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	<title>Comments on: Texas’ Appleby Baptist Church Pushes Racist Doctrine</title>
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		<title>By: Angelo</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2695585</link>
		<dc:creator>Angelo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 02:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story of Noah&#039;s sons, as described in the Bible reflects the ideology of Israel over its neighbors and justifies its claim as chosen people of God. It&#039;s clearly a political and ideological vision of a conflict in which has not been resolved . Perhaps Noah has not said or thought anything that the Bible ascribes to it. But the wise chroniclers who wrote it thought and created a myth of dire consequences for the future of mankind, and especially of his own people. Maybe they did not imagine that this same ideology, coined and advocated by the chroniclers of Israel, in order to give his people a divine origin and a noble genealogy, would bring them many annoyances in the future. And it was exactly this idea of distinguishing origin of the people of Israel that the Nazis would explore, thousands of years later, to try to eliminate the people of Israel from the face of the earth. But that is another story]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The story of Noah&#8217;s sons, as described in the Bible reflects the ideology of Israel over its neighbors and justifies its claim as chosen people of God. It&#8217;s clearly a political and ideological vision of a conflict in which has not been resolved . Perhaps Noah has not said or thought anything that the Bible ascribes to it. But the wise chroniclers who wrote it thought and created a myth of dire consequences for the future of mankind, and especially of his own people. Maybe they did not imagine that this same ideology, coined and advocated by the chroniclers of Israel, in order to give his people a divine origin and a noble genealogy, would bring them many annoyances in the future. And it was exactly this idea of distinguishing origin of the people of Israel that the Nazis would explore, thousands of years later, to try to eliminate the people of Israel from the face of the earth. But that is another story</p>
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		<title>By: Kevininvan</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2532989</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevininvan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel that he is entitled to his beliefs as are the rest of us.  I know I myself prefer to live near whites as opposed to blacks but I don&#039;t feel the need to tell others that I feel this way.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel that he is entitled to his beliefs as are the rest of us.  I know I myself prefer to live near whites as opposed to blacks but I don&#8217;t feel the need to tell others that I feel this way.</p>
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		<title>By: Erika</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2079589</link>
		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam, the theology displayed in Chick Tracts is one which scarely resembles any church i have ever been in - and i&#039;ve been in some pretty right wing churches :)

There are some Chick Tracts which address homosexuality  - including the extremely infamous tract &quot;Lisa&quot; which depicts a woman improbably telling her husband its okay that he was raping their very young daughter because when she was that age she was raped by her gay uncle - most of which end with the homosexuals either converting by prayer to become religious fundamentalists who marry women and burn books or being cast into the Lake of Fire because Jack T. Chick is almost as far out there as Fred Phelps.

But it sounds like you have a good parody idea :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sam, the theology displayed in Chick Tracts is one which scarely resembles any church i have ever been in &#8211; and i&#8217;ve been in some pretty right wing churches :)</p>
<p>There are some Chick Tracts which address homosexuality  &#8211; including the extremely infamous tract &#8220;Lisa&#8221; which depicts a woman improbably telling her husband its okay that he was raping their very young daughter because when she was that age she was raped by her gay uncle &#8211; most of which end with the homosexuals either converting by prayer to become religious fundamentalists who marry women and burn books or being cast into the Lake of Fire because Jack T. Chick is almost as far out there as Fred Phelps.</p>
<p>But it sounds like you have a good parody idea :)</p>
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		<title>By: ben</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2078416</link>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i get tired of hearing the extremist white right talk about race mixing and having to live with people of color,but if it were not because the white europeans invaded the lands of the people of color around the world this would not have happened.so it seems that they hold all the blame for this they can curse there forefathers for the dire situation they think they find themselves in today.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i get tired of hearing the extremist white right talk about race mixing and having to live with people of color,but if it were not because the white europeans invaded the lands of the people of color around the world this would not have happened.so it seems that they hold all the blame for this they can curse there forefathers for the dire situation they think they find themselves in today.</p>
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		<title>By: concernedcitizen</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2043006</link>
		<dc:creator>concernedcitizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 04:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[funny John]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>funny John</p>
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		<title>By: concernedcitizen</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2042983</link>
		<dc:creator>concernedcitizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 04:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[correction: It&#039;s the stuff nightmares are made of...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>correction: It&#8217;s the stuff nightmares are made of&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: concernedcitizen</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2042971</link>
		<dc:creator>concernedcitizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 04:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[kiwiwriter  your post: My wife, who raises dogs, pointed out the same thing: pure-bred dogs invariably manifest all the negative recessive genes through inbreeding, whereas mutts manifest all the positive dominant genes, and have fewer health issues.

This is true in many breeds. That&#039;s why I find it amusing at how stupid people can be when they spread lies about pure breeding etc., etc.,

If they had any background in genetics they would understand the need to mix, and how it actually improves many genetic traits in many species of the animal kingdom. Man is not excluded.

And quite honestly some of these people who I have witnessed rallying racists agenda&#039;s should be quite happy if anyone outside of their own family would want to breed with them. It the stuff nightmares are made of...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>kiwiwriter  your post: My wife, who raises dogs, pointed out the same thing: pure-bred dogs invariably manifest all the negative recessive genes through inbreeding, whereas mutts manifest all the positive dominant genes, and have fewer health issues.</p>
<p>This is true in many breeds. That&#8217;s why I find it amusing at how stupid people can be when they spread lies about pure breeding etc., etc.,</p>
<p>If they had any background in genetics they would understand the need to mix, and how it actually improves many genetic traits in many species of the animal kingdom. Man is not excluded.</p>
<p>And quite honestly some of these people who I have witnessed rallying racists agenda&#8217;s should be quite happy if anyone outside of their own family would want to breed with them. It the stuff nightmares are made of&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Reynardine</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2036056</link>
		<dc:creator>Reynardine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam, until the late Sixties, hard liquor was very much a part of our culture. If you&#039;ve ever seen Brigadoon, the first thing the hero&#039;s twentieth century fiancée does is order herself a Manhattan. Nowadays, that would mark her as a lush, but back then, high-octane cocktails in the afternoon were normal social fare for both men and women, and the majority of adult parties were cocktail parties. It was understood that nice people  didn&#039;t do that before five o&#039;clock, that&#039;s all.

Meanwhile, I direct people&#039;s attention to the following link: 
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/uh-oh-almost-half-republicans-think-armed-revolution-might-be-necessary]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sam, until the late Sixties, hard liquor was very much a part of our culture. If you&#8217;ve ever seen Brigadoon, the first thing the hero&#8217;s twentieth century fiancée does is order herself a Manhattan. Nowadays, that would mark her as a lush, but back then, high-octane cocktails in the afternoon were normal social fare for both men and women, and the majority of adult parties were cocktail parties. It was understood that nice people  didn&#8217;t do that before five o&#8217;clock, that&#8217;s all.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I direct people&#8217;s attention to the following link:<br />
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/uh-oh-almost-half-republicans-think-armed-revolution-might-be-necessary" rel="nofollow">http://www.alternet.org/tea-pa.....-necessary</a></p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2029833</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 23:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erika, Chick tracts attempted to show Christian doctrine, or a version of it, in a humorous way and even people who hate them obviously read them. We need a new Gay Affirming batch of tracts now, to lead Gay people TO the love of Jesus and not AWAY from Him. And put the new brand on a race car.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Erika, Chick tracts attempted to show Christian doctrine, or a version of it, in a humorous way and even people who hate them obviously read them. We need a new Gay Affirming batch of tracts now, to lead Gay people TO the love of Jesus and not AWAY from Him. And put the new brand on a race car.</p>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2016550</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Citizen, before you go rallying to defend the first amendment you might want to wait for someone to attack the rights therein established. It&#039;s a shame that free and public education was wasted on you. You should pay back the state every penny.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Georgia Citizen, before you go rallying to defend the first amendment you might want to wait for someone to attack the rights therein established. It&#8217;s a shame that free and public education was wasted on you. You should pay back the state every penny.</p>
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		<title>By: Erika</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2016251</link>
		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam, are you trying to say that Jack T. Chick is not in league with Satan (oopsie, i mean an expert in Satan&#039;s preferences)?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sam, are you trying to say that Jack T. Chick is not in league with Satan (oopsie, i mean an expert in Satan&#8217;s preferences)?</p>
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		<title>By: GemGirl</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2011585</link>
		<dc:creator>GemGirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Citizen -- People believing what they want is one thing. Imposing it onto others is totally different. They have no right to determine what &quot;place&quot; blacks should have. Who made them God?

These people teaching this racist nonsense are some of sickest, most pathological people on the planet and they have no clue of just how ignorant they really are. White children raised in this church will be warped if their parents do not intervene properly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Georgia Citizen &#8212; People believing what they want is one thing. Imposing it onto others is totally different. They have no right to determine what &#8220;place&#8221; blacks should have. Who made them God?</p>
<p>These people teaching this racist nonsense are some of sickest, most pathological people on the planet and they have no clue of just how ignorant they really are. White children raised in this church will be warped if their parents do not intervene properly.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2009515</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erika, on Bewitched only Endora is evil. That and the fact that they all drink all the time.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Erika, on Bewitched only Endora is evil. That and the fact that they all drink all the time.</p>
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		<title>By: Georgia Citizen</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2007570</link>
		<dc:creator>Georgia Citizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zexks:

     I disagree with your comments. The last time I checked the U.S. Constitution, under the first admendment.These people have a right to believe as they please.You say let&#039;s expose them? If that&#039;s the case. Let&#039;s expose everyone who is a satanist. Fair is fair.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zexks:</p>
<p>     I disagree with your comments. The last time I checked the U.S. Constitution, under the first admendment.These people have a right to believe as they please.You say let&#8217;s expose them? If that&#8217;s the case. Let&#8217;s expose everyone who is a satanist. Fair is fair.</p>
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		<title>By: Erika</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2004706</link>
		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having displaced my &quot;crazy to English&quot; dictionary, i&#039;m trying to figure out exactly how Satan plans to eliminate &quot;color&quot; through interracial marriage.  Wouldn&#039;t interracial marriage actually create a much more colorful population?

i&#039;m also wondering why Satan cares about eliminating white people since according to the best available sources for Satan&#039;s preferences (Chick Tracts, Bob Larsen, Rev. Don Wildmon, etc.)  Satan or as he is known professionally in the music business, Lou Siffer, is into playing with Owiji boards, playing Dungeons and Dragons (which if it wasn&#039;t for the Christian Right scare tactics i never would have even heard of), watching Bewitched (and television in general), reading Harry Potter books, and of course listening to Heavy Metal music.  Looking at the list of Satan&#039;s preferences it seems that Satan actually prefers white people and would not want to eliminate them.

In fact, according to the experts on what Satan likes, Satan sounds suspiciously stuck in the 1980s (okay, i guess that telling everyone that Harry Potter will lead to kids worshipping Satan puts them only about a decade behind the times).  So no doubt in Hell the cartoon demons are always playing Dugeons and Dragons, watching &quot;I Love the 1980s,&quot; and playing Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, and Slayer records backwards.  And as Jack T. Chick says, it just won&#039;t be a party in Hell.  Seriously, i&#039;d much prefer being cast into a Lake of Fire.

You&#039;d think that the experts on Satan would have moved on to warning us of the dangers of Justin Bieber or Lil Wayne by now or something (actually i expect given the general up to date nature of the Christian Right Satanic Panic this will probably happen around the year 2020 - although perhaps even the Christian right would realize how unnecessary it is to point out that Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne are evil because pretty much everyone over the age of 13 already knows it).  The always up to date Christian Right is also likely to in about 5 to 10 years start attacking the obviously created by Satan himself menace of Auto-Tune.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having displaced my &#8220;crazy to English&#8221; dictionary, i&#8217;m trying to figure out exactly how Satan plans to eliminate &#8220;color&#8221; through interracial marriage.  Wouldn&#8217;t interracial marriage actually create a much more colorful population?</p>
<p>i&#8217;m also wondering why Satan cares about eliminating white people since according to the best available sources for Satan&#8217;s preferences (Chick Tracts, Bob Larsen, Rev. Don Wildmon, etc.)  Satan or as he is known professionally in the music business, Lou Siffer, is into playing with Owiji boards, playing Dungeons and Dragons (which if it wasn&#8217;t for the Christian Right scare tactics i never would have even heard of), watching Bewitched (and television in general), reading Harry Potter books, and of course listening to Heavy Metal music.  Looking at the list of Satan&#8217;s preferences it seems that Satan actually prefers white people and would not want to eliminate them.</p>
<p>In fact, according to the experts on what Satan likes, Satan sounds suspiciously stuck in the 1980s (okay, i guess that telling everyone that Harry Potter will lead to kids worshipping Satan puts them only about a decade behind the times).  So no doubt in Hell the cartoon demons are always playing Dugeons and Dragons, watching &#8220;I Love the 1980s,&#8221; and playing Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, and Slayer records backwards.  And as Jack T. Chick says, it just won&#8217;t be a party in Hell.  Seriously, i&#8217;d much prefer being cast into a Lake of Fire.</p>
<p>You&#8217;d think that the experts on Satan would have moved on to warning us of the dangers of Justin Bieber or Lil Wayne by now or something (actually i expect given the general up to date nature of the Christian Right Satanic Panic this will probably happen around the year 2020 &#8211; although perhaps even the Christian right would realize how unnecessary it is to point out that Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne are evil because pretty much everyone over the age of 13 already knows it).  The always up to date Christian Right is also likely to in about 5 to 10 years start attacking the obviously created by Satan himself menace of Auto-Tune.</p>
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		<title>By: Erika</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-2004152</link>
		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poor naive Aron, what you call &quot;puppy kisses&quot; are really the dog licking you to see how you taste and determine if you are worth eating.

Fortunately for you, dogs prefer to eat cute girls named Erika (we are made of sugar and spice and everything nice after all).  Of course, the preference of dogs to eat cute girls named Erika is very unfortunate for me ;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poor naive Aron, what you call &#8220;puppy kisses&#8221; are really the dog licking you to see how you taste and determine if you are worth eating.</p>
<p>Fortunately for you, dogs prefer to eat cute girls named Erika (we are made of sugar and spice and everything nice after all).  Of course, the preference of dogs to eat cute girls named Erika is very unfortunate for me ;)</p>
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		<title>By: majii</title>
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		<dc:creator>majii</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This pastor doesn&#039;t fully understand the purpose of the exchange between Jesus and the woman with the sick kid.  The purpose of his short conversation with her was to determine certain things about her character and faith.  It had nothing whatsoever to do with dogs or breeds of dogs.   When she responded that even the dogs get the scraps from the master&#039;s table, it let Jesus know that she believed he had the ability to help her.  This pastor is why I decided to read/study the Bible.  When one of these bible busters starts talking, I can determine immediately whether they know what they&#039;re talking about and whether they understood what they read in the Bible. There are too many ignorant persons posing as pastors and leaders who have no earthly idea about what they&#039;re doing/saying.

The following struck me as being applicable to this pastor:

&quot;You don’t get thoroughbreds by taking the fences down. You get thoroughbreds by putting the fences up.”

In his world, up is always down, and down is always up.  The poor soul lacks the ability to realize that he can never be a thoroughbred because he&#039;s always been on the wrong side of the fence.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This pastor doesn&#8217;t fully understand the purpose of the exchange between Jesus and the woman with the sick kid.  The purpose of his short conversation with her was to determine certain things about her character and faith.  It had nothing whatsoever to do with dogs or breeds of dogs.   When she responded that even the dogs get the scraps from the master&#8217;s table, it let Jesus know that she believed he had the ability to help her.  This pastor is why I decided to read/study the Bible.  When one of these bible busters starts talking, I can determine immediately whether they know what they&#8217;re talking about and whether they understood what they read in the Bible. There are too many ignorant persons posing as pastors and leaders who have no earthly idea about what they&#8217;re doing/saying.</p>
<p>The following struck me as being applicable to this pastor:</p>
<p>&#8220;You don’t get thoroughbreds by taking the fences down. You get thoroughbreds by putting the fences up.”</p>
<p>In his world, up is always down, and down is always up.  The poor soul lacks the ability to realize that he can never be a thoroughbred because he&#8217;s always been on the wrong side of the fence.</p>
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		<title>By: Kiwiwriter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kiwiwriter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m amused by his determination to raise &quot;thoroughbreds.&quot;

I guess he sees life as a horse race, and God is the &quot;big bookie in the sky.&quot;

My wife, who raises dogs, pointed out the same thing: pure-bred dogs invariably manifest all the negative recessive genes through inbreeding, whereas mutts manifest all the positive dominant genes, and have fewer health issues.

Very often they unite the best of their breeds. This is especially true of our latest dog, a shelter rescue who is 50 percent Rottweiler, 25 percent Golden Retriever, and 25 percent Jack Russell, according to the genetic test. So he has the size and strength of a Rottie and the warm and gentle disposition of a Golden Retriever, and the smarts of a Jack Russell...the finest and funniest dog we have ever had in our 18 years of marriage.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m amused by his determination to raise &#8220;thoroughbreds.&#8221;</p>
<p>I guess he sees life as a horse race, and God is the &#8220;big bookie in the sky.&#8221;</p>
<p>My wife, who raises dogs, pointed out the same thing: pure-bred dogs invariably manifest all the negative recessive genes through inbreeding, whereas mutts manifest all the positive dominant genes, and have fewer health issues.</p>
<p>Very often they unite the best of their breeds. This is especially true of our latest dog, a shelter rescue who is 50 percent Rottweiler, 25 percent Golden Retriever, and 25 percent Jack Russell, according to the genetic test. So he has the size and strength of a Rottie and the warm and gentle disposition of a Golden Retriever, and the smarts of a Jack Russell&#8230;the finest and funniest dog we have ever had in our 18 years of marriage.</p>
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		<title>By: concernedcitizen</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1989467</link>
		<dc:creator>concernedcitizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aron I absolutely adore most all dogs, but when it comes to kisses they need to reserve themselves to hugs with me because I know where their noses have been. 

Puppies, may be okay they haven&#039;t had time to become completely disgusting about where they put there noses.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aron I absolutely adore most all dogs, but when it comes to kisses they need to reserve themselves to hugs with me because I know where their noses have been. </p>
<p>Puppies, may be okay they haven&#8217;t had time to become completely disgusting about where they put there noses.</p>
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		<title>By: Nisan</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1981892</link>
		<dc:creator>Nisan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That preacher should read his King James Bible!!!! Canaan, the son of Ham was cursed, NOT Ham.(Gen 9:25)  Ham was in fact Blessed by God(Gen 9:1).Since there are no Canaanites left in the world today, this curse applies to none today. 
The preacher should also read in the same Bible that when Moses took a Black woman as a wife, God punished those who criticised Moses for this with leprosy(Numbers12:1-10). Interracial Marriage is obviously fine with God, Racism is NOT!
The problem with many Fundamentalist preachers is that they never read the ENTIRE Bible, only the parts they like!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That preacher should read his King James Bible!!!! Canaan, the son of Ham was cursed, NOT Ham.(Gen 9:25)  Ham was in fact Blessed by God(Gen 9:1).Since there are no Canaanites left in the world today, this curse applies to none today.<br />
The preacher should also read in the same Bible that when Moses took a Black woman as a wife, God punished those who criticised Moses for this with leprosy(Numbers12:1-10). Interracial Marriage is obviously fine with God, Racism is NOT!<br />
The problem with many Fundamentalist preachers is that they never read the ENTIRE Bible, only the parts they like!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1973656</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To further clarify the &quot;literal&quot; doctrine at the Creation Museum, after God struck down the Tower of Babel, creating the different races, the story goes, there was never any admonition against mixing of races,  except for the Jews to not marry Gentiles. This rule was broken several times in order to save the Jewish people, the most famous being the story of Queen Esther. 50 years ago a lot of these same people probably agreed with the Appleby Baptist Church in this story. In another 50 years they might accept the story of David and Jonathan and Jesus healing the Centurion&#039;s lover.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To further clarify the &#8220;literal&#8221; doctrine at the Creation Museum, after God struck down the Tower of Babel, creating the different races, the story goes, there was never any admonition against mixing of races,  except for the Jews to not marry Gentiles. This rule was broken several times in order to save the Jewish people, the most famous being the story of Queen Esther. 50 years ago a lot of these same people probably agreed with the Appleby Baptist Church in this story. In another 50 years they might accept the story of David and Jonathan and Jesus healing the Centurion&#8217;s lover.</p>
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		<title>By: stephen matlock</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1970060</link>
		<dc:creator>stephen matlock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I wrote a (not very good) novel about racial conflicts set in this area of Texas because I wanted to pick a place that was fairly unknown--that way I could be free to be dramatic and over-emphasize things, and because surely--surely!--nothing could ever be that bad, people would know it was art, that I was making stuff up in order to make a point. Or so I thought.

This real church has my novel beat by a mile when it comes to how humans can be crazy with their religious beliefs. I just can&#039;t be as creative as real people are.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I wrote a (not very good) novel about racial conflicts set in this area of Texas because I wanted to pick a place that was fairly unknown&#8211;that way I could be free to be dramatic and over-emphasize things, and because surely&#8211;surely!&#8211;nothing could ever be that bad, people would know it was art, that I was making stuff up in order to make a point. Or so I thought.</p>
<p>This real church has my novel beat by a mile when it comes to how humans can be crazy with their religious beliefs. I just can&#8217;t be as creative as real people are.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1967231</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thank god i&#039;m an atheist]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thank god i&#8217;m an atheist</p>
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		<title>By: Reynardine</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1964996</link>
		<dc:creator>Reynardine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Curse of Ham is nitrites, polysorbylglopylbutylate, and meat glue.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Curse of Ham is nitrites, polysorbylglopylbutylate, and meat glue.</p>
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		<title>By: concernedcitizen</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1949158</link>
		<dc:creator>concernedcitizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh and yes, mutts make the best pets!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh and yes, mutts make the best pets!</p>
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		<title>By: concernedcitizen</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1949131</link>
		<dc:creator>concernedcitizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039; always amazing to me when people use these comparisons with animals, breeding, etc. when trying to support racism and segregation. It&#039;s always apparent that they haven&#039;t a clue about animal breeding, genetics, science.

If they only realized how absolutely ignorant they sound to those who are learned on the topics. It&#039;s a frightening thing to listen to such narrow mindedness, you find yourself wanting to run out of the room hoping that you don&#039;t ever catch whatever has diseased their minds.

And yes, the curse of ham does include making it taste so good, and the way it sticks to our bellies, buttocks, thighs and our arteries. :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217; always amazing to me when people use these comparisons with animals, breeding, etc. when trying to support racism and segregation. It&#8217;s always apparent that they haven&#8217;t a clue about animal breeding, genetics, science.</p>
<p>If they only realized how absolutely ignorant they sound to those who are learned on the topics. It&#8217;s a frightening thing to listen to such narrow mindedness, you find yourself wanting to run out of the room hoping that you don&#8217;t ever catch whatever has diseased their minds.</p>
<p>And yes, the curse of ham does include making it taste so good, and the way it sticks to our bellies, buttocks, thighs and our arteries. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1944779</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely, about the mutts. No doubt it applies to people as well.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely, about the mutts. No doubt it applies to people as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Zexks</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1944712</link>
		<dc:creator>Zexks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every single person that goes to these churches should be exposed to the public through the net. Let the rest of their neighbors, friends and families know exactly who and what they are.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every single person that goes to these churches should be exposed to the public through the net. Let the rest of their neighbors, friends and families know exactly who and what they are.</p>
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		<title>By: Aron</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1944382</link>
		<dc:creator>Aron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He also has the softest ears in the world.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He also has the softest ears in the world.</p>
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		<title>By: Aron</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/25/texas-appleby-baptist-church-pushes-racist-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-1944370</link>
		<dc:creator>Aron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erika, the only reason you should be scared of Bones-a-dog is if you dislike puppy kisses.

And NO ONE dislikes puppy kisses ;-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Erika, the only reason you should be scared of Bones-a-dog is if you dislike puppy kisses.</p>
<p>And NO ONE dislikes puppy kisses ;-)</p>
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