Stand Up for Your Belief

I admire (to some degree) a man who stands up for what he believes. Even those men who are part of Cults, however wrong they may be, have standards that they will not overstep. If those men were redeemed, they might be a force in the army of God.

Mark Peredes is a Mormon Bishop. He had some problems with Harry Reid (the guy in the U. S. Senate) and had the courage to say so. I like that. Too often we who are God’s children believe that we must “be nice” to everyone even though they are the enemies of God. I suppose it is like that in Cults as well.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon bishop in Los Angeles is under fire for his assertion that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is unworthy to enter the faith’s temples because of his support for Democratic Party positions. Mark Peredes’ blog, titled “Good Riddance to Harry Reid, the Mormon Senate Leader,” has drawn criticism from the church and Mormon Democrats. Peredes called Reid an “embarrassment” and expressed his belief that Democrats’ support of same-sex marriage, abortion rights and gambling runs contrary to church positions.

If I knew a Pastor (also a Bishop according to the Scripture), or another person who claimed a leadership position, who supported those issues I would be quick to say he doesn’t belong as a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ. Reid, who claims to be a “leader” in his religion, and some of his supporters, are not happy with the criticism and want Bishop Peredes to apologize and stop talking. I think I will stick with Peredes.