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Boanerges said:
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Dave Sumner aka Puritan said this in the Book Nook forum:

Doug Phillips grew up a Baptist by the way. I'm not saying this because I'm trying to stereotype the Baptist, but I do get a strong feeling that there is almost an over emphasis on "DO'S" and "DONT'S" in the Baptist community.

Is this true? Do baptists actually have more rules than any other Christian denomination? Mr. Sumner I invite you to "come on down!" your the next guest on prove your hypothesis!.

The floor is yours.

I grew up in a Southern Baptist church and never attended another denomination until I was about 25. From 25 onward, I've attended a Presbyterian church. I have to say that when I compare the Presbyterian churches that I attended to the Baptist churches I attended, there was definitely more emphasis on "following the rules" in the Baptist churches. I won't make a sweeping statement about denominations, but that is what I have observed from my experience.

Also, I don't think Dave's assertion was really strong enough to qualify as a "hypothesis". I can't tell if you are trying to refer to his post when you say "baptists actually have more rules than any other Christian denomination" or are asking a new question. Dave did not say that "baptists actually have more rules than any other Christian denomination". He said that he thought Baptists may be over emphasizing the rules (DO's and DONT's), which is a different assertion then you are asking him to prove.

John