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In reply to the discussion: Ed Schultz EXPOSES Cause Of Racism In The South [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Preach Republican talking points. I stopped at one church while I was campaigning and talked to the pastor and he started talking about the 47% who don't pay taxes. And there was Rick Warren with his pro-Bush tax cuts tweet and stuff. But to generalize it to all churches in the South, not just preaching Republican social policies, but also preaching racism. There are probably some of them, but not that many, certainly not all, or perhaps even a majority.
And to make this generalization based on anecdotes from two people.
Seems like a mighty leap to me.
I hate to even call churches black and white, because there is nothing to prevent black people from joining "white" churches, or vice versa. I went to the Baptist Church down the street that is almost all black (there may even have been another white person there that day, I cannot remember for sure) and also got invited to a singing service at the AME church from some people who were at the Obama rally. In neither place did I pick up a "we don't want any white people in this church" vibe.
But there did seem to be some different traditions which might keep white people out. In the AME church I noticed that they sang the hymns kinda slooooow. I was used to a more up-tempo, and did not really like the slow. In the other church, their service was looong. Again, the music was different too, this singing was more like the sort of cliche of a black church one might see on TV or in a movie, with the swaying and the clapping. Again, not really my cup of tea, although I tried to get into it. But it was like an hour and a half and the sermon had not even started.
I mean, dang, I usally like to get in and out in less than an hour, and I think even THAT is long. I think churches should try to shoot for 45 minutes and they would do better. Instead people get up on Sunday and will often think "I should go to church." and then they think "Aw man, do I have to? It's gonna take all day and be sooo boring." If that was not the case, then more people might go.