9.15.2006

Advantage: Baptists

This structure of the First Baptist of Dallas is being dedicated this week. You can get a lot for $48 million (including a Starbucks.)

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

FBC Dallas is a great church with a rich history. W. A. Criswell was deeply loved and respected.

Likely lots of folks from surrounding churches will be attending the dedication.

Anonymous said...

I think I'll go. And listen to the catty talk about who's there and who's not. And watch as women look into the glass to check themselves out. And watch the married men stare at other women. And people drive up in fancy cars. And eat fine food. And...oh yeah...be humble before God.

greta said...

Of course! Wouldn't you build a big "megachurch" if you had thousands of followers who were giving you lots and lots of money. Tax Free.

Anonymous said...

The entire mega-church thing is a rip off. Jesus would just crap over the excesses of these "followers". These folks will wind up with everyone else - returned to dust in the earth so I guess it just doesn't matter.

mzchief said...

Geezzz!
Not MUCH difference in that building and the OTHER temples built all throughout history to Gods such as Athena, Zeus, Hera and Amun-Ra.

It is TRULY sad that people 5000+ years later are still building temples and making offerings to appease the God of their choice so as to gain their God's favour or at the very least NOT to fall in to disfavour with their God.

How horribly frustrating it must be for God to realize that MOST people STILL have yet to figure out God.

I guess the fact that MOST people no longer make burnt offerings is something for which to be grateful.

Anonymous said...

You still can't dance ! FOOTLOOSE-FOOTLOOSE!

Anonymous said...

anon 9:43....
"Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day"
-- Acts 2:41

3000 new members.. in one day?
The first church... was a mega church?

Anonymous said...

11:27 - it isn’t the number of followers or those baptized, it's the excessive structures that they build that Jesus would object to. In my most humble opinion, the "church" of whatever denomination should be tending to their followers NOT investing so much resource into huge structures.

Anonymous said...

NO ONE has figured God out. We aren't supposed to understand all His ways. Not even Mzhief.

anonymouse said...

You think with all that money invested into a church...they would have been able to put in a churches fried chicken next to that starbucks...
or do baptists not eat fried chicken?

anonymouse said...

God would have only accepted churches fried chicken in his house!

anonymouse said...

becareful...pissing off God...with no churches chicken..he'll BOLD WORD YOUR ASS

anonymouse said...

alright kids..go home and cry...that's right..I'm crying about the chicken myself...

greta said...

Anonymouse, that is toooo funny. LOL 4:25