tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post113725324348209679..comments2024-03-27T02:15:50.519-05:00Comments on Is America Burning - a Forum To Discuss Issues: Pat Robertson has consigned me to hellGadflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06974330477668544785noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post-1137364731535686182006-01-15T16:38:00.000-06:002006-01-15T16:38:00.000-06:00Yes, Whitehaven is southwest Memphis in the area a...Yes, Whitehaven is southwest Memphis in the area around Graceland.Elizabeth Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490371738727784768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post-1137303749909529562006-01-14T23:42:00.000-06:002006-01-14T23:42:00.000-06:00Elizabeth - hiMy former bil was a choir director a...Elizabeth - hi<BR/><BR/>My former bil was a choir director at the Baptist Church in Collierville so that's usually where we were. I went to 1st Baptist once or twice but I don't think we ever went to 2nd. I think I remember the name though.<BR/><BR/>I lived in Memphis from autumn of 1967 to early winter of 1968. I was there when MLK was shot (about 1 mile from the motel buying groceries) and was in the Methodist Hospital giving birth when RFK was killed in L. A. Bad year 1968.<BR/><BR/>We were out near the fairgrounds and then in Whitehaven (isn't that a great name for a town - right up there with Southhaven, MS).Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post-1137301824382653382006-01-14T23:10:00.000-06:002006-01-14T23:10:00.000-06:00An interesting post. All I can say is IF you go to...An interesting post. All I can say is IF you go to hell--which I don't think you will because it doesn't exist--and Pat Robertson's not there, you better save him a seat.<BR/><BR/>I am Unitarian, so I am sure he knows I'm gonna be there, too.<BR/><BR/>When you were in Memphis, did you ever happen to go the Second Baptist Church? They had a really cool pastor there back during that time period named Brooks Ramsey. He is extremely liberal and does the lecture circuit now. He comes to the Unitarian church & does services when the pastor has to be away. He is one of the few well read Baptists I've ever met. He was telling us how when he was in seminary in St. Louis one of their teachers told them not to read anything that challenged their beliefs and how stupid he thought that was. He said he likes coming over to visit us because he can say whatever he wants.<BR/><BR/>He was saying the difference between a Baptist and a Southern Baptist is that a Baptist will say "They ain't no hell." A Southern Baptist will say "The hell they ain't." Funny guy.Elizabeth Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490371738727784768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post-1137276681753126162006-01-14T16:11:00.000-06:002006-01-14T16:11:00.000-06:00There are many quarrels and even schisms troubling...There are many quarrels and even schisms troubling the mainline Protestant denominations and much depends on geographic location. Mine may be headed for one. I hope not but, while I will work for change from within, I couldn't remain a part of any organization with an ongoing pattern of bigotry.Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17213045.post-1137253687593295182006-01-14T09:48:00.000-06:002006-01-14T09:48:00.000-06:00Granny, if there is a hell, and people like you ar...Granny, if there is a hell, and people like you are going there, something is truly wrong in the universe.<BR/><BR/>Interesting post. My father-in-law attends a church up in NE that is very, very fundamentalist here but is so very liberal up there. We're like two different countries.JBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00963391797951125445noreply@blogger.com