My political safe place....hear me rant....: Mitt the Mormon

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Mitt the Mormon

I have to say that it is kinda fun having a Mormon in the political realm of being famous...it sheds a little different light on (my) religion and I think it is a good thing....mostly. :) The NBC broadcast tonight, though at times I was cringing and upset about some footage they showed, I think it was mostly positive and interesting. I think that people will never understand certain aspects of the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints until their hearts are open and they ask Heavenly Father themselves if it is true. So I was not as offended as others might be about some of the topics shared on that NBC news program. I have to say that it was exciting to see that they dedicated their nightly news to "Mormons in America."
As a matter of fact I think I might vote for Mitt Romney. BC I think it is time for a Mormon President...I am sold!

;) Yeah right.
Here is a follow up article on the NBC "Mormon in America" show that I referenced in this post. It gives a little more insight into some of the Mormon people highlighted in the piece. I do agree with them in that even though I do NOT care what Romney does on Sunday...bc I know what he does...but I also don't care what Obama does on Sunday...I care how they run the United States of America....but I can set my political beliefs aside and acknowledge that the attention on the church can be a positive thing if the LDS people are willing to open up and not be easily offended by other people and their questions or misunderstandings of us and our religion. It can be a great "Mormon Moment," as the man in that article states. I embrace that part of the influence of Mitt Romney. :)
http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/23/13435345-mormon-in-america-latter-day-saints-on-2012-election-and-significance-of-romney-campaign

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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.