RE: [ZION] J. Reuben Clark

2004-03-17 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 03:43 PM 3/16/2004, you wrote: --- W. Cleon Skousen --- But the Lord isn't going to allow this government to be destroyed. Although administrations may destroy themselves, systems may destroy themselves, this country's going to survive. J. Reuben Clark knew how it would survive: build

RE: [ZION] General Conference Hopes

2004-03-17 Thread Gerald Smith
All of the other righteous had been translated to the City of Enoch, or like Methuselah, died of old age prior to the Flood. It seems that some of that may happen at the last days for us too. Either there will be a translation of many members (see Matthew 24, where it talks of two in the field

RE: [ZION] Gas pains

2004-03-17 Thread Gerald Smith
Except that we would lose millions of jobs during the transition from a personal vehicle society to a mass transit one. One thing I've come to believe is that personal access to transportation is as important to freedom as is the right to bear arms. It is much easier to track people on trains

Re: [ZION] Gas pains

2004-03-17 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
Gerald Smith wrote: One thing I've come to believe is that personal access to transportation is as important to freedom as is the right to bear arms. It is much easier to track people on trains and planes than it is driving their cars across country. === Grampa Bill

Re: [ZION] Feedback Please - Chapter 5

2004-03-17 Thread Jon Spencer
Let me offer another perspective on abortion, one that I held before joining the church. I myself was against abortion. However, I felt physically sick when I thought of those children born to drug addicts and worse. Why should they have to suffer? Abortion was a much better choice. Of

Re: [ZION] Feedback Please - Chapter 5

2004-03-17 Thread Sara Peterson
Thank you Jon for your comment, because this mixed up compassion is what is guiding the opinions of all my peers at the University. Even those who are not that interested in the issue, are swayed in favor of Same Sex Marriages because of their compassion. Thank goodness for the prespective