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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 141 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I've never know a happy Southern Baptist. I'm not interested in being as miserable as them.

[–] KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 100 points 2 days ago

The Southern Baptist only exist because the other Baptists were against slavery. Fuck every single one of them.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago

The only Southern Baptists I know were really into demonstrative shows of family unity at church, but would frequently get into massive screaming matches where they'd kick their teenage kids out of the house. They're divorced now.

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do you know the best way to keep a Southern Baptist from drinking all of your beer on your fishing trip? Invite a second Southern Baptist.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 120 points 2 days ago (5 children)

support policies that promote childbearing.

...like making abortion legal in all 50 states again? Like comprehensive sex education in schools? Like treating women as people and not property?

The most effective way for the Southern Baptists to promote childbearing would be for them to stay the fuck out of politics!

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 70 points 2 days ago

Abortion policies are a DIRECT REASON why I haven't had any more children. If I can't have guaranteed access to necessary, life-saving medical treatment (e.g. emergency abortions) then I won't put my wife's life at risk for one more child.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Southern baptists were pro-choice until the rise of the "moral majority" required southern baptists to fall in line with the catholic church on abortion to create the supply side Jesus we know today.

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Note them prioritizing childbearing and not childrearing. Though they also aren't prioritizing childbearing regardless of what they say.

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[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Part of conservatism is the idea that "the more complex a solution is, the wronger it is."

Another part is "We should be able to control women's use of their hoo-hoos for pleasure by restricting them to being baby chambers."

Here we have a venn diagram where the circles are the same.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 11 points 2 days ago

Easy way to rule these fuckers out is to get them to say "vagina"

If they can't do it without giggling, offence, or claiming obscenity, out they go

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was kinda annoyed at the article for not giving any details on the kinds of policies they wanted there, even something as simple as better tax credits for having kids would go a long way towards making children affordable. And yet I am sure that's not what these people are advocating for.

[–] RealSpiderLane@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago

Note that none of these policies ever involve “giving.” It’s all taking this away, means-testing this, banning that, etc.

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[–] Beryl@jlai.lu 69 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"We are miserable and we want you to be too !"

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[–] simsalabim@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Remember kids, willful childlessness is the newspeak for vasectomy and histerectomy.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Any birth control

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm getting a hysterectomy next month and I'm pumped. Having a uterus is the fucking worst.

[–] Case@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My wife would agree. She has.... so many womanly issues, but can't find anyone to yank the damn thing out.

She wants no children.

I, her husband, had a vasectomy before we ever met.

We have no use for the damn thing and it just causes so many problems.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you are in Pa or willing to drive there, DM me. I can send you the info of my doctor. She's really open minded and is one of the few in the state that will sterilize women (taking out the fallopian tubes) just because they want it.

I have recurring endometriosis and we've just decided that a total hysterectomy to handle the issue for good is the best next step.

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[–] MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So if they want to use their influence for political ends, why are they tax exempt?

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Gtfo with your logic. We don't want your kind here.

- Jezus, probably

[–] Oyml77@lemmy.today 9 points 2 days ago

Because the law doesn't matter when right-wing Jesus is on your side.

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"Willful childlessness?" Is that like the opposite of incel? Volcel?

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Lol, you don't have to be celibate to be willfully childless. I have plenty of friends that got the snip/knot before having a kid because they don't want one. And they are some of the sluttiest motherfuckers I know (and they'd take that as the compliment it was).

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Did it in my mid 20s before it was all the rage. Couldn't be happier.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The snip was the best money I ever spent. I wear condoms because I don't want a disease, but one thing I ain't worried about is getting someone pregnant.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same, though the nice thing about being in a (largish) polycule is that someone gets tested every few months

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[–] interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago

Slutty childless polycule club represent!

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[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That stance against sports betting annoys me so much, because that means I can't just look at everything they stand for and say I want the opposite.

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago

Yeah, predatory ads for gambling really drive me crazy. Although I'd say my reasoning for being against it is pretty different from the Baptists.

[–] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can these fucking Christian extremists stop ruining everyone else's lives

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

We all generally let them because we don't like confronting people in public spaces because everyone is too insecure about social perception.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm so tired of religious extremists trying to force their shitty Puritanical views on the whole world.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 14 points 2 days ago

And since Blue States contribute more to taxes than they take, and vice versa for red, we are literally funding them dragging us back to the dark ages.

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Willful childlessness is such a hilarious concept. I'm rollin' around here.

What are they gonna do? Check if you're having unprotected sex sufficiently? Check how many miscarriages you've had? HAHAHAHAh. Fuckin' donkeys.

edit: Small gubment.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ban birth control in your area.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Story time - When I was a kid you had to get condoms through a family planning clinic or by crossing a border and many chose the latter. It was gone by the time I became old enough for it to be an issue for me.

Thankfully I live in the same country where there would immediately be government ending riots if there was any attempt to ban any form of birth control. Hell, the cops wouldn't even stop the riots, they'd probably join in.

I hadn't considered that though in fairness. It's just such a crazy notion.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Southern Baptists? I think you left out all their other usual targets: Catholics, spicy food, jazz, orgasms for fun, bright colors not associated with flags or maybe a football team, female orgasms, singing, alcohol, drag shows, salads with less than 51% mayonnaise content, men using umbrellas, single mothers, showing people kissing on TV or movies, Jews, Muslims, really any brown person, wasabi, mangoes, and aged cheese.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Since you brought up salad, any lettuce other than iceberg, lest we forget arugala-gate

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As long as there's 1 liter of ranch dressing per leaf of lettuce, Jesus will allow it.

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Fuck your religion

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Baptist like to pick people who drank, did drugs and slept around to teach sunday school. This is no joke. They get some 'reformed' asshole with questionable decision making skills to instruct children and warn them of the dangers of having a good time.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 days ago

Oh, cool! As a willfully childless person (even though I live with my partner and we have the necessary bits to try for children), I finally get to be one of the cool groups being ostracized by these stupid religious nuts. Hey Queer people! We get to hang out! Let's party!

(I've been watching porn the whole time. Just let me have my moment feeling special.)

[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Southern Baptists are one step better than Al Queda in my mind. They should be outlawed as an extremist group.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's only because they don't have the religious law in place yet.

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Southern Baptists must have the highest rate of homosexuality in the world. It's all they talk about. They throw it in with absolutely everything. "Do you guys want to order a pizza and end homosexuality?" "What movie did you want to watch while we think about homosexuality?" "We're going to Aruba this summer and we're going to think about homosexuality"

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[–] Schmoo@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago

As someone who left the Southern Baptist cult as soon as my brain developed, this is nothing new.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

hey, I target porn too! Lots and lots of porn!

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Southern Baptist Church is a Satanic cult. If your religion leads you to hate, you are not worshiping God, you're worshiping the Devil. They're devil worshipers, the whole lot of them.

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