Parse away...
Somebody perhaps knowing a false Jesus Christ is straining at gnats? If you had a daughter in an online relationship with somebody who pretended to be somebody he wasn't, that'd be straining at gnats? You wouldn't care?
...if they want to bash Beck because he's a Mormon; go for it.
Well, let's see...I started off this thread very specifically. I focused on what Beck said on TV last week.
Now why have Beck defenders like yourself wanting to keep history out of this discussion? I keep trying to be specific on what he said on TV last week about history. Suddenly the Beck defenders are very silent on defending what he said -- that the Mormon jesus came to the Americas and appeared there.
Don't you think that someone who has been talking about U.S. history a lot in 2010 -- as Beck has -- greatly hampers his credibility when he portrays fantasy as world history facts?
(Let me guess: You -- and other Beck defenders -- still won't address this in your rejoinders. You'll want to make this a "Mormon" issue...well, you know what, Mormons have a belief system rooted in history ... IOW, either what they say happened in history occurred, or it didn't. I'm saying it didn't. I'm saying it's poor history to recount it on nation-wide TV as "fact." And what do I get? I get accusations as to not "staying on topic.")
My recommendation to you? Stay on topic. This thread was about Beck's historical claims!!! And I've only very slightly broadened it to include Beck's world history claims on national TV. Beck's historical claims IS the focus of this thread!!!
Now are you going to discuss history or not???
Amen to your post # 193!
And good luck to all of the patriots assembling in Washington DC!
It looks like God has blessed them with beautiful weather!