Ah, a sensible, thinking person. And, you should be concerned, Stacy. > -----Original Message----- > From: Stacy Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 6:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ZION] President Benson As Icon of The Right (Was: Punch > their...) > > > zI confess I'm worried on these accounts. > > Stacy. > > At 12:56 PM 11/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > >At 09:56 AM 11/13/2003, RBS (Or is that just plain BS <grin>) wrote: > > > > > >>Because you write well, Steven, I assume you're a reasonably bright guy. > >>But, when I read you web site practically the only prophet you > cite is Ezra > >>Taft Benson. I don't agree with President Benson's politics, but I do > >>believe he was a good man and was entitled to to make his own political > >>choices, as we all are. But, Steven, when you were building the > site, did > >>you not wonder why virtually no other apostle or prophet (of > his era) sang > >>the "Communist Threat" to Momronism song as often and as stridently as > >>President Benson did (sure, President McKay added a few odd > things, but not > >>much). And, further that no current prophet or apostle has picked-up the > >>President Benson's "there's a commie on every streetcorner" rag? > > > >No other Apostle or Prophet needs to. President Benson did such a great > >job laying that foundation <grin>. Besides, imo, the Book of > Mormon does a > >lot better job of warning us about the perils of secret combinations and > >conspiracies designed to overthrow governments than even > President Benson > >did <grin>. > > > >>So why is that bright guy like you doesn't see the need to flesh-out his > >>political/religious views using comments, observations and > instructions from > >>the other prophets of the Church? Should I worry that you and > people like > >>you are hiding out in the weeds, ready at a moment's notice to > divide the > >>church along political lines, or establish The Church of Ezra > Taft Benson > >>and tell the rest of us to go straight to hell? Just curious. > > > >Mostly I use the scriptures and the Founding Fathers to "flesh out" my > >political views. > > > > > > > >-- > >Steven Montgomery > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >"But where some say is the king of America? IŽll tell you Friend, he > >reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of > >Great Britain. Yet that we may not appear to be defective even > in earthly > >honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter; let > >it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the Word of God; > let a crown > >be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as > we approve > >of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute > >governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be > >King; and there ought to be no other." (Thomas Paine, _Common Sense_) > > > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > ///////////// > >/// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > >/// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > //////////// > > > > > > > > > > > -- > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > //////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /////////// > >
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