I think that the error is in calling Islam a religion when it is more like nazism or communism with a theological side to an otherwise political and military international system.
Islam, like a number of other religions, has historically had its primary expression in a situation where there is no separation of church and state, and the power of the state is often used to enforce a measure of conformity. Christianity put itself in a similar situation in much of Europe for nearly a thousand years.
However, Islam does not require a theocracy to flourish, as we can see from the secular state of Turkey to the practice of Islam in the Western world.
Russell Moore is an airhead but he relies on the SBC being mostly asleep on most issues until it is too late.
I dislike Russ Moore, but I have followed him for the better part of two decades and I have never heard anyone refer to him as less than intelligent. I have read his writings (and usually disagreed with them) for years, but they are not the product of an "airhead." This name-calling is reminiscent of the lack of critical thinking that seems to characterize followers of Trump.
Apologetics has always been a weakness of the SBC.
I spent the first 35 years of my life in the SBC - including a number of years when I was heavily into apologetics. Your assertion doesn't ring true at all.
The Apologetics division of the SBC machinery--once called the Interfaith Witness-- is part of the North America Missionary Board, which is still in the hands of the cultural Southern Baptist and noted for its tendency to veer to the left.
I was a certified Interfaith Witness Associate in several categories and was quite familiar with the program. I didn't notice any "cultural" Southern Baptists nor left-leaning persons. In fact, most of the people involved were well to the right of center.
If you don't believe me, visit Lifeway stores and look at all the garbage that they sell.
Non sequitur. The products on the shelves at Lifeway stores has no direct connection to the NAMB. I'm not a fan of Lifeway or their merchandise either, but let's not make stuff up.
I have to agree with Carpro that the resolution is legalistic and states that the refugees have to be screened--something that neither party is likely to do and in the case of many of the refugees impossible to be done because the countries that they originate from do not even know who they are.
There is a screening process in place. Moreover, it is easier to enter the US just about any other way than to go through the screening process as a refugee.
Russell Moore has given the SBC a bad name by saying that a ban is bad per se and by omitting to point out that Trump has mostly called for a temporary ban until things are sorted out. Any sovereign nation has a legal right to control immigration both temporarily and permanently.
Russ Moore is pointing out that discriminating against someone on the basis of their religious faith is completely against historic Baptist beliefs and the call of Jesus.
If you want to go against Christian and Baptist principles, then YOU are the cultural Baptist Christian - someone who wears the name but does not believe.
In the nineteenth century, Christianity ceased to teach apologetics...
False assertion.
...so that we have tens of millions of Christians who don't know what they believe or why they believe it.
There are multiple reasons why people don't know what they believe, but it is not primarily because of the alleged lack of apologetics training.
The SBC errs in calling this a religious freedom issue when it is clearly a national security issue, but as Carpro pointed out above, the SBC managed to include a legal phrase calling for legitimate screening.
I'm not a fan of the SBC, but they made the right call here. I'm proud of them for not giving in on this issue to the cultural Christianity that plagues our nation.
The SBC should have also called for the end of the White House ramadan dinner party for all the swells and phonies up in Washington DC.
I'm not a fan of the government agencies recognizing religious holidays, but if they are going to recognize Christian holidays, then they should recognize holidays of other faiths since the United States is a religiously diverse nation.
