The "Good Ole Boys" Club?

[JaneEyre]

Originally Posted by pelathais

You make that (bolded above) sound like it's a "bad thing?"

Is it a good thing for someone who is merely a "Good Ole Boy" - but not a true Christian - to smile with glee because he is part of a network of card carrying vagabonds or hoodlums? I think not.

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by JaneEyre

Amazing isn't it? What a card and a pat on the back can do?

It can make a rank vagabond or hoodlum smile with glee.

It puts faux credibility into someone's resume.

The Good Ole Boy Network as someone called it is alive and thriving in "Pentecost".

If you're one of the "good ole boys", faults and even SIN may be overlooked. It's as though if you've got the card and the pat on the back, you've arrived - no matter how many souls you've won, people you've helped or sacrifices made. The "good ole boy" is just that a "good ole boy" and no one in the network should question him because if you question him you might be spurned to question yourself and that would be too scary.

Live in the land of let's pretend where all good ole boys live happily ever after for their works and their works are "to be good ole boys."

No, this is not Rhoni Resurrected...LOL

Okay...here's the deal Jane.

People in the network can question each other, especially if "the other" has a different ideological bent.

We just can't question the sytem, cause that would be rebellious.

It's that whole borg thing I get in trouble for talking about.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by JaneEyre

Is it a good thing for someone who is merely a "Good Ole Boy" but not a true Christian to smile with glee because he is part of a network of card carrying vagabonds or hoodlums? I think not.

Be careful. This thread is not about implicating an entire network of ministers.

[Felicity]

I think that for a lot of people the knowledge that they belong to something ... are affiliated with something that is bigger than themselves and that they themselves respect and perhaps admire offers comfort and could maybe be a morale booster. There's security sometimes in "belonging" ... in being a belonger.

Just a thot.

[Felicity]

But can't a person be a "good ol' boy" AND a Christian? Surely it's possible?

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Felicity

I think that for a lot of people the knowledge that they belong to something ... are affiliated with something that is bigger than themselves and that they themselves respect and perhaps admire offers comfort and could maybe be a morale booster. There's security sometimes in "belonging" ... in being a belonger.

Just a thot.

Look, I am not condemning the need for alliances, fellowships, or organizations. I am just curious as to why someone who has no desire to minister wants a license to do so?

[JaneEyre]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Be careful. This thread is not about implicating an entire network of ministers.

I am not saying it's the whole network - but it is a network within the larger paradigm.

[JaneEyre]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Look, I am not condemning the need for alliances, fellowships, or organizations. I am just curious as to why someone who has no desire to minister wants a license to do so?

At best, one must hope that a person who does this has good intentions of "someday" beginning to minister. What sickens me is to attend a church where there are so many men sitting around with "nothing to do"... but pay their licensure dues each year. Why pay the dues for a driver license, if you're not going to drive? Would that make sense?

[RevDWW]

I came to the realization long ago that one can really minister without a license.....or not minister holding one.......

[JaneEyre]

Originally Posted by Felicity

But can't a person be a "good ol' boy" AND a Christian? Surely it's possible?

I don't like using the terms together....Good Ole Boy has the pejorative connotation of back scratching and deception...The term Christian doesn't need Good Ole Boy along with it, in my opinion.