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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would depend on the denomination.  I'm an interfaith minister and very open.  My kids have been to Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.... churches.  There are some specific denominations that I would not be ok with.  When my kids were younger, I wouldn't have wanted them in any of the extremely evangelical Christian churches.  I would be perfectly fine with a Methodist camp, for example.  But, I would not allow my kids to attend a Southern Baptist Camp.  I'm ok with differing beliefs.  I'm not ok with hate.[/quote]

Southern Baptists teach hate?[/quote]

I grew up in the church.  They do.[/quote]

What do you mean by hate?[/quote]

When you decide that everyone who doesn't believe like you (i.e. in Jesus Christ as personal lord and savior) is going to burn in hell for eternity, that's hate.

When you kick the Boy Scouts out of your church because they decide to allow gay scouts to participate, that's hate.

When there is an actual debate at the Southern Baptist Convention in the year 2017 over whether or not to denounce the white nationalist movement, that's hate.

When you respond to the Orlando Shootings by suggesting it was "God's wrath for sexual impurity", that's hate.

When you openly preach hate and intolerance towards the Muslim community, that is hate.

I was offered a job teaching in a southern baptist church kindergarten class.  I was asked to sign a morality clause promising (among other things) "not to associate with any known homosexual" while employed.  That is hate.

....to many examples to list.  I'm not suggesting that all Southern Baptists are horrible.  I have many family members who attend the SBC.  But the church itself is by far one of the most hateful organizations in the country.  My kids would never be allowed at a Baptist camp of any kind.[/quote]

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