I could make a whole entire thread and go on and on about the shameless propaganda Sound of Freedom is and Tim Ballard and the absolute sham OUR is. Maybe another time. I'm too tired.
For now:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjypz/m...activities
Mormon Church Denounces Tim Ballard’s “Morally Unacceptable” Activities
A church spokesperson tells VICE News that Ballard “betrayed his friendship” with a powerful leader, who “never authorized his name, or the name of the Church, to be used for Tim’s personal or financial interests.”
I wonder what the defenders of the film's "message" would have to say about Tim Ballard deliberately making it with the intent to convert people to the Mormon cult because god told him to.
For now:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjypz/m...activities
Mormon Church Denounces Tim Ballard’s “Morally Unacceptable” Activities
A church spokesperson tells VICE News that Ballard “betrayed his friendship” with a powerful leader, who “never authorized his name, or the name of the Church, to be used for Tim’s personal or financial interests.”
Quote:From the article
"At a meeting with Tim Ballard and a group of his associates, who claimed to have “visions and special intelligence of the second coming,” the former development director said, she was made aware that this venture had to do with God calling Tim Ballard to “restore America to the covenant.”
“Tim said multiple times, ‘It's his job to use the sizzle of the rescue to lead people back to the Mormon covenant,’” Lopez said, according to Purdy’s report. “Dave stated that according to Tim, that's what this is all about, that's why he's doing all the movies and all the storytelling. He believes the Mormon Church is actually doing that with him, that Elder (M. Russell) Ballard of the Mormon Church is working with him on that secret agenda. He believes that it's his job to be this famous kind of celebrity that gets everyone's attention, but then in turn leads everyone to Mormonism."
Lopez told investigators that Tim Ballard had developed a messianic view of himself. "Dave said he thinks Tim is fully convinced that he is supposed to be the 'Mormon Messiah and lead people back to the church,'" the report reads.
"Per the report, the woman added that, according to Tim Ballard, “restoring America to the covenant was ‘a big mission of his (Tim)’ and he was ‘called’ of ‘God’ to do this. She added that he was, in Purdy’s retelling, “very verbal about Elder Russell Ballard’s involvement and behind it” but added “that she didn’t know if she believed that.”
I wonder what the defenders of the film's "message" would have to say about Tim Ballard deliberately making it with the intent to convert people to the Mormon cult because god told him to.