MScheffler wrote: > BAPTISTS ARE PROTESTANTS. {snip} > The problem is that > there are many different "brands" of Baptists with widely divergent > views. How true! > Differences between various kinds of Baptists can be greater > than between the more traditional Baptist denominations and the > Catholic Church. > M. Scheffler Good Point. You're right. There are many types of Baptists, none of which believe exactly the same. (Otherwise they would be the same type, right?) At least on paper one of the principals is that all Christian religions have some validity. This opens us up to many sects in our own denomination before you start on "outside" groups. Of course when have we humans been consistently followed such statements in real life. We are getting better, but even my mother remembers a time when children were told horror stories about other churches (Lutheran & Catholic). I failed to say French Corner is in the Southern Baptist Convention. But even within the convention opinion is often varied. Gail -- Bill, Esther, & M. Gail w e p e r r i n @i-55.com Searching surnames: F r a z i e r, D a y, T r a v i s, L e a, L e e, B r u m f i e l d, Q u i n n MgailP@yahoo.com, MGailP@excite.com, MGailP@go.com, mgailpgo@go.com