Fishnut.
It was carefully worded. I started going to an IFB preschool when I was one. I didn't mean to mislead people into thinking I've been in the ministry for 29 years. I assumed the audience of my blog would know what I meant.
Have I personally known IFB people who hold to some stupid ideas? I have. But I haven't personally known anyone who would ascribe to the list Shore posted. That's not broad brushing, it's a statement of fact based on my personal experience. It's totally different from someone with no firsthand experience within the IFB movement making concrete belief claims about the whole thing.
I also don't presume to have a perfect grasp of the history of the IFB movement. I have done a lot of study on it, and had hundreds of conversations with men much older than I on the subject. I've read almost everything "the other side" has to say about it as well, and have found that they often make valid points. I just don't think that "The IFB stands for 'Irresponsible Fundamentalist Bullies'" is one of those valid points.
Do some IFB colleges go too far? Absolutely.
Are there some IFB preachers who have lost touch with reality (and the Bible) and hold extremely toxic views on things? Absolutely.
Does that justify saying that all IFB, or the IFB (as if there is such a thing) believes that list of dribble that Shore posted? Absolutely not.
It was carefully worded. I started going to an IFB preschool when I was one. I didn't mean to mislead people into thinking I've been in the ministry for 29 years. I assumed the audience of my blog would know what I meant.
Have I personally known IFB people who hold to some stupid ideas? I have. But I haven't personally known anyone who would ascribe to the list Shore posted. That's not broad brushing, it's a statement of fact based on my personal experience. It's totally different from someone with no firsthand experience within the IFB movement making concrete belief claims about the whole thing.
I also don't presume to have a perfect grasp of the history of the IFB movement. I have done a lot of study on it, and had hundreds of conversations with men much older than I on the subject. I've read almost everything "the other side" has to say about it as well, and have found that they often make valid points. I just don't think that "The IFB stands for 'Irresponsible Fundamentalist Bullies'" is one of those valid points.
Do some IFB colleges go too far? Absolutely.
Are there some IFB preachers who have lost touch with reality (and the Bible) and hold extremely toxic views on things? Absolutely.
Does that justify saying that all IFB, or the IFB (as if there is such a thing) believes that list of dribble that Shore posted? Absolutely not.
