bogie wheel #67: I will leave it to the better theologians on this board to parse the ways in which Biblical counsel is to be differentiated between individuals and nations when it comes to passages describing repentance and redemption.

I’m not one of those better theologians but your comment does put me in mind of one theology that declares: individuals are judged after their life in this world is over but, as nations cannot be judged in the hereafter, they are judged in this world.

I don’t often get a chance to tune into either Beck’s radio or TV show but I am of course aware that he has done a stupendous job of exposing what the MSM ignores and I agree with him when he says that our problem at its root is a spiritual one. Still, I confess I do wonder where his newfound religious fervor is going to lead and how that will play out. I’m no expert on Mormonism but one thing I do know… it’s not orthodox Christianity.

If he has chosen to be a Mormon, far be it from me to criticize… still, I kinda wish he would have just kept things on the political plane, because – and maybe I’m wrong here – his message sort of sounds like: we’ve got to restore the nation, then God will be good to us again.