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[quote=Anonymous]Oh OP, I'm so sorry.
I grew up Southern Baptist in a rural area of the South.  (Am now a liberal Presbyterian living downtown in DC, so as you can imagine, being Southern Baptist was not for me.)

My guess is that like many Southern Baptists in the rural south, the minister may not actually know any real live Jewish people.  Seriously.  The definition of a religiously mixed marriage in the rural south is when a Baptist marries a Methodist.   The Jewish populations of most Southern towns were minimal at best (historically German-Jewish merchants---all the clothing stores in my hometown were Jewish-owned, all the restaurants were Greek-owned---both groups held conventions across the South in an effort to make sure their progeny married within the respective ethnicity).  But even those small populations have declined as the younger generation decamped for urban areas.

So his references were probably not as much intentionally anti-Semitic as they were ignorant.

Still hurtful, I know.  But much as you might want to send an email---I would resist.  The whole raison d'etre of Southern Baptists is evangelizing--and the minister could decide to undertake your conversion as his personal mission.  Do not engage.  It's just not worth it.  [/quote]

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