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When listen 'through' Kevin, Judy and, Dean you can
hear which tradition did their thinkin' for 'em. Snakes anyone?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: March 06, 2006 16:19
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] WOOHOO Lance -
Here is someone saying the same thing as me..!!
Lie #3: 'You are not smart enough or good enough to think for
yourself. We will do your thinking for you.'
CMON nobody would fall for that!
LDS quotes:
" Have we not a right to make up our minds in relation
to the things recorded in the word of God, and speak about them, whether the
living oracles believe our views or not? We have not the
right...God placed Joseph Smith at the head of this church; God has
likewise placed Brigham Young at the head of this church; and he has required
you and me, male and female, to sustain those authorities placed over us in
all things, and receive their words as from the mouth of God..." -
Orson Pratt, Apostle, Journal of Discourses 7:374-375, Sermon January
29, 1860
" When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done. When they propose a
plan - it is God's plan. When they point the way, there is no other way that
is safe. When they give direction, it should mark the end of controversy." -
Improvement Era, June 1945, p. 354
" God made Aaron to be the mouthpiece for the Children of Israel, and he
made me to be god to
you in His stead, and the Elders to be the mouth for me; and
if you don't like it, you must lump it." - Joseph
Fielding Smith, Teaching of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 363
"...learn to do as you are told,...if you are told by
your leader to do a thing, do it, none of your
business whether it is right or wrong." - Herber C.
Kimball, 1st Counselor to Brigham Young. Journal of Discourses, v.2,
p.106
Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The
Seven Great Lies of Organized Religion
~~~
Lie #3:
'You
are not smart enough or good enough to think for
yourself. We will do
your thinking for you.'
~~~
Judy,
Do you know what the
most important invention in the
history of the world was?
It
wasn't the computer. And it sure wasn't the light bulb
or the telephone.
(Or even the electronic voting machine.)
It was the printing
press.
In 1445, Johannes Gutenberg invented the world's first
movable
type printing press. He didn't know it, but he was unleashing a
revolution that continues to this day. Even the mighty Internet
in
2005 is just an extension of Gutenberg's original,
revolutionary
machine.
The first book he printed was the Bible. And that led
to
controversy, too, because Luther translated it into
German, the people's
language, instead of Latin, the
lingo of the religious elite.
Suddenly, ordinary folks could not only afford a copy,
but they
could read it for themselves instead of getting
some guy's self-serving
interpretation. Soon the cat was
out of the bag--there were copies
scattered all over Europe.
When people started to read it, they were
alarmed at what
they saw, because between the covers of this book was an
amazing story that had seemingly little to do with the politics
and
shell games they saw in some corners the church.
Luther wrote a list
of 95 accusations against the church --
priests taking bribes and
granting 'indulgences', an
institution setting itself up as a
'middleman' between
man and God.
He argued that God didn't need a
middleman, or a
distributor, or an agent, or a bureaucracy. People
could go direct to the source.
This little 'schism' in Wurms,
Germany unleashed a
firestorm of protest and permanently changed the way
people
approached education. No longer was a big, faceless institution
responsible for your spiritual progress -- YOU were. Now that
you
had the knowledge in your hands, you were accountable
before God to do
something about it.
I'm not trying to attack the Catholic church, by
the
way. The problem is not institutions per se; it's just
that it's
always easier for us to mindlessly follow someone
else than to listen to
God and use the minds He gave us.
It's no coincidence that the
scientific enlightenment and
industrial revolution began in earnest
within 50 years of this.
Not that it wasn't already underway (it had
already gathered
considerable momentum) but now that ordinary folks had
access
to knowledge and the freedom to pursue it, the possiblities
were limitless.
The printing press took the handcuffs off of
knowledge and
spirituality, and the world has never been the same. Equal
access to knowledge empowered people everywhere, and it
was only
natural that the Rennaisance, and in time, democracy
too would
follow.
What's troubling now is that most people still don't do
anything
with the knowledge that's available to them. Why would you
accept
a 'canned' answer or empty platitude when you can open the book
and read about it for yourself?
People have debates about Jesus,
but most have never read the
real story--they just believe what they're
told. How sad.
If you want a 'Just the facts ma'am' version of what
really
happened, grab a Bible (please -- a modern English version that's
easy to read, not something from the 1600's) and read the book of
Luke. A truly fascinating story will unfold.
I dare you to read
for one hour and then stop!
And you know what? Nobody will need to
tell you what it means.
You'll be quite able to figure it out for
yourself.
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with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians
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