I used to work for the "Baptist Housing Society" when I was nursing, and, they are the biggest crooks ecver! I remember when a resident was nearing death "Pastor Chris" would go in and put a pen in the dying persons hand and ask for their final donation to the church...I hated that!
They had a antenna on the roof that didn't provide very clear TV reception during a storm...I had a group of the old folks switch to a cable company...was administration ever mad at me...turns out they were charging cable prices for the use of the piece of crap antenna...I am NOT a fan of any organized religion....they are criminal, I'd rather be gay!
Huh!
I am surprized at that!
Guess there are crooks in every bunch.......but I was brought up in a strictly Baptist family, my Dad was a deacon for decades, I knew several pastors very well, used to go on hunting trips with them, and there was not a crook amongst them........salt-of-the-earth, honest, tolerant, friendly GOOD people. Full stop.
Baptists, BTW, have been at the cutting edge of many social movements over the past 200 years, and have a cultural attachmenty to grass roots democracy..............
If you think I'm defending the homophobic idiots who protest at funerals, please read the previous post......