Comments on: A Rose by Any Other Name: It’s Time to Drop "Southern" from the SBC Name

By: stephen fox

stephen fox — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:53:25 +0000

State Conventions need to gut up and gut Richard Land’s political action committee that fronts as a Religious Liberty and Ethics organization.
God is not pleased with the work Richard Land does for Karl Rove underwritten by the Cooperative Program.
And the IMB needs to cut its trustee board in half and save half million or more.

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:13:52 +0000

So, the GCRTF report was strangely silent on the issue of the name change. What a surprise.

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:22:56 +0000

Rick, that link was absolutely hilarious.

By: Rick Presley

Rick Presley — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:07:12 +0000

“Much ado about nothing”? How can you say such a thing, Dave?

Of all the topics that have come up on this list, has any generated as many responses as this one?

I read a blog post today that was very instructive. Instead of being an incendiary blog post, it was a deconstruction of one that was most arftully done.

See: http://faultline.org/index.php/site/item/incendiary/

And just as instructive as the blog is, the comment string is even better. I think more than a few of us will see some resemblance to things said here.

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:35:42 +0000

Dan, I made a comment earlier which would take longer to find than to retype. In this unscientific comment stream, we’ve had the following breakdown.

1) People outside the Deep South have unanimously been for dropping “Southern” and claim it is a hindrance.

2) Many from the south have said that the name is no hindrance or is too much trouble to change.

3) Several Southerners have also said the name should be changed.

4) A lot of people just think its much ado about nothing.

By: Dan Barnes

Dan Barnes — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:53:19 +0000

I would be interested to see opinion based on demographics. If there are Southerns who are for the name change, or Northerns who are against it. I wonder if there is an age distinctions, if younger SBC leaders and older SBC leaders differ in this area.

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:59:37 +0000

Bart, I like you a lot, but I’m scared of CB. I do not think challenging him in any kind of combat is a wise idea. I don’t care how very old he is. I just have this feeling he doesn’t fight by Marquis of Queensbury rules.

By: Bart Barber

Bart Barber — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:32:56 +0000

CB, just this morning I skunked the Wii Baseball team 14-0 and coerced the game to invoke the mercy rule. I take offense that you have impugned my baseball skills, I demand satisfaction, and I offer you your choice of weapons, sir.

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:32:38 +0000

They probably don’t have the same charter problems that some have referenced.

By: rastis

rastis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:40:49 +0000

Of general interest…
It looks like the BGCT [texas] is looking at a name change. They are renaming stuff on their website [Texas Baptists]. Does anyone know if they are looking at changes beyond the surface? If so, that might be instructive to the conversation at hand concerning what kind of legal gymnastics there might be.