False Prophets

I should not let it get to me, but last night I was really upset at all of the global warming lemmings. Drudge linked to a poll showing that 95% of Congressional Democrats are convinced that global warming is the result of man-made problems. On the other hand, only 13% of Congressional Republicans buy into the myth (13% of Republicans are gullible). I am not sure why it got to me, but I was thinking about the whole argument and how much time and money are being spent on it. I thought about how much more time and money will be wasted on this issue over the coming years, especially since the Dems are behind the wheel and I just got really ticked-off. What bothers me is that some of that money will be mine. I will end up having to foot the bill for their lunacy.

This morning while studying the Book of Mormon I came upon these verses in the 13th chapter of Helaman.

26 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds are evil.

27 But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer; yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart desireth—and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will receive him, and say that he is a prophet...

38 But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.

Maybe many people do not see the connection between global warming and the iniquitous world that we live in, but it struck me that there is a connection. We live in a world where those who teach the goodness of sin and those who peep in worldly looking glasses and make secular predictions of doom are lifted up as prophets, while those true prophets who could truly lead the world to safety and protection are scorned as madmen or naive idiots. If Satan can connvince the world that the biggest problem in the world is the supposed threat of man-made global warming, then they will not be worried about the degredation of our society around us. The destruction of the family and all moral values can and will continue until we recognize that the true great threat to our happiness lies not in the mostly fictitious harm of driving an SUV to work, but in discarding the teachings of past and modern prophets of our Heavenly Father.