It certainly would've! I an "equal opportunity honesty seeker" in that I feel anyone who lies to the federal government has a right to have the lie pointed out for all to see. After all, do we not always point out the lies the government tell to us? I just think that his being a "professing Christian" make it even more interesting as a real one would not lie to anyone, let alone his government.
Aside from the fact that I was once paid to verify the non-return of this station to the air by an interested party by living there for two weeks, personal drive-bys and extensive monitoring, no. I have no proof at all that I would want to report. But, I did turn that proof over to the people who hired me to gather it. Will they turn him in? I don't know. I just thought people here might like to know what the organization is like before someone else "donates" another station to people who only accept them so they can sell them (after running them down) at a profit. To me, that is a scavenger and not a Christian. Especially when they resort to lies and deceit. I did not intend to attack Christians, as you sem to believe. I did intend to unveil a "false Christian". You need to realize this.
When I made the statement about the fact that this information wouldn't have been brought up in the forum here if the person in question wasn't a Christian, I wasn't meaning
you necessarily. It just seems that I see more of this "bad christian broadcaster behavior" coming to light more here in the forum than for other folks. I don't know if I, being a Christian myself, am more aware of that fact, or I'm just being overly sensitive about it, so if I unfairly singled you out, I do apologize. I do realize we as Christians will endure persecution because the Bible tells us that fact, so it's not a big surprise or anything out of the ordinary I and my fellow Christians are not already familiar.
Regardless of whether the owner is a Christian or not, I don't really know what expressing that information on the forum here (about his lying to the FCC) will accomplish. Obviously, the FCC isn't looking at these boards on a day-to-day basis. If there's an issue with a licensee's candor, then that should be taken up with the FCC directly. btw, I do agree with what you said about "real" and "phony" Christians. There are both out there...real Christians and ones who purport to be as such, but really aren't (even the Bible tells us there are "tares" among the "wheat" in churches today). However, I
don't agree with the fact that just because that person supposedly lied to the FCC that we are to assume that he isn't a Christian. What constitutes a "real christian"? As I said before, even though it's still wrong,
Christians sin too, and it is quite possible he did lie to the FCC and he is a Christian. I suppose Christians are held to a higher standard than non-christians are, and I do agree with that reasoning to some extent, but not entirely. Christians are not perfect, it's for that very reason we become Christians because we know we cannot achieve the perfection and holiness God requires of us. It's a continual process through life, becoming Holy, but let's face it, as human beings, we're never going to attain that goal. We do try to get to that point, but we acknowledge we'll never be in that "place of perfection", at least in this earthly life. Just because a professing Christian sins doesn't invalidate him/her as a "real Christian". Christians do fail from time to time, and some Christians backslide, and I'll be the first to tell you...I've been there, too. Again, not to condone what he did (if he did lie to the FCC), but to make assumptions about someone's salvation on "one sin" he/she commits is really not a fair assessment, and IMO, isn't based in reality.
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. This will be their second station, following the purchase of WRLM (now WQOH) in Irondale. The seller is Joy Christian Communications, which has several stations, including WRSM in Sumiton.