Re: [ZION] The Exodus from Nauvoo

2003-08-08 Thread hkpage
Even though our country has laws against certain forms of persecution (would it fall under "hate crimes"?), I believe that when it comes to the Saints, those laws will be ignored. I believe that any breaking of those laws will be overlooked, much as KKK activities were overlooked for so long. Law

RE: [ZION] The Exodus from Nauvoo

2003-08-08 Thread Jim Cobabe
Persecution against the Saints does not have to assume the same form as those overt violent acts against the Church in the Nauvoo period. Even more hateful and vindictive injustice was weighed against the Church after it was established in the Rocky Mountains. The extent of the bureacratic a

Re: [ZION] The Exodus from Nauvoo

2003-08-08 Thread Valerie Nielsen Williams
The feelings then are still present today. I have been to Nauvoo twice in the past year, and both times met up with people who absolutely hate us. I'm not sure they even know why they do, except it has been taught to them to hate. As I stood looking across the mighty Mississippi, I tried to imag