Comments by Gene Scarborough | Eastern North Carolina Now

The problem among Baptists of the Southern Baptist Convention started in the mid-1970's. You could call the process "complete" now. The long haul result is a split with many of us forming a new Cooperative Fellowship which operates as a new missionary sending group with a real sense of collegiality.

For your information, the Executive for CBF is from the Memorial Baptist Church in Greenville. The headquarters if in Atlanta and Cecil Sherman (now deceased) was their first Executive. He was Pastor of Asheville FBC prior to taking the risk of becoming the first Executive.

In addition, he and several other large church SBC pastors worked to try and mediate the whole mess with what was called the "Peace Committee" composed of some dozen "movers and shakers" from both Conservative and Moderate sides of the debate/fight. Once more, NC has been the biggest Baptist State Convention with the most mission giving through the many years of Baptist Cooperative Program work. More missionaries than you can imagine all had and still have roots in NC.

Dr. Cecil Sherman was from Texas before coming to NC. He would often say, "Baptists are different in Texas!" He was the first to plainly realize, the problem was not surface theology, BUT a small group of mega church pastors who were bent on control and their egos prevented any kind of compromise---when such was all over prior to the mid-1900's and the pressure of Fundamentalism (which started in Texas).

Commented: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 6:18 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Do you really think all our military activity is out of Morehead City which is south of the Pamlico Sound? Let me say, "I have some inside information about it."

Commented: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Would it be possible we could ever raise a generation without any of them having to go to war, my friends???

Commented: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 12:12 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Commercial news runs off Nielson Ratings = I don't bother with FAUX except out of curiosity for a short time / If local news covered it before the network---I switch to another news venue . . .

If it bleeds, it leads / if it's wacko, it's next / I so love the Instrumental Music channel off my dish, man . . .

Commented: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 9:57 am By: Gene Scarborough

Bobby Tony has me rolling on the floor and frothing at the mouth. The old saying, "Better to laugh than to cry" --- comes immediately to my mind!!!

Commented: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 8:11 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Good question, Ted!!! I shall do just that in detail in the near future.

My main point in all this series is to show how a Conservative Control excess could take over the most democratic and large group of Christians in the US / change it from mission-minded to fundamentalist-minded / pursue a cruel path of deception and hate as a "means to their end."

It was devoid of ethical and moral guidance. The only thing was to RULE.

Commented: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 5:15 am By: Gene Scarborough

What a great way, Stan, to start a special weekend! May we BOTH seek to meet in the middle and continue to appreciate one another as I do you, my friend.

Commented: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 5:15 am By: Gene Scarborough

The complexity of that day boggles the mind. "The Longest Day" movie is about as close a depiction as could be put on film. I am glad The History Channel is putting together newly discovered archival film and some of it is in color.

What impressed me most about D-Day was the American ability to innovate when plans were not working and men were dying. The Germans were a top-down command structure so constraining their troops that they could not change quickly and, therefore, lost the battle.

By the Grace of God we succeeded on that day. To have failed meant German horrors and intrusion on other nations could have led them to the shores of the US. According to all the public comments by the German leadership that day, they won.

Commented: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 4:52 am By: Gene Scarborough

Stan & Bobby Tony --- what are you guys doing with the obtuse BS on an article showing how Conservatives took over and changed the Southern Baptist Convention?

Whenever people do such it proves they are trying to distract rather than discuss . . .

Commented: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 3:53 am By: Gene Scarborough

Please, Stan---make it "Independent Moderate thinking person" . . . JEEZ!

Commented: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 2:41 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Stan ---- let me be succinct and up front: You are a fool to think TEXAS is anything but the famous "steers and queers" state most Drill Sergeants confront their recruits with!

While I appreciate your desire to "impart truth" --- only a fool without knowledge of the "Texas sewer after the Civil War" would think much good could come from that low-life state!

Commented: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 2:13 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Bobby Tony --- is this your way of confessing that you read works other than Playboy and Penthouse (surely you would not pick up a Hustler Magazine!!!

I got to Loris, SC, and its FBC the same month Senator John Jenrette got busted on video dealing with Arab Sheiks and bribery. His lovely blonde and bodacious wife, Rita, posed for Playboy. It took a Deacon from a country church to answer my question from the Myrtle Beach Sun-Times front page pic: "Boob or elbow?"

Should I have called you for the real sociological answer???

Commented: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 6:27 am By: Gene Scarborough

Don't sell yourself short --- you are deeper than you think + it starts with disclosing your true identity, old sport. . .

Commented: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 6:26 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Go ahead, Stan, and Google Agape Love to see what I am talking about, buddy!

I guess we could both use some education on Conservative vs. Liberal and that is another subject, my friend. Do you dare to look up Moderate???

Commented: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 2:31 pm By: Gene Scarborough

I thank my two friends for their honesty and depth of faith. Now the ball is in the court of BCN commentators to see if we can stay away from baseball and other "silly stuff" in a world where good Conservatism in hard to find and real liberated minds run scared in its face . . .

Commented: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 1:57 pm By: Gene Scarborough

It has been since 1964 that I took the course. After that, theology / insurance / securities license / trees --- I think you are right, but the idea is totally correct. Thanks for the correction to proper author which proves YOU B SMERT!!!

Let's just face it --- sometimes "liberal" gets substituted for "well studied and not afraid to question."

Commented: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 12:23 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Your abject HATE is showing, Stan. Did you get out of the bed so far right you fell out the window and bumped your hard head????

Commented: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 9:56 am By: Gene Scarborough