Big Fight Poll

Blackbird believes that questions 1-10 are tricky!!!

 

I'm shocked that so many on a Baptist board .....

 

I'm shocked that so many on a Baptist board....agree with me. Diane, that alcohol issue just doesn't seem to change!
WallyGator

 

Poll Results: Big Fight Poll (34 votes.)

Do you (if female) or your spouse (if you are male) wear a headcovering?

Yes 6% (2)
No 74% (25) Diane's answer
Don't apply 21% (7)

Are you okay with an alcohol based Lord's supper?

yes 53% (18)
no 47% (16) Diane's answer

Are you KJV only?

Yes 12% (4)
no 88% (30) Diane's answer

Which are you?

Calvinistic 29% (10)
Arminian 6% (2)
A little of both or neither 65% (22)Diane's answer

Do you listen to CCM music

Yes 62% (21) Diane's answer
No 38% (13)

Hymns, Blended, Praise and Worship, Totally Contemporary?

Hymns 53% (18)
Blended 56% (19) Diane's answer
Praise and Worship 26% (9)
Totally contemporary 12% (4)

Women in leadership roles in church?

Everything inclusive of pastoral role 18% (6)
Anything exclusive of pastoral role 35% (12)
Anything but pastoral and deacons 32% (11)
Anything but Pastoral, deacons, teaching, 9% (3)
Not much of any thing 12% (4) Diane's answer but there was no space for teaching children or other women.

Do you dress more nicely on Sunday than the rest of the week?

Yes 65% (22) Diane's answer
No 35% (12)

Can women be deacons/deaconesses?

Yes 47% (16)
No 53% (18) Diane's answer

If female, are you submissive? If male, is your wife submissive?

Yes 59% (20) Diane's answer
No 15% (5)
Doesn't apply 26% (9)

 

I feel so nauseated!!! Those answers are very shocking!!!

 

My wife said I could say, "yes" for number 10.

 

I do find the 50-50 on alcoholic communion surprising.

 

Pastor Greg, We took a vote in an adult S/S class a few years ago and our class of over 50 people, average age 45, was split 50/50. I was also shocked!

 

I find that one surprising as well.

I figured, being a Baptist board, that many more people would want to follow the real wine example.

Oh well, I suppose that nothing I read here really surprises me that much anymore. I had never realized before joining here that there were so many different opinions on so many biblical issues among Baptists.

 

I was not raised Baptist, so non-alcoholic communion was new to me when I began attending a Baptist church. I can see that this seems to be a hot issue for some, but I don't really understand why.

Can anyone explain why alcoholic vs. non-alcoholic communion is so controversial for some Baptists?

 

Do you (if female) or your spouse (if you are male) wear a headcovering?

Yes 7% (3)
No 76% (31)
Don't apply 17% (7) -------ME

Are you okay with an alcohol based Lord's supper?

yes 51% (21) -------ME
no 49% (20)

Are you KJV only?

Yes 15% (6) -------ME* (though not in the sense you might think)
no 85% (35)

Which are you?

Calvinistic 27% (11) -------ME** (sort of)
Arminian 5% (2)
A little of both or neither 68% (28)

Do you listen to CCM music

Yes 59% (24)
No 41% (17) -------ME

Hymns, Blended, Praise and Worship, Totally Contemporary?

Hymns 49% (20) -------ME
Blended 56% (23)
Praise and Worship 24% (10)
Totally contemporary 12% (5)

Women in leadership roles in church?

Everything inclusive of pastoral role 20% (8) (This is REALLY surprising!!!)
Anything exclusive of pastoral role 29% (12)
Anything but pastoral and deacons 32% (13)
Anything but Pastoral, deacons, teaching, 15% (6)
Not much of any thing 10% (4) -------ME

Do you dress more nicely on Sunday than the rest of the week?

Yes 66% (27) -------ME
No 34% (14)

Can women be deacons/deaconesses?

Yes 49% (20)
No 51% (21) -------ME

If female, are you submissive? If male, is your wife submissive?

Yes 63% (26)
No 12% (5)
Doesn't apply 24% (10) -------ME

* I only use the King James Version, but I don't believe it was 're-inspired' by God. I just feel that it is a far greater, and infallible, version from any other translation.

** As Primitive Baptist, I don't have a problem saying I'm calvinistic, meaning similar to Calvinist, and people here usually refer to us as hyper-Calvinist. Had the question read 'Are you a Calvinist' rather than 'calvinistic' I would have answered 'no'.

 

I don't believe Christians should drink at all and certainly not the Lord's Supper.

Diane

 

Diane, I don't want to hijack the thread, but what is your opinion of when Paul tells us that a little wine is good for the stomach?

 

Many things can be used medicinally Bro. James. We have other things now and also have clean water.

 

Non-alcoholic juice is used for the same reason that unleavened bread is used. Leaven (yeast) in the Bible is a picture of sin. Jesus' flesh and blood were sinless so the elements, which are pictures of His flesh and blood, ought to reflect that. To use leavened bread and/or fermented juice is, at best, to show a lack of understanding of the symbolism, at worst it is blasphemous.

 

Genesis 40:11
Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

Luke 10:34
He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.