Regarding the current political environment: At present, the apostles of Mormonism have no business making public announcements about whether a specific war should be fought or not. Apart from revelation and authorization from God, it simply is not the business of the church to assume a responsibility they are not qualified to undertake. The apostles are not privy to Top Secret intelligence and can't necessarily determine whether a war is just or not.
Now--if the Lord sees fit to have a revelation declared, seeing that God knows everything, and it is the Lord's will to officially renounce a war fought by the US government; that is another story. But, in such a case there won't be any arguing from the church body whether the prophet said yes or no. There is a general separation between church and state and that means the state does not tell the church what to do and the church does not tell the state what to do. The church doesn't get involved in politics. Church buildings (including the Conference Center) are not to be used for making public statements about the government's war making decisions. Elder Nelson was not breaking that policy. He was simply proclaiming peace at the pulpit. That is what prophets are suppose to do, but he was not condemning a war with Iraq and it must NOT be construed as such! Only the President of the Church can alter church policy on the spot and President Hinkley remains dead silent on the Iraq issue. Paul O [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================