assholes that restrict their freedoms. Honestly as a man it just doesn't make sense

[–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

So many pick-mes among women who vote like this. They think they are different and will be seen as "one of the good ones" with special rights to be part of the "cool kid in-group" while the other side just thinks of them as useful idiots.

[–] thepig@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

It's sad, women have a lot of power to change the world into a more feminist one, but choose this path. A lot of this conservative alt right guys see women as lesser people.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

No surprise from the southern traitors and the baptist heretics.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 22 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

let's not forget that the sole reason that the Southern Baptist Convention exists is because they wanted to keep black folks out of their churches. When the big Baptist association was taking a stand on civil rights, the scum bags that would become the Southern Baptists took their ball and left.

[–] Azal@pawb.social 18 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Oh no, it was way worse than that.

The SBC existed because Triennial Convention wouldn't accept slavery. The SBC was formed to uphold slavery. They didn't apologize as a congregation for their views until 1995. 150 years is a bit late to the party but it certainly helps inform why many of us aren't surprised by this.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

I am sure they will realize they are making a mistake and apologize 150 years from now.

I firmly believe that a woman who is in her heart a deeply racist and hateful person should be allowed to become a SBC pastor.

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Oh damn! My bad. I can't believe I was so wrong.

[–] AvocadoCumToast@lemmy.zip 11 points 15 hours ago

oppressive banjo noises

[–] Smookey4444@anarchist.nexus 7 points 16 hours ago

Not surprising at all tbh

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

I could get behind the idea of banning churches (in general).

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 10 points 20 hours ago

As long as the Bible remains the way it is, this will keep happening. And as long as churches keep propping up doctrines like sola sciptura and biblical inerrancy, modifications to passages in the Bible will remain a niche thing.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 23 points 23 hours ago

Everyone who's been to a church knows how vitally important the speaker's pennis is to the sermon.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remember, the Southern Baptists split from the mainstream Baptist Church because they supported enslavement.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yep. it's funny the comments here being all mad. like... you want a extremist/fundamentalist sect to what... be shockingly progressive on this one issue? kind of a silly expectation.

[–] rageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Recently came across articles and videos of women who are actively fighting to lose their right to vote (they only want their husbands to), so yeah, this tracks.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

This is why we have to control the national educational curriculum on a national basis, and not allow backwards states to destroy the lives of their citizens by keeping them ignorant, just so they can control and exploit them. If they won't properly take care of the intellectual well-being of their own citizens, then we will.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I vote to ban churches and all religious buildings.

Hell, ban religions. The world would be such a better place without the stoneage fairytales

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago

It would be exactly the same. If you think different you're just naive

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Lets tax churches with more than 10 million dollars in assets.

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[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 16 points 1 day ago

Trad-wives speed running to Gilead

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

expected that sooner.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What's the point of having two catholic churches? This is removing the SB's only marketing niche.

Southern Baptists:

  • full of pedophiles
  • has women pastors

Catholic Church

  • full of pedophiles
  • no women priests
[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

The amendment would tighten existing restrictions in the Southern Baptist Convention, which already has a faith statement opposing women pastors.

So no self respecting pastor, man or woman, would be caught dead being a member of the Southern Baptist Convention to begin with from the sounds of it. Seems like a good question to ask the pastor if they are a member if you are the type afflicted with religion when church shopping.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

"Boys' club votes to confirm that girls are yucky and dumb" is all I see.

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