Blog on the Lillypad
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Berean Baptist Skids towards Bankruptcy
Well, the fundies are out in force now that Tom Neal's church is on the skid towards bankruptcy. It's turned into a shouting match on this level:
This will continue over the next several days, especially with Mars so prominent. It's not that there's not legitimate grievances against Tom Neal. He needs to be out of the ministry, in my opinion. And I can get pretty intense when I debate, but when it turns into a "whose masculinity is longer" contest (Did I say longer? I meant greater), the men will go on for hours. And while I am not squeamish about slugging it out over the need for purity and reform in Fundamentalism, this "manhood, tough guy" thing is a meaningless tangent.
Well, the fundies are out in force now that Tom Neal's church is on the skid towards bankruptcy. It's turned into a shouting match on this level:
 | "Well why don't you tell me your real name?"
"Oh yeah, well why don't you tell me YOUR real name?" "You're not man enough, that's why!" "No you're not man enough!" |
This will continue over the next several days, especially with Mars so prominent. It's not that there's not legitimate grievances against Tom Neal. He needs to be out of the ministry, in my opinion. And I can get pretty intense when I debate, but when it turns into a "whose masculinity is longer" contest (Did I say longer? I meant greater), the men will go on for hours. And while I am not squeamish about slugging it out over the need for purity and reform in Fundamentalism, this "manhood, tough guy" thing is a meaningless tangent.
