THE WOOD ZONE: FACT CHECKING AND BEING UNDER THE BIG TOP

THIS BLOG ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW SCIENCE IS CATCHING UP WITH REVEALED RELIGION

THIS BLOG IS AN ATTEMPT TO PUT ALL THE COOL STUFF THAT I BUMP INTO ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO IT INTO ONE LOCATION.
THE CONTENTS WILL BE FROM AN LDS PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING IN HERE, I DO NOT PARTICULARLY CARE TO ARGUE, UNLESS YOU CAN ADD TO THIS BODY OF WORK. I HAVE AN OPEN MIND, THAT IS WHY I READ STUFF FROM ALL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND SEEK LEARNING FROM THE BEST BOOKS. I JUST AM NOT HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT IT - BUT TO PUT IT OUT THERE WHERE OTHERS CAN PERUSE/PURSUE IT. I TAKE PARTICULAR INTEREST IN HONEST SEEKERS OF TRUTH AND BELIEVE THAT SCIENCE IS REVEALED RELIGION'S BEST ALLY. YOU WILL SEE ALOT OF TOPICS IN THIS BLOG THAT SHOW SCIENCE BACKING - AND SLOWLY CATCHING UP WITH - REVEALED RELIGION.
ENJOY!!

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

FACT CHECKING AND BEING UNDER THE BIG TOP

I do not take the time to fact check all my articles. Nor do I have hardly a shred of respect for the liberal, agenda-driven snopes. I say nope, to snopes...... I have caught them in a lie on several things where my knowledge is first hand - and I am an SME (subject matter expert).

I have a few folks I have tolerated fact checking on this blog. I like openness - and love learning. I even like contrarian opinions. Nothing good comes out of a uni-polar vacuum. God operates in a world where there is opposition in all things - but where good principle (yes, you moral relativists out there; there ARE moral ABSOLUTES...... Including gender and a few other things.....) trumps all things.

Anyway, nothing gets my ire more than a poser who feigns that they have the best interest of everyone in mind - but in reality are driving their own agenda. Wolves in sheep's clothing. Then, there are the trolls and others - that I squash down every chance I get.

Brian J. - you kind of cooked your own goose, just as snopes has for me when they came off as authoritative - and stepped in it hard. You have made many, many comments attempting to shoot stuff on this blog down. This time around, you shot down a statement by Roger K Young, I perceived to be more out of dislike for the man and what he represents, more than in a pursuit of the truth. You really went after that tent thing.

Well, guess what? You got gamed..... by someone whose agenda matches mine:

Here is the Relief Society training video where Sister Beck recommends that church members get a tent. http://www.lds.org/service/serving-in-the-church/relief-society/leader-resources/welfare-duties?lang=eng The title of the page is Welfare Duties. About half way down the page click on "Training Video: Self Reliance". The comments are about half way through the segment (on mine it was at the 3:39 min time mark). Basically she was talking about preparedness to Relief Society Leaders in the Tabernacle and then said: Self Reliance Sister Julie B. Beck Relief Society Training March 2010. "Now we’re living in some tough times. I’ll just walk you through a couple of scriptures.This is in Matthew 24 where Jesus was talking about our day. He said “Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye not be troubled. For all these things must come to pass and the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be famines and pestilences on

Sorry, bro - you have snope status! lol

2 comments:

AnonymousMay 18, 2016 at 8:18 AM
Whoa, let's be nice everyone. The link you speak of is on the right side and this was from 2009. We know Iraq does not fact check and that he allows us the privilege of doing it but last night I too went to LDS.org to try and find the quote and could not. Nothing pulled up for Julie beck and tent...

https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/archive/worldwide-leadership-training/2009/02?lang=eng

Still haven't listened to it, will do that now, but come on boys can't we all be friends? No name calling...
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AnonymousMay 18, 2016 at 9:26 PM
Brian J is a good guy and one of the few posters on LDS Freedom Forum that I respect. He is very knowledgeable and that can sometimes come off as rude, but I don't believe that is ever his intent. When you pounced on him, I felt like you were pouncing on me too. We all want truth. Please be kind and patient with your brothers and sisters in Christ.
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WHY SHOULD WE STUDY THE HIDDEN THINGS RELATED TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST?

But the Latter-day Saints are not in darkness; they are the children of light, although many of us will actually be asleep. We shall have to wake up and trim up our lamps, or we shall not be prepared to enter in; for we shall all slumber and sleep in that day, and some will have gone to sleep from which they will not awake until they awake up in darkness without any oil in their lamps. But, as a general thing, the Saints will understand the signs of the times. Others have their eyes closed upon the prophecies of the ancient Prophets; and not only that, but they are void of the spirit of prophecy themselves. When a man has this, though he may appeal to ancient Prophets to get understanding on some subjects he does not clearly understand, yet, as he has the spirit of prophecy in himself, he will not be in darkness; he will have a knowledge of the signs of the times; he will have a knowledge of the house of Israel, and of Zion, of the ten tribes and of many things and purposes and events that are to take place on the earth; and he will see coming events, and can say such an event will take place, and after that another, and then another; and after that the trumpet shall sound, and after that certain things will take place, and then another trump shall sound, &c., &c.; and he will have his eye fixed on the signs of the times, and that day will not overtake him unawares.

JD, O PRATT 7:190

JOSEPH SMITH SAID THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND WAITING, WILL KNOW THE HOUR:

"Christ says no man knoweth the day or the hour when the Son of Man cometh. This is a sweeping argument for sectarianism against Latter day ism. Did Christ speak this as a general principle throughout all generations Oh no he spoke in the present tense no man that was then liveing upon the footstool of God knew the day or the hour But he did not say that there was no man throughout all generations that should not know the day or the hour. No for this would be in flat contradiction with other scripture for the prophet says that God will do nothing but what he will reveal unto his Servants the prophets consequently if it is not made known to the Prophets it will not come to pass; again we find Paul 1st of Thesslonians 5th Chapter expressly points out the characters who shall not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man cometh for says he it will come upon them as the theif or unawares. Who are they they are the children of darkness or night. But to the Saints he says yea are not of the night nor of darkness of that that day should come upon you unawares. John the revelator says 14 chap 7th verse that the hour of his judgements is come they are precursers or forerunners of the comeing of Christ. read Matthew 24 Chap and all the Prophets. He says then shall they see the Sign of the comeing of the Son of Man in the clouds of Heaven. How are we to see it Ans. As the lighting up of the morning or the dawning of the morning cometh from the east and shineth unto the west—So also is the comeing of the Son of Man. The dawning of the morning makes its appearance in the east and moves along gradualy so also will the comeing of the Son of Man be. it will be small at its first appearance and gradually becomes larger untill every eye shall see it. Shall the Saints understand it Oh yes. Paul says so. Shall the wicked understand Oh no they attribute it to a natural cause. They will probably suppose it is two great comets comeing in contact with each other It will be small at first and will grow larger and larger untill it will be all in a blaze so that every eye shall see it." (Joseph Smith, General Conference, April 6, 1843