Posted on 02/22/2011 2:19:30 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
(snicker)
Definitely too brilliant by half...
Open minds, pasha, open mind - your brains just fall out.
Well that is welcome news. I hope Beck dumps the LDS.
I think he will in time...but they have a stronghold on Him...he tithes well :)
We know what the inference is here.
Of course you don't see it... (Maybe if you took your hat off your ass, you just might)
Here a thread poster essentially posts a headline with no comment...and in the first 350 replies+ on this thread the original poster makes only one six-word non-descript comment about what the thread is mean to convey -- other than a headline on how Beck is losing it.
And based upon those sketchy details you're here to tell everybody that you know exactly what this thread is and isn't about?
I see him on my TV screen.
A beneficial outcome for one helped doesn't define any full picture of "works."
The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7)
People seek the "outward appearance" of a good deed; the Lord might see the selfish reasons for boomerang reasons as to the reasons that motivate their actions.
For example: Mormons say "good works" will be the springboard for them to be able to grow up into full-grown gods. If good works are meant to benefit them -- to qualify for godhood -- those works no longer are defined by God as "good"...at least as far as the "heart" assessment is concerned.
Let's face it: If you're auditioning to become a god, ya better believe people are going to be on their best outward behavior!
...if a family member of yours is laying out on the highway and Beck comes along and stops to help, they should ask him what his religious beliefs are, before they let him help. And if he answers honestly, they should tell him to go away without helping
Your hypothetical doesn't include what capacity he may get the "OK" to help. The family might...
...ask him to call "911" and let someone with real expertise help...
...or warn him not to initiate moving the victim if certain back or neck injuries have been detected...
...or ask him to flag down drivers or help navigate traffic...
...or any number of things.
'Tis a difference 'tween having a "helping" role -- and taking the lead saviorhood role.
And your analogy just won't work re: pinpointing him as some lone lead saviorhood role...'Cause, believe me, whatever emergency situation we have in this country, he's not the only on-the-scene attendant or Good Samaritan poised to "help."
His voice may indeed be a help on some things; it doesn't mean we've turned over all rescue operations to him! The Good Samaritan in the Bible was a one-time rescuer for one incident. He didn't go back to town, hand them an experience-based resume', and claim he should permanently take over all future rescue operations within the region!
We do have a choice as to how much responsibility we're going to accord him to "help" the victim...because even if part or most of his "diagnosis" might be correct, his "therapeutic" suggestions might not be fully operational...or his suggestions to move the victim "out of the way" might not be fully sound given the victim's status.
If you're looking for Beck as the culture revivalist; sorry, that's a divine undertaking -- even if God uses men. And while God in the Bible and in history utilized people who weren't His...and certainly God can use Beck...the bottom line as to who God uses -- and especially to what degree -- ultimately comes down to who is going to get the glory.
Since Beck is a Joseph Smith disciple, and we know Smith "lived for glory" even by Brigham Young's admission (D&C 135:6), then God usually restrains the self-glory hounds at some point.
God's promises are sure: “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another" (Isaiah 42:8)
AND: "I will not yield my glory to another" (Isaiah 48:11)
(Somewhere; away from FreeRepublic; Old Mountain Man is gnashing his teeth...)
I can guarantee you that after he dies, MORMONs will be vicariously baptised for him; so he can accept the TRUE Restored Gospel®!
Have you dropped the Orajel© in your lap yet again?
Gov't is ALWAYS late!
I've been around here more than 10 years, and the number of 'personas' I've seen is astonding!
I think a lot of us have figgered this out:
HMMmmm...
Does UTAH have a reciprocal Conceal Carry agreement with Indiana?
Perhaps the HAT was taken off and a couple of STONES tossed into it!
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