Why baptists dont dance

The congregations lived in harmony, enjoying community and fellowship without allowing their doctrinal differences to interfere. They held dances in which all the members would exuberantly praise God.

They held dinner parties where people sipped wine, remembering Jesus' miracle with the drink. All was right and good in the town. Then one day, a Baptist Church opened its doors. The other three churches had no prejudice against this new member of their Christian fraternity. They invited the new denomination to a prty to welcome them. As usual, the party involved dancing. The Baptists arrived to the party bearing casseroles and crock pot stews, but the other denominations overlooked the oddity and carefully did not try the mystery casserole.

Then the fiddler began to strike up a tune and the people of God began to dance. At first, everything seemed normal. Some people danced better than others, but in general all seemed to be going well. Until the three original churches saw their Baptist brethren get on the dance floor. The Baptists danced exuberantly, meaningfully.

They meant to glorify God with their dancing, and it can not be doubted that God saw their good intentions. However, what the Methodists, Presbyterians, and Catholics saw was the most awful dancing ever. Children cried at the sight of the awful performance. Elders ran for cover, trying not to be hit by awkwardly moving limbs or stepped on by ill timed steps. In general, there was weeping and gnashing of teeth by everyone except the Baptists, who thought all was good. As usual, alcoholic beverages were offered at that party.

As the Baptists drank as little as it may have been , their dancing got worse. The others had not thought it was possible. Some wished they were blind rather than witness the horrible spectacle. So the next day, after everyone had sufficiently recovered the heads of each church except the Baptist Church met in private. As a Christian site, we do not need to add to the pain of the loss by allowing posts that deny the existence of the virus that killed their loved one.

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The phrase "Let's go Brandon" actually stands for a profanity and will be seen as a violation of the profanity rule in the future. Why can't Southern Baptists dance? Dec 27, 1. I am a Southern Baptist myself, and I have always wondered: why in the world is there a ban on dancing? It's not of the devil. Dancing isn't a sin. David and Moses both "danced for joy" in the Bible. Can anyone enlighten me? Like x 1 List. Dec 27, We teamed up with Faith Counseling.

Can they help you today? Dec 27, 2. Dec 27, 3. It's probably a caricature. It's true that some forms of dancing are genuinely sinful, as are some forms of music and reading material.

But the Bible prescribes music, dancing, and obviously reading as well. I've never actually met a Christian from any denomination who really believed that all forms of dancing are from the devil. Dec 27, 4. I was raised Southern Baptist and have never heard that of Southern Baptist except by people who don't really know. There are other types of Baptist who forbid dancing though. I attended a Independent Baptist High School that frequently spoke out against dancing of any kind.

Off topic: they also were against any kind of card playing--I got in trouble for playing Old Maid. Not going to knock these folk though even though the flesh wants to , they are some good people. Dec 27, 5. Dec 27, 6. I thought it was going to be the first line of a joke. Bruce left the ministry in , and in he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist. You can email Bruce via the Contact Form. Your comments are welcome and appreciated. All first-time comments are moderated.

Please read the commenting rules before commenting. As I read the excerpt from David Stewart, I agreeded with everything he said, at a point in my past. My thought today was, what kind of man is aroused by bally dancing? There is no denying the sexual overtones of Dirty Dancing. I have a feeling the guys who preach the hardest against sexual sins sre the people who have the problems themselves. Sure, I was horny and bothered, but I was able to control myself and act like a decent human being.

This dancing crap is ridiculous. I love the scene in Footloose the good one where Kevin Bacon reads from the KJV and is able to prove that there is a time for dancing. Of course, he never had to go up against a real baptist group. They would have had him hauled out for challenging their authority.

I thought the same thing. Kudos to any guy who can become sexually aroused at the night at the ballet. I love the neutering suggestion!! Too funny!! Maybe that would get their testosterone in check…. Thanks Bruce, I got a good laugh out of that article. Clearly dancing is why I am a homosexual friendly, alcohol drinking heathen.

Good fun. Never became promiscuous or had any abortions. Love the guys obsession with Hawaii. Just another rant about human sexuality, so much fear, sometimes I think that drives their entire ideology. I was asked one time in 7th grade if I lived in a time warp. It hurt my feelings at the time, but she was right. The people who first taught me social dance were Evangelical Christian dorm-mates in college. Inspired me to take a PE course in social dancing at our university, which is where my dorm-mates learned it.

Good fun, and actually good exercise. In the dorm we danced up and down the halls, without music, chanting the steps. This was a state university, and the dorm rules were pretty lax. My friends gathered with other Evangelical Christians at places like Christian coffeehouses, for bible studies and fellowship. It worked for them, and they managed their lives quite well and more-or-less within the bounds of biblical behavior. But they all walked tightropes at home, where the truth of their lives would be seen as absolutely wanton.

Young men and women dancing, in the dorm halls, in the middle of the evening! Without chaperones! And… and gathering in coffeehouses for fellowship! And… and studying together! The heartless Christianity known as evangelical belief is a curse.

It made me feel alive and it made the day glow like living mattered! It was glory and perfection. God wanted to keep me from it to take unto Himself ande make me a missionary or preacher to save sorry souls…. I learned a simple jive three step and then settled into slow….

It was holy, wholly human. I even saved up for Beatle-boots using my paper-route money. Life apart from Church was naturally pretty good. Diane Thompson hosted a birthday party for me and gave me the Help album, just out; …. I was Remember Ticket to Ride? And Yesterday? And we kids were able to dance outside her house, a bunch of us. My parents did not know of this, of course. Thank-you Jeeeezus! I guess there are many versions.

I never bothered to ask to go to a dance because I knew the answer would be no. Once in Middle School, there was a dance scheduled to start immediately after class ended for the day, so I stayed late and went to it.

I left after a few minutes and walked home, hoping no one would notice my lateness. I think I got away with this sinister plan, because my parents never mentioned it. It pisses me off to think about all I missed out on growing up. It is sad how I learned to be sneaky and secretive in an attempt to have some sort of life.