According to LDS Scripture in the Pearl of Great Price, as to the ancient people of Enoch, "[T]he Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them." Moses 7:18.
If this was a reality, is it because there were no disabled, mentally ill, addicted, physically sick, and financially devastated people among them? Is it because there were no natural or man-made disasters? I do not think so.
Many LDS think they can achieve paradise without the reality of what it is to be human. Their vision of life and of people can only be found in the recesses of their fertile and imaginative minds.
I would love it if the religious stepped up to the plate and provided a comprehensive, non-discriminatory welfare system for all of earth's children, as occurs fairly well among some of the LDS, and which they extend to a very small percent of non-members. Unfortunately, it has never happened. It will never happen because even when the "religious" completely controlled things, they either woefully failed at this task, due to human imperfections, or they descended into tyranny.
Instead of bringing comfort and peace to mankind, they brought force, torture, and death. I will even go so far as to tell you that many LDS interpretations of Mormon theology, as being opposed to Social Security or other governmental programs, is completely wrong. They will not find any current leader of the LDS faith (i.e., president, counselors, and apostles) saying such. (Ahh – now a challenge: Go ask the leaders and try to get that support. Good luck.)
Loren M. Lambert © October 30, 2013
If this was a reality, is it because there were no disabled, mentally ill, addicted, physically sick, and financially devastated people among them? Is it because there were no natural or man-made disasters? I do not think so.
Many LDS think they can achieve paradise without the reality of what it is to be human. Their vision of life and of people can only be found in the recesses of their fertile and imaginative minds.
I would love it if the religious stepped up to the plate and provided a comprehensive, non-discriminatory welfare system for all of earth's children, as occurs fairly well among some of the LDS, and which they extend to a very small percent of non-members. Unfortunately, it has never happened. It will never happen because even when the "religious" completely controlled things, they either woefully failed at this task, due to human imperfections, or they descended into tyranny.
Instead of bringing comfort and peace to mankind, they brought force, torture, and death. I will even go so far as to tell you that many LDS interpretations of Mormon theology, as being opposed to Social Security or other governmental programs, is completely wrong. They will not find any current leader of the LDS faith (i.e., president, counselors, and apostles) saying such. (Ahh – now a challenge: Go ask the leaders and try to get that support. Good luck.)
Loren M. Lambert © October 30, 2013
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