My political safe place....hear me rant....: Down with government....?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Down with government....?

Because of a few big-headed, narcissistic so-called "news programs," people have begun to fear the government. I don't get the hate that people have against government. I understand it within the context of the seemingly "ill" congress and their inability to come together. Or frustrations expressed with our elected officials looking out for personal gain instead of the common good. But I do not agree with hatred or fear toward the government, in general. I believe is there for our good...for our security, for the organization of this wonderful country. "Big Government" or "Small government," broken or in repair, I believe in our government.
Personally, I am against government which discriminates against a people. I am against a government which stands by and watches its people fall so that the stronger can get ahead and become wealthy, etc. But I support our government....with my vote and my voice...however small it may be.
I love the following quote found at lds.org:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes in good politics and good government and in the right of people to exercise their franchise. There is an entire section in the Doctrine and Covenants on the subject:

“We believe that governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man; and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them, both in making laws and administering them, for the good and safety of society. … such as will administer the law in equity and justice should be sought for and upheld by the voice of the people. …” (D&C 134:1, 3.)

4 comments:

BrianFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Amen! Big or small, we are in it together. Lets help those in need to get back on their feet...just like the Church Welfare system teaches.
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EmilyFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:38 AM
YAY we agree on something! :) Did you say you have a calling with the church welfare system or something?
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BrianFebruary 13, 2012 at 1:11 PM
I was in the bishopric in an area that was one of the greater users of the Church Welfare system so we got some training on how to best handle it so we were not getting people into a habit of paying for their rent every month with no end in sight.
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EmilyFebruary 13, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Ah, yes. I knew that. I think that is an important thing to do...have a weening process on government programs...much like unemployment funding...they need to be actively seeking a job...someone getting food stamps should be actively seeking a way to better budget their money, etc, perhaps programs with training on budgeting, etc. That is just hard to regulate, though.
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Quote of the day:

BYU commencement in 1972, President Brown counseled graduating students to “Strive to develop a maturity of mind and emotion and a depth of spirit which enables you to differ with others on matters of politics without calling into question the integrity of those with whom you differ. Allow within the bounds of your definition of religious orthodoxy variation of political belief. Do not have the temerity to dogmatize on issues where the Lord has seen fit to be silent.” He also warned, “beware of those who feel obliged to prove their own patriotism by calling into question the loyalty of others. Be skeptical of those who attempt to demonstrate their love of country by demeaning its institutions.”

And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information
Oh, they can bend it all they want
John Mayer: "Waiting on the World to Change"

"Let us learn respect for others if we are to realize the abundant life. Man, by nature, is tempted to seek only his glory and not the glory of his neighbor or the glory of his God. None of us lives alone—in our city, our nation, or our world. There is no dividing line between our prosperity and our neighbor’s poverty."

-Thomas S Monson

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Scripture of the day:

Scriptures to have in our hearts when we vote!

"That now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality." — 2 Corinthians 8:14

"Renounce war and proclaim peace." — D&C 98:16

"And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them." — Moses 7:18

"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction." — James 1:27

"Plead the cause of the poor and the needy." — D&C 124:75

"We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of its members, as citizens, denied." — D&C 134:9

"And now, because of the steadiness of the church they began to be exceedingly rich, having abundance of all things whatsoever they stood in need—an abundance of flocks and herds, and fatlings of every kind, and also abundance of grain, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious things, and abundance of silk and fine-twined linen, and all manner of good homely cloth. And thus, in their prosperous circumstances, they did not send away any who were naked, or that were hungry, or that were athirst, or that were sick, or that had not been nourished; and they did not set their hearts upon riches; therefore they were liberal to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, whether out of the church or in the church, having no respect to persons as to those who stood in need." —Alma 1:29-30

Hel 4:12-13
12 And it was because of the ^apride of their hearts, because of their exceeding ^briches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the ^cpoor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a ^dmock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—

13 And because of this their great wickedness, and their ^aboastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost possession of almost all their lands.