Believers-If a gun was held to your head by a psychotic...

[_Tarski]

If I'm dead, it isn't exactly going to do G-d a whole lot of good.

You plan to be useless to God in the afterlife? Eternity is a long time to be useless. I thought heaven would be meaningful.

[_Tarski]

Don't answer.

(bang!)

[_The Nehor]

Don't answer.

(bang!)

Woohoo, I have a cool story to tell all the people in the Spirit World. If I'm not quite dead I then attack the guy with the gun and have an even better story.

[_Sethbag]

Don't answer.

(bang!)

Woohoo, I have a cool story to tell all the people in the Spirit World.

Have at it. I'd rather have a cool story to tell all my homies in the real world, you know, the one that actually exists, ie: this one we're living in right now. ;-)

[_The Nehor]

Have at it. I'd rather have a cool story to tell all my homies in the real world, you know, the one that actually exists, ie: this one we're living in right now. ;-)

Well, truthfully I'd hope I survived, wrestled the gun from the guy, fought an extended duel involving the sewers, a subway train, a construction site, an airplane, a ferris wheel, and a nice restaurant which I would eventually win. Then I'd have a cool story for both sets of people. Something like this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KjQwLCC9_2w

[_Infymus]

If I was a Mormon, I would proclaim him a false prophet until I was safe. Then I would visit my bishop and begin the repentence process.

Thanks, you made my night.

Now where the hell is the number for the bishop.

[_Mercury]

I call BS. There is no consequence for pandering to a cult in this exercise.

[_moksha]

Say you and your family of seven (wife, six kids) were eating a nice meal together at The Viilage Inn and a psychotic Evangelical with a 38 in his hand grabbed you and put a gun to your head and said "proclaim now that Joseph Smith was a false prophet or die" -- what would you do? Proclaim or not proclaim?

(Assume for purposes of this hypothetical that you would indeed be shot and killed unless you proclaimed as much.)

Proclaim of course. It is important to placate psychotic killers with guns. Let him move on to the next table so we can eat.

[_Inconceivable]

To reflect upon how lacking of basic reasoning skills I had as a TBM!

I mean, why would this even be a valid question for someone with ability to walk a straight line and touch their nose with both index fingers.

[_bcspace]

Say you and your family of seven (wife, six kids) were eating a nice meal together at The Viilage Inn and a psychotic Evangelical with a 38 in his hand grabbed you and put a gun to your head and said "proclaim now that Joseph Smith was a false prophet or die" -- what would you do? Proclaim or not proclaim?

(Assume for purposes of this hypothetical that you would indeed be shot and killed unless you proclaimed as much.)

I would so proclaim without hesitation and reverse it when the situation was over. I see no need to repent any more than that. Unless of course I thought there was a higher purpose in not proclaiming.....