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**RobMille** · 07-30-2011, 11:23 PM

We are forever indebted!

Don · (This post was last modified: 07-31-2011 01:09 AM by Don.)

Where do I begin?
Back on June 28th Darrell posted A Doctor (or 14) In The House and it was suggested that we have a representative do a field report. That put into motion a series of conversations and a mission sanctioned by SFIE. (See post 55)
A team was assigned and Operation Mothership was a go.
The mission’s theme is reflected in the modified poem,
The Charge of the SFL Brigade
Fundies to right of them,
Fundies to left of them,
MOgs in front of them
Volley’d & thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the two from SFL.

Due to work obligations only the evening services could be covered. Monday evening arrived and at 1800 we embarked on our mission. We began our recon in the Exhibit hall.

Upon entry the first booth that greeted us was a Tie vendor. Selling ties. Not just novelty ties but top of the line neck ties. Continuing down that aisle we have a vendor with a table full of cd’s and dvd’s selling sermons of a Who’s Who of fundy heavy weights, Hyles, Roloff, Sightler, and a host of others. We were asked if we wanted some good preaching. I came very close to saying, “Sure, where is any.” But our mission was recon only not confrontation. There was a vendor that had the History of the Bible. They actually mentioned the Bishops Bible, the Geneva Bible but the line ended abruptly at 1611 and the King James Bible. It was interesting that in this booth there was also a plaque of Martin Luther. (That ol Catholic) I guess he got props for breaking away from the Catholic Church.

There are several colleges represented here, PCC, West Coast, New England Baptist College, Midwestern Bible College, Shawnee Baptist College, Gethsemane Bible Institute, Commonwealth Baptist College, Berean Baptist College, Heartland Baptist Bible College, Landmark Baptist College, Baptist College of America, and Ambassador Baptist College. These are what are listed on the floor plan and I really did not take a complete inventory.

The pièce de résistance of the Exhibit hall was The Suit Man. Here in the middle of the hall was a tailor shop to outfit the M-O-g with a suit worthy of his position. Off to the “sanctuary” for preaching time.

I am working on the rest to submit to Darrell so he can post as he sees fit.

Don · (This post was last modified: 08-01-2011 09:49 PM by Don.)

Ya know what the hardest part has been in doing the write up? Having to listen to the sermons again to make sure I am quoting them correctly. And my digital recorder is o-l-d school, no instant download and it searches sequentially.... heaven help if I let it time out or press the wrong button... *twitch!*

Did somebody say something about some 18 yr/old Scotch? Angel

Blueeyedrain · 08-06-2011, 08:31 PM

Don...thank you for doing this. I am looking forward to your recap re: night # 5!

Don · 08-08-2011, 01:59 AM

It's 2:50 am on Monday morning. I just finished the final installment and sent it to Darrell. I will admit this last day was almost impossible. I fought doing it all weekend because I knew I was going to have to re-listen to those sermons. I'm going to take some time off now. I'll be around but I need to get this out of my system now.
Thank you all for your kind words and support. but like I said , it's not about me. It's about exposing the excesses and bad doctrine as well as the manipulatiive tactics that are used in this non-denomination Religion.

See ya soon.

Don · 08-08-2011, 08:20 PM

Now it’s time to say goodbye to Smith and all his men
They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in
You’re all invited back next year to this locality
For a ‘nother heapin’ helpin’ of their Fund-ie-ality
Legalism that is,
Soul winnin’…
Ya’ll get right now ya hear!

The King James Hillbillies
A Sword of the Lord Presentation.

richao · 08-09-2011, 12:40 PM

In his summary of the final day of the SOTL conference, Don said something about how fundy sermon rhetoric was designed to browbeat the audience into wholesale, uncritical acceptance of what was being said. Earlier today I ran across this comment on communist propaganda by Theodore Dalrymple. While it's not entirely applicable to fundy rhetoric, the parallels are striking:

Quote:the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control.

Away-From-The-Umbrella · 08-10-2011, 02:29 PM

(08-08-2011 08:20 PM)Don Wrote: Now it’s time to say goodbye to Smith and all his men
They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in
You’re all invited back next year to this locality
For a ‘nother heapin’ helpin’ of their Fund-ie-ality
Legalism that is,
Soul winnin’…
Ya’ll get right now ya hear!

The King James Hillbillies
A Sword of the Lord Presentation.

^^^

Love this!