Saturday, October 9, 2010

Man's prerogative


I just can't see myself holding up this sign.

A few days ago I read an article in The Salt Lake Tribune about a church that came to certain conclusions about divine punishment on America. While I don't have access to the original article, I found something similar here.

Later that same day, I read this appropriate statement in Jesus the Christ:

It is not man's prerogative to pass upon the purposes and designs of God, nor to judge by human reason alone that this person or that suffers disaster as a direct result of individual sin. Nevertheless men have ever been prone to so judge. There are many inheritors of the spirit of Job's friends, who assumed his guilt as certain because of the great misfortunes and sufferings that had come upon him.
Never mind the opinion of whether or not America is doomed. I just think Elder Talmage makes an excellent point.

1 comment:

  1. I've often thought about this very same thing. I think that is where humbleness needs to come in...so we won't point at another and think to ourselves, "well the reason he is suffering from that, is because he did this." I think this is especially easy to do concerning parenting. Or even easier when we clump groups of people together.

    Thanks for telling me about your blog! I will put you on my Google Reader.

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