[David Akers]

I am a Conservative Baptist (yes, even more specific). here is what I know: It is fairly complex. Many of the differences have to do with the historical roots of Protestantism. The ‘radical’ notions that The Bible is the authority (not the church), that we can (and should) communicate directly with God, that Communion does not convey salvation and that Baptism is a believers ordinance are intense departures from the Catholic church – Martin Luther made quite a scene when he nailed his ‘thesis’ to the door of the Catholic church. Lutherans are the first generation of the ‘protestant rebellion’, and retain some vestages of the Catholic heritage. Baptists are second generation protestants, taking even more radical steps – being less Liturgical in worship styles, and being less hierarchical than Lutherans and Methodists. The term Baptist is a bit of a slur – The anabaptists insisted on re-baptising believers based on a doctrinal observation that baptistm is for believers, that infant baptism isn’t appropriate. Baptists believe that the bible is really true, that it doesn’t require ‘interpretation’ from a church official (although we benefit from the understanding of those more studied) and that much of what we need to believe and do is fairly well spelled out in the Bible – To believe something, we need to be able to show why (from the Bible) that it is true. Baptists are often known as inflexible, harsh and we are what is known as the ‘religious right’ or fundamentalists as a result. The bible tells us to tithe, so we do it. The Bible tells us that divorce isn’t a good idea, that adultry isn’t acceptable and that we need to call sin sin. What isn’t as often as clear (both in our lives and in the public commentary) is that we believe in a God that Loves us and expects the same from us.

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Name : David Akers, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Baptist, Age : 41, City : Los Gatos, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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