Jesus said to His disciples who were concerned about other ministers not in ‘their’ group, “He who is not against us is with us.” I fail to see how Beck is against us on almost anything. Quite the contrary, those who constantly carp at other consrvatives, even in a “RELIGION” forum, seem to be offending the Biblical injunction to remove the plank in your own eye.
Could you explain to us the 'Biblical injunction' to be followed when dealing with FALSE TEACHINGS?
>> “He who is not against us is with us.”
LOL - is that the Christ doctrine?
Well, let's see. This Web site says it's devoted to "God" -- not the plural gods of Mormonism! "Welcome to Free Republic! America's exclusive site for God, Family, Country, Life & Liberty constitutional conservative activists!"
(How long have you've been ignorant that Mormons believe in multiple gods? -- including a council of gods who appointed a MAN to become a god of this world...and this "god" is married)
* Beck has a taped "missionary tool" product for the Mormon church (Deseret).
* Beck's religion, like Islam, labels Christians as "apostates." (Muslims call us "infidels").
* Beck's religion labels Christian creeds as being 100% putrid to the Mormon gods.
...those who constantly carp at other consrvatives, even in a “RELIGION” forum, seem to be offending the Biblical injunction to remove the plank in your own eye.
Q1: Did you happen to take the plank out of your own eye before you made this statement? Or did you just, plank-eyed, proceed with invasive surgery upon Fishtank's eyes?
Comment: Now, I confess, I made an assumption there that may or may not be true: That your eyes were full of planks/beams. But I had a point to make: YOU didn't have anymore info about the alleged "planks" in Fishtank's eyes than I did about your eyes. Yet that didn't stop you from making that assumption, did it?
Do you know Fishtank? If not, why did you assume you did? (That you knew the conditions of his eyes)
Let's review Luke 6: 41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."
Q2: Now, what other assumptions are usually made by those who like to use the verse you used like a club?
A:
* That plank-free spiritual eyes don't exist (except their own eyes, of course)
* That plank surgery wasn't already done in the past
* That nobody's qualified (except them, of course) to ever actually get to the stage of sawdust removal.
* That a given cultist who might be headed to hell only needs a minor sawdust procedure...as opposed to something else more urgent & critical given the significant spiritual healing need @ stake for those trusting in certain church membership (D&C 1:30), temple rituals & "you-can-do-ism" to live forever with God the Father.
It's time for you to fess up that your assumption-laden accusations don't match the context from you lifted it.