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umrdyldo t1_ix13tfz wrote

Then they named a college after him and they choked in football verse #4 TCU today

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Glittering_Cricket38 t1_ix14jiq wrote

It was named after John’s uncle

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BlueSkyToday t1_ix1mhhl wrote

And what a fine specimen he was,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Emmett_Bledsoe_Baylor

> During the Civil War, Baylor supported the Confederacy and the grounds of Baylor University, then in Independence, were used as a training and staging ground for the Confederate Army.[8][9] Baylor's nephew, John R. Baylor, was a prominent leader in the Confederacy serving as both a governor and later as a member of the Confederate Congress. > >

> In his role as a judge, he once punished an abolitionist harboring an escaped slave. Another man was punished for not returning a borrowed slave promptly. In 1854, Judge Baylor sentenced a slave to hang for arson. In 1856, he ordered the execution of yet another slave. In 1857, he levied a heavy fine on a white person who bought some bacon from a slave. And in 1862, as the Civil War raged, he ordered the execution of a slave for “intent to rape a white female.”[8]

Baylor was a slave owner. A report commissioned by Baylor University found that of 1856, he owned four slaves; the 1860 Census records him as owning 33 slaves.[10]

In addition to the disgusting aspect of his history, there's the odd reference,

> In 1839, he converted to Christianity and was ordained a Baptist minister.[1]

'Converted'?

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zstandig t1_ix28lvx wrote

He was probably a different Christian sect till he switched over

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BlueSkyToday t1_ix4845w wrote

'Converted to Christianity' means that he wasn't a Christian before becoming a Baptist. I know that some Christians believe that if you're not a member of their church then you're not a Christian. But that doesn't fit with the standards that Wiki is supposed to be applying.

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