Comments on: Sunday in Outer Blogness: Reporting Live Edition!

By: chanson

chanson — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:24:48 +0000

More responses to Glen Beck:

Ebert’s “Jesus was a Nazi. So’s your preacher” and BBB found the one guy who actually agrees with Beck!!!

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By: Chino Blanco

Chino Blanco — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:18:23 +0000

I think my favorite bit of speculation so far re Beck is that his latest outburst was all about engaging Catholics, an attempt to weigh in on the conversation being had by folks like Cardinal George at places like BYU.

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:27:31 +0000

Chanson – I think it is fair to say that is a common response. That isn’t what I see in scripture. I was just discussing this with a friend who quoted the “God is the same yesterday, today, and forever” scripture to me. The problem is, that simply is not how the narrative reads. In order to get the OT (and the NT for that matter) to fit in that box, you have to play a fair amount of theological twister. At some point you have to fall over or quit playing the game. Of course, I do not believe in innerancy (though I still profess Christianity) and that leaves me a lot of loopholes that most of Christianity can’t make use of.

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By: Hellmut

Hellmut — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:24:41 +0000

Well, didn’t Brigham Young himself try to turn the Church over to his sons?

I don’t think that Joseph Smith ever settled the succession question. Instead, he emphasized the relative importance of various institutions, such as the presiding bishop, the council of the twelve, and the first presidency, at different times.

The apostolic succession that we practice today happens to be part of the Brighamite origin myth. Other branches of Mormonism contested that version, of course, with their own narratives.

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By: Chris Henrichsen

Chris Henrichsen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:41:39 +0000

Thanks for linking to FPR!

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By: chanson

chanson — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:04:15 +0000

Andrew H. — That’s an interesting point.

I’d always assumed that a common Christian response to the bad stuff in the OT is that since Jesus fulfilled the law, things have somehow changed.

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:17:20 +0000

Beyond “God Never Sinned” I think those in Aaron’s camp put a very strong emphasis on God never changing at all. They will quote a scripture or two to make their case, but I have always thought that the narrative of scripture and God’s “behavior” in the Bible tend to contradict that notion. In this, I have come to feel that Mormons are a little more honest with the text.

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