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[theweaselking]

Mississippi Baptist church votes to exclude all blacks in response to a 10-year-old boy trying to join.

UPDATE: A new version of the story includes comments from the other church members, who claim that no such vote took place and that the pastor is just trying to harm the church by claiming that there was a vote.

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[vagabond27.livejournal.com]

link doesnt work mate

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It worked ten minutes ago. It looks like it's down, now.

Google's cache is here (http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:WJxtKmnXf-0J:www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp%3FID%3D226460%26pub%3D1%26div%3DLifestyles+&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=1)

[vagabond27.livejournal.com]

word, wonder why it was taken down.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

They were updating it. Check it again.

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

Of course, it might also be removed because it was a hoax and someone found out. It does sound like something a hoax site would put up.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It does, although the source site is a serious new outlet for that area and it doesn't appear to be from anywhere else first.

It's interesting.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It's been updated. Hit it again - the churchgoers deny their priest's accusations.

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

They should well deny it, since racism is an unacceptable thing for a Christian. I guess it is kinda like fornication... there are a lot of Christians who do it, but it is certainly not accepted.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Are Mormons Christians?

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

That's what they say, though I know of no one else who shares their opinion on that point.

The Latter Day Saints have, to put it simply, 3 testaments instead of 2. Their holy scriptures include texts not acknowledged by any other religious group, Christian or otherwise.

Christianity has two sets of holy scriptures, commonly referred ot as the Old Testament (which existed in Jewist scripture prior to Christianity) and the New Testament, written by and for Christians. The New Testament clearly states that all ethnic and linguistic groups are welcomed and encouraged to join the Christian church.