Would this man be welcomed into a typical LDS ward?

[_47lincsled]

Hi yall, I'm new to the board, I found it because I was looking for more information on Stan,I watch his show when ever I can and have often wondered if he was LDS,the way he told some of the stories and just the way he carried himself, then the other night I saw the segment on west ward migration, when he got to the part about the Mormons and what they went through and why they had to keep going west I was pretty sure he was a member, he almost sounded like he was bearing his testimony,I love all history but when it gets personal it's all that much better. As for him being allowed to pass the sacrament, since the day I got off the airplane coming home from my mission I have had a beard, and much of that time long hair and I have been asked in all the wards my wife and I have lived in to help pas the sacrament at one time or other, our second counselor right now has a mustache, but we are as close to UT that you can be and not actually be there, right up on the AZ/UT border,I wouldn't want my kids to grow up as Utah Mormons!

[_Spanner]

Stan was in church last Sunday---I saw him there (we're in the same ward ... again ... which hasn't happened for about 30 years), dressed in a white shirt and tie (he sees clothes simply as the outward sign of inward feeling, and he his devout in his religious obligations, although his not overfond of formal wear, especially ties). Stan is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints---a Mormon, that is. (And he's a lot like I imagine the General was---Mormon, that is.) He is as you have seen him: a big man who loves his country and his freedom, and knows more about both than anyone else I know. And be careful: you may know people who condemn by appearance, but the Master does not: "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgement" (John 7:24). I don't know who led you to the hasty generalization that the Church rejects people for looking like Stan (Elijah, John the Baptist, Samson, Porter Rockwell ... folks like that)---such need to indulge in some serious introspection and repentance (I prefer the Greek metanoeo "change of mind" or the Hebrew shube "turn" or nacham "regret" to the harshness of the Latinate repent "[to subject to] harsh punishment"---of course, it doesn't mean that anymore: etymology is not definition ... but still). In any case, I do not, I dare not, judge anybody. And judging a man like Stan---or his devotion to his Liegelord, Jesus the Christ---based on his beard and demeanor is likely to be both inaccurate and embarrassing. He will likely not be offended: he's been misjudged hastily before, and he has very kindly corrected those who have misjudged him. As for American Ride, it is a direct outpouring of Stan-ness. He will teach anyone who will listen the intricacies of history, and his enthusiasm is pleasantly contagious. He will pull no punches, however, in his certain knowledge of Whose power it is "that has made and preserved us a nation."

Of course, he has been called a rebel: He always ate all the mashed potatoes, defeated the computer at the Annapolis Naval Academy in war games, taught me everything I know about World War II, and most of what I know about World War I, the Civil War, and the Revolution. He used to do calisthenics during commercial breaks, and practiced his sharpshooting down in the basement during halftimes. I watched him practice his blade work by tossing apples into the air and then cutting them in half as they fell. He taught me how to fire a shotgun, how to follow a football game (and baseball, and wrestling, and basketball), and how to serve a Mission. He speaks fluent French, is as strong as an ox, loves teaching history, loves his family fiercely, and has studied military strategy since he was about seven. He's as Mormon as Mormon was himself, probably, and I'd follow either of them into battle anytime, anywhere.

But that's what we little brothers do.

Hey there,
Sounds like Stan would be an asset anywhere. I wish I could catch the program, it sounds really interesting, is there a web version?

[_lulu]

hugh is right

KBYU, Channel 11, a PBS affiliate http://www.kbyutv.org/

is not exactly the same as byutv

http://byutv.org/

see also http://byutv.org/about

the 2nd one has American Ride,

http://byutv.org/show/06d93297-b6fa-49f ... rican-ride

They are both part of BYU Broadcasting http://www.byub.org/

I don't have a TV and I'm not in the US Mountain West, so I can't say anything about KBYU Channel 11.

I don't know if KBYU Channel 11 has American Ride also.

There's a byutv co-ordinating producer listed in the credits as well as a credit of the Utah State Film Office, so it looks like American Ride might have been produced at BYU.

I only know byutv from its website byutv.org/

It used to have archived Music and Spoken Word programs and that was about the only reason I went there. But from what else I saw it only streamed "live," GC, old GC talks, BYU Devotionals, roundtables with BYU professors, BYU sporting events and low production value stuff like that that could reasonably be understood to be church produced.

So OP is right, in my opinion, that byutv, as I know it from the website, is branching out.

And some point, the website changed so much that I couldn't find archived Mo Tabs and they made it so you had to register for any access at all so I stopped going there. Just visited it now to figure out what this thread is about. I was able to scan through an American Ride episode without registering but would have to log in to see what they are streaming live right now.