Tea Party leader: Say no to Methodists

[jsr]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/02/20/5587683/in-grapevine-a-tea-party-leader.html

In Grapevine, a Tea Party leader says no to — Methodists?
Posted Friday, Feb. 21, 2014
By Bud Kennedy

Ever busy ridding Tarrant County of evil, a local Tea Party has found a new threat.

The co-founder and president of the NE Tarrant Tea Party has come out against Methodists.

Republicans should vote for a straitlaced fellow Southern Baptist instead of a Methodist for a vacant judgeship because Methodists believe “everything goes,” Tea Party co-founder and president Julie McCarty of Grapevine wrote on Facebook.

The conflict was not the first between a Tea Party leader and Methodists.

[LAGC]

1. Christian cannibalism.

Let the purity tests commence...

[theHandpuppet]

2. Yeah, I could see this coming

Of course, I could have sworn I saw a couple of Methodists fornicating on the lawn outside the Salvation Army headquarters today. I think they were collecting donations.

Edited to add: do I really need the sarcasm thingy?

[socialist_n_TN]

16. Yep, me too. Having lived in the south all my life.......

it's easy to see the outcome of any sort of "Christian" rule over politics and society. The first conflict after the "Christian" takeover would be between Catholic and Protestant. If the Catholics win, it'll soon be a new Inquisition. If the Protestants win, this kind of conflict will erupt between the fundies and the LESS fundies. If the hard fundies win, it'll be between various fundy sects.

That's why when I hear someone advocating for a "Christian" nation, my first question is "Which Christian church will head it up?"

[roguevalley]

24. my mom would kick his ass for that

[demwing]

7. It's the Hunger Games of the Soul

chicken soup is so 1993.

and every damned dog Christian for themselves.

[giftedgirl77]

3. geez, thhese people are able to find a reason to hate anyone

[theHandpuppet]

4. I say let them turn on one another

Pretty soon they'll reduce their approved voting base to zero.

[giftedgirl77]

9. I concur 100%

[Octafish]

5. Methodists have been leaders for individual liberty for centuries.

They were central to the Underground Railroad, which helped slaves reach freedom dur--. Oh.

[okaawhatever]

13. Ding, ding.....we have a winner. nt

[n2doc]

6. Purity Uber Alles

I hope they continue in this direction, they should self-marginalze to extinction.

[CatholicEdHead]

8. And so it begins

As the purity level goes further and further down the rabbit hole. Now we are into which conservative Christian denomination is more pure and conservative. The infighting is ramping up,

Now we in the real live playback of this joke:

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. I immediately ran over and said "Stop! Don't do it!"
"Why shouldn't I?" he said.
I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what?"
"Well ... are you religious or atheist?"
"Religious."
"Me too! Are you Christian or Jewish?"
"Christian."
"Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
"Protestant."
"Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"
"Baptist."
"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"
"Baptist Church of God."
"Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God."
"Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!"
To which I said, "Die, heretic scum!" and pushed him off.
http://www.makeitclearnow.org/relhumor.html

[socialist_n_TN]

17. Something similar in my post #16........

As I said in a song once, "Nothing says Hell like a Holy War".

[flying rabbit]

19. Nailed it! nt

[hrmjustin]

20. I love that joke.

[Tom Ripley]

10. Southern Baptists will never forgive Wesley and Methodists for being anti-slavery

fuck those full immersion cretins

[El_Johns]

23. Not so clearcut; the church split (schismed) over slavery, like many other churches did.

http://blogs.wofford.edu/from_the_archives/2013/01/30/how-the-methodist-church-split-in-the-1840s/

[oldandhappy]

11. Methodists just defrocked a minister for marrying a gay couple.

I would have thot they would be friends!

[Freddie]

26. There is a huge schism in the UMC over that

From what I've read, the UMC is still taking a hard line against these issues (gay clergy and clergy performing same-sex weddings) in order to appease the more conservative elements of the denomination in other countries especially Africa. I'd say most American Methodists are in favor of marriage equality as it tends to be a pretty liberal church otherwise (thus the Fundie objection). The issue is far from decided in the UMC.

[oldandhappy]

31. Glad to hear it.

I do not know. I go to an Episcopal church and was thinking Methodists and Presbyterians and that ilk were more open. Sigh. Smile. Thank you.

[JPZenger]

32. Methodists Policy Change was blocked by Southerners and Africans.

There have been multiple attempts by the United Methodists to remove discrimination against gay people in their international set of rules. Those changes have been blocked by Southerners and Africans. If it was up to the northern conferences of the United Methodist Church, there would be no discrimination.

[Iggo]

12. Excellent.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Arizona should take note of this.

If their idiotic anti-gay legislation gets signed into law, I see it blowing up in their faces over something just like this. And, it couldn't happen to a better bunch of assholes.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

15. There are Christians, and there are Christian wackos. Fundies and teabaggers are wackos. nt

[MisterP]

18. reminds me of when Santorum said Protestants weren't Christian

of course he caught no flak

[lame54]

29. when I saw the OP title...

I immediately thought of Harvey Corman

[hrmjustin]

21. I am sure they hate us Episcopalians.

[Freddie]

27. I'm ELCA Lutheran

Have been told we're not "real Christians". I share a lot of things from The Christian Left on my FB to let people know that yes we sure are.

[Blue_In_AK]

22. Oh, my god, this is such an old battle.

When I went to high school in Pasadena, TX, I was an "anything goes" Methodist and caught this same sort of flak from my Southern Baptist classmates, a lot of whom ended up pregnant, coincidentally, since they weren't allowed to dance. Lol.

[JPZenger]

33. Never invite a single southern Baptist to your house...

Never invite one Southern Baptist to your house - because they will finish off all of your alcohol. Instead, invite two to your house, and they won't drink any.

[Cha]

25. Teabaggers believe No Lie is too damn Vile.

[KG]

28. religion LOL

[ananda]

30. What mental gymnastics she must have to use ...

.. in order to call her self a "Christian" with a "strait" face.

Not only did she misspell straight-laced, but she also resorts
to code talk for racism and homophobia. I'm sure any Jesus
I've read about in the bible would not approve.