[RoShamBo]

This is my problem with the Baptist viewpoint. You should not live your life in a Christian manner because you are afraid of what might happen to you if you don't but because it is the right thing to do. I was raised in the Southern Baptist Church and I remember the fear I felt because of preachers telling me I'd go to hell if I did this or didn't do that. Then one day I finally reached the age of enlightenment when I realized that a God that really cared about me would not have to threaten me with eternal torture in order for me to be a good man. This is not a knock on Baptists at all, it's just the way I feel. I do consider myself a Christian saved by the grace of God, but not the jealous, vengeful God that I was raised to believe in.