• From Juliann:

I’ve been a member of **** for years. Don’t think I’ll renew. I believe you once were a member there. Your opinion? I believe you gave a list of those you do trust for truth: Glen Beck, Tucker Carlson……do you like Joel Skousen?
I pray to die,because being a widow with no family close by and no likeminded ward members, facing the ever increasing challenges is overwhelming.

Yes, I was a member of **** for a number of years. Some of those years were rocky…mostly of my own doing. My opinion of ****…not a place I want to hang out or gain knowledge from. Some of the things discussed were not in-line with the doctrine of my church or my own personal beliefs. But most of all…there was horrible contention from some people and some subjects. There were also outright vicious attacks on some people for speaking the truth and/or their opinion. I just didn’t feel a good spirit there most of the time. And, there was a personal and business relationship between the owner/operators of the website with a couple of very unsavory (criminal) characters.

Yup, I could have made the decision to stay away from the ugly stuff…but why was there the ugly stuff to begin with? But I realized that “if it bleeds, it leads!” Meaning the more controversial stuff draws in a whole lot of web traffic…that makes a bunch of money for the site owner(s). Also, I wasn’t crazy about people paying to learn emergency preparedness and self-sufficiency stuff. I kinda think that if someone is truly dedicated and committed to helping people be prepared they would make the information readily available to folks…for free. And no, I am not against a capitalist system at all.

My answer to your direct question would be…I neither like Joel Skousen nor don’t. I neither trust his views nor don’t. I neither have confidence in what he says nor don’t. I have never met him, never became a fan or follower of his, and never read any of his material so I may not be the right person to ask. I know a main distributor of his is the website mentioned above, so I have a natural resistance to anything associated with them.

For a test on the quality of what Joel Skousen has to say…just ask yourself this…”Does his material help you be better prepared and what is your gut feeling when you are done reading his material?” Then follow that up with …have you prayed about it?

Please don’t pray to die! I don’t know you or anything about you beyond your message. But, if you are a prepper and have knowledge then you have value to those around you. They may not be ‘likeminded’ but when the time comes you may be a world of good to them!

The Lord will take you home to Him when He is ready for you. In the meantime…look around you at all those precious little children at church…THEY NEED YOU!

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