As a matter of fact, she seems very open to new ideas and theories, as she was able to discuss my beliefs with me in a very open manner.
Although Carol claims she does not strongly adhere to her original fundamentalist beliefs, she still belongs to the Baptist Church. She raised two children with the husband she found at Bob Jones and her family attended and still attends church together. She disagrees with some of the newly-imposed strictures that the Southern Baptist Convention has handed down, but she has faith in the future of the denomination. She believes that the basic organization of the Baptist Church as a whole is the way that churches should be organized. When she was a young person, meetings were held in a democratic fashion, using Robert's Rules of Order. Even in the youngest classes of Sunday School. She believes that her parents' strongly protecting her against the vices of drinking and smoking was truly a blessing and is sad to see contemporary parents neglecting to do so. Although she is not as strict about her religion now as she used to be in her youth, when she tried to "save" or convert her girlfriends, she believes that the religious foundation that was built when she...
I was impressed with her ability to do this and it made me want to be as strong in my internal beliefs as she is, with a system that can stand against other beliefs, yet accept the good in it.
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