Baptists to flood Texas with Bible CDs by Easter

[ccharles000]

DALLAS - The largest state Baptist group in the nation wants Christ's message of hope heard in every home in Texas — about 9 million of them — by Easter.

That's a challenge in a state as big and diverse as Texas, where more than a third of households speak a language other than English. Besides Spanish, Hindi, Tagalog and Chinese are increasingly heard.

The Baptist General Convention of Texas is promoting a multilingual, multimedia CD that allows folks to listen to key biblical passages in their native language.

It's part of a three-pronged campaign dubbed Texas Hope 2010 to convey what "we really believe; that there's hope in Christ," said Randel Everett, the Baptist group's executive director.

Pop one in a car CD player or load it onto an MP3 device and hear the third chapter of John explain how "God so loved the world" in English or Spanish.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35220699/ns/us_news/

[The Straight Story]

1. Others would do well to learn from this - Christians are good at getting a message out (nt)

[EFerrari]

6. We need to mount a counter offense with Mothers of Invention CDs.

:)

[The Straight Story]

7. We could send em MP3's, but they probably would not know how to use them

:hide:

[Initech]

26. Yeah, let's counter by sending them copies of Broadway The Hard Way!

:evilgrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIcxstki1w

[MindPilot]

2. I can't imagine how anyone could be in Texas for more than a few minutes

and not hear the "word". The place is all Jesus all the time; more churches than gas stations. It wouldn't surprise me to find a church with gas pumps!

[8 track mind]

3. it's f-ing crazy here

we get shit in the mail all the time for these stupid mega churches. We are long overdue for proselytizing in our neighborhood.

[Skittles]

9. I find it surprisingly easy to ignore

[MindPilot]

21. I imagine it is after you're there for a while.

But for those few days I'm in Longview to visit family, it's like a constant swarm of mosquitoes.

[Skittles]

24. it's all around me but they've never really been in my face obnoxious

even the guys who show up at my door are unfailingly polite

[8 track mind]

29. The Obama stickers on my vehicle acts as a fundie magnet. n/t

[aquart]

18. Now that is a brilliant idea.

It would prompt a whole other version of rice Christians. Gas converts? Oil change churches?

[MindPilot]

19. Baptism might be a bit messy...

over there at First Conoco Baptist

[tammywammy]

27. Easily, I seem to do it just fine.

I don't attend church and nor do I have people discussing religion with me.

[Odin2005]

4. Spanish!?! How dare they? If English was good enough for Jesus it's good enough for us!!!

:sarcasm:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

8. That's what Governor "Ma" Ferguson said, back in the 1920s.

Really, she did.

It's all Jebus all the time around here and I'm sick of it. Been sick of it for decades.

[WolverineDG]

30. No, she didn't

Miriam Ferguson, along with a few other people, have been credited with the quote: “If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it ought to be good enough for the children of Texas.”<6> There are variations of these words going back to 1881 that were often used to ridicule the backwardness of various unnamed Christians which strengthens the argument that the attribution to Ferguson was incorrect.<7>

and from earlier in the same article: As governor, she tackled some of the tougher issues of the day. Though a teetotaler like her husband, she aligned herself with the "wets" in the battle over prohibition and took a firm stand against the Ku Klux Klan. She was a fiscal conservative.<3>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_A._Ferguson

dg

[TlalocW]

15. Uh, Christ WAS Mexican...

Why do you think they named him Jesus (said: Hay-SOOS)? :)

TlalocW

[Joe Bacon]

5. It's a shame their real Bible is Atlas Shrugged.

Sure do wish these Baptists would go back to worshipping God instead of Ayn Rand!

[Zoeisright]

10. That is disgusting.

If they have money to spend on that, they should do something to actually help people, like stock food shelves or give money to homeless shelters.

What a bunch of maroons. Religion has been used to keep people content with their 'lot in life' for hundreds of years, because they think there is a 'reward' after death. Instead of just being dead.

[The Straight Story]

11. Actually, they would see it as an investment - spend a little, get more in return, help more people

(nt)

[Electric Monk]

12. Yeah, clearly that's the biggest problem with Texas, not enough Bibles yet.

:insertrandomsmileyhere:

[sensate2000]

13. Does the DC have other features?

Like how to kidnap Haitian children?

[tulsakatz]

14. when has that message NOT been heard........

I live in Oklahoma and it's here constantly, whether you want it or not!!

The real challenge would be getting Jesus out of our daily lives!! Now that would be difficult, especially here!!!

[TrogL]

16. Way to cherry-pick

I'd be willing to be on which passages they pick. Lots of Leviticus.

[aquart]

17. And why not?

Me, I don't need a CD because I have google which looks up any passage I need (cough Matthew 25:41-46 cough). Damn convenient for arguments.

[KharmaTrain]

20. Let 'Em Waste The Money...

Yet another reason why I avoid Texas...even moving business trips to other locations. I refuse to travel to or do business in a state where my money could possibly end up helping keeping rushpublicans in control.

That said...let 'em waste the money. Those who are so inclined probably have the bible memorized. Those who aren't interested will circular file this thing...or hope that its rewritable. Few, if any, lives will be changed by this.

[MineralMan]

22. Coasters! CDs make the best coasters.

[pipi_k]

23. And almost as good as glass prisms for rainbows

I like to hang them in my kitchen to catch the Southern exposure. It's a virtual color-fest in there

[annabanana]

28. (also my first thought). . . nt

[Mari333]

25. when you get them in the mail, attach a huge brick to them and send them

back, and make sure the postage is reversed.

[fascisthunter]

31. cultists..."Be Like Us"