Leader who opposes birth control, planned childlessness, to be nominated as Southern Baptist leader

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Thu Jan-03-08 02:38 PM
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Leader who opposes birth control, planned childlessness, to be nominated as Southern Baptist leader

I see someone who is a leader in the SBC hijacking is going to be nominated for leader of the Southern Baptist convention. I have written before about this fellow, and we surely need to be aware of him even more now that he is to be nominated to lead this large group.

Jeffries to nominate R. Albert Mohler for SBC president.

DALLAS—Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. provides “the kind of visionary leader Southern Baptists need to communicate a missional conservatism and biblical clarity to the world,” stated Robert Jeffress, pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Dallas in announcing his intention to nominate the 47-year-old Mohler for Southern Baptist Convention president in June.

When Southern Seminary seemed to be lost to liberalism and irrelevancy, Dr. Mohler put his life and ministry on the line for the truth of God’s word and the urgency of sharing Christ with a lost world,” Jeffress said. “Since that time, he has led Southern Seminary to be a boot camp for young men and women training to take the gospel to the nations—whatever the cost.”

Some of Mohler's most controversial views are regarding birth control and deliberate childlessness. Southern Baptists I knew growing up did not think like this.

Intentional childlessness is avoiding responsibility

Deliberately childless couples have formed a number of national and international organizations, including one called “No Kidding,” and they even have a lifestyle magazine named DINK, an acronym for “Double Income, No Kids.”

Mohler said the trend illustrates a faulty view of the purpose of marriage.

“You look at some of these websites, and the references to children are just so dismissive and condescending and frankly weird.... We have to understand that parenthood is to be understood as a part of marriage itself.”

I consider that a most narrow view of marriage and love.

More on this issue of
Deliberate childlessness

Southern Baptist leader says deliberate childlessness defies God's will.

"I am trying to look at this from a perspective that begins with God's creation," Mohler said. "God's purpose in creation is being trumped by modern practices."

"I would argue that it ought to be falling short of the glory of God. Deliberate childlessness defies God's will," he said.

That is upsetting to hear.

Even worse are Mohler's views on Christians and birth control.

"..."First, we must start with a rejection of the contraceptive mentality that sees pregnancy and children as impositions to be avoided rather than as gifts to be received, loved, and nurtured. This contraceptive mentality is an insidious attack upon God's glory in creation, and the Creator's gift of procreation to the married couple."

Reverend Mohler was on the Phil Donahue show on MSNBC in August 2002. He as much as said everyone was going to hell but Baptists.

Mohler on Donahue

Rev. Mohler, however intelligent of a scholar he may be, he is a spiritual Neanderthal with repulsive, revolting views," Boteach said. "... This is the modern equivalent of spiritual terrorism. You would think that we would have progressed to some sort of racial harmony and tolerance -- especially after Sept. 11."

Boteach later asserted that, "If Jesus were alive today I think he would take Rev. Mohler and Dr. Brown to court for character assassination. They took the Prince of Peace and made him into the torturer-in-chief."

Donahue took Mohler to task again, saying that he has made God into an "egomaniac" who tells people, "You better pray to me or I'll show you what trouble really is."

Mohler, though, responded by saying his views are founded in both the Old and New Testaments.

"God declared this to Moses in the covenant at Sinai," Mohler said. "He spoke very much about the fact that there was an order to have no gods before him. Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of that law."

Donahue asserted that Mohler's views were arrogant, arguing that the Crusades began with similar beliefs.

Yes, they have taken the peaceful Jesus and turned him into something feared and fearful. They should be ashamed.

There was so much controversy over this next subject, I almost hate to post it. However if Al is now being considered for leader of the Southern Baptist Convention..having served his time at the seminary...then we need to realize what kind of ideas our country is facing. This is a large congregation of people who are not all on the same page.

But just having any in agreement on this topic is scary.

Is Your Baby Gay

Very upsetting are his views shown in a post at his blog called "Is Your Baby Gay? He later said he did not really say what he was said to have said, but here are the words from his blog.

7. Thus, we will gladly contend for the right to life of all persons, born and unborn, whatever their sexual orientation. We must fight against the idea of aborting fetuses or human embryos identified as homosexual in orientation.

8. If a biological basis is found, and if a prenatal test is then developed, and if a successful treatment to reverse the sexual orientation to heterosexual is ever developed, we would support its use as we should unapologetically support the use of any appropriate means to avoid sexual temptation and the inevitable effects of sin.

I hope Southern Baptists rise up and tell their leadership they are better than this, that they stand for so much more than this narrow minded thinking.