Posted on 08/22/2008 3:47:44 PM PDT by restornu
Despite being born nearly 100 years before the restoration of the gospel, George Washington was inspired by God throughout his life, including during the Revolutionary War, according to a physician-presenter during Wednesday's session of Education Week.
Robert Young, a dermatologist and president of Rocky Mountain Dermatology, said Washington was a necessary step to the Lord being able to restore the gospel in this dispensation.
"All of us have a place in God's kingdom," Young said. "There is a reason you are on the earth today. And I believe the same thing about George Washington.
"There was no other nation on the earth where the Lord could have restored the gospel. And George Washington could not have been replaced."
From personal facts and joking comments about Washington's lifelong battle with gum disease to his preference for the simple life on his farm at Mount Vernon, Young presented a look into the life of the first president of the United States from his lifelong research and love for the man.
"The more you study the life of George Washington, the more you will come to love this man," Young said. "It's similar to the way you can come to love Joseph Smith by studying about his life."
Washington was a wealthy man, but he didn't start out that way. In fact, it wasn't until he married his wife that he became one of the wealthiest men in the Virginia colony. Some historians have speculated that the marriage was strictly out of convenience; Young disagrees.
"Whether he loved his wife as soon as they were married may be arguable," he said. "But he grew to love his wife deeper than any love I have ever known. And she adored him. She was clearly his best friend."
Part of that love was manifest in Washington's care for his stepchildren. After a bout with smallpox in his youth, some historians believe Washington was left sterile for the remainder of his life.
"But he treated his stepchildren as his own," Young said.
The dermatologist and deep researcher of Washington also defended the man's religious beliefs. Many believe Washington to have been strictly dispassionate towards religion and spiritual matters. But numerous journal entries stating times when Washington knelt in prayer and received various personal revelations argue to the contrary.
"I am convinced that George Washington spent much of his life on his knees," Young said. "He was not a Deist! He may or may not have been skeptical about Christianity, but he believed very strongly in God."
Washington's belief in God, and a series of supposed miracles should also lend Latter-day Saints to acquire a deeper understanding of this man, Young inferred.
"He made serious blunders that could have ended the American Revolution in the first week," he said. "But God provided the mightiest storm ever seen and Washington's army was able to flee at the battle of New York."
Making the topic of the lecture personal, Young also stressed the power that God holds over our individual lives.
"Being on your knees means being close to your Heavenly Father and keeping your eyes on the prize," Young said. "The Lord will no more desert you than he did George Washington at Valley Forge."
If you want to start a flamewar, please do it on another website. Your thread has been moved to the religion forum and your comment #18 has been removed.
Thanks,
AM
Never said you were going to hell just that your tongue is unruly
You turn words as well as Obama
I posted a thread on Geo Washington just because it did not come from another U it seem some thought it was another opportunity to slam the LDS.
I stead of the life of Geo Wahshington.
I did not flame my self and if you want to change it to RF than make it Ecumenical.
Even if it is unruly, who cares? FreeRepublic is not a womens' book club.
Can't stand the heat?
Mod, - Please leave this up for discussion.
This is about Geo Washington even if someone else was mention like in any other articles it is about GW and his inspiration and spiritual vision during his command to defend this nation!
LOL
Yes it is hilarious isn’t it? The thought that this great nation was created by God, and George Washinton was selected to lead just so the Mormon Church could be restored to earth.
It makes me ROTHFL
Incredible! Ping!
Can you ever engage a conversation with the LDS without showing your contempt?
Sorry but many are so obsessed even at binign article
Joseph Smith? Oh brother. I guess I should have read some of the article, not just the headline.
If this can not be ecumenitcal please pull thread!
Has nothing to with heat just don’t care for the company
This is the opening sentence (by a mormon dermatologist, of all things..;) and you call it "benign"???
Despite being born nearly 100 years before the restoration of the gospel, George Washington was inspired by God throughout his life, including during the Revolutionary War, according to a physician-presenter during Wednesday's session of Education Week.
What that is REALLY saying is that "even if poor old George was unfortunate enough to be born too soon to become a mormon, God inspired him to do a pretty good job"......(Of course, we all know he's been baptized and confirmed a mormon since his death.)
Despite being born nearly 100 years before the restoration of the gospel, George Washington was inspired by God throughout his life, including during the Revolutionary War,
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Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
That must have hurt to have to write that....
This was MOVED by the AM to the religion section, so by all rights since it was posted as an open thread it should NOT be now closed because restornu got more than she bargained for. I can imagine the response I would get if I made such a request.
This is another attempt to post mormon propaganda and avoid any discussion of the merits of the article.
I request the thread be allowed to stand as open and moderated under the usual rules for open threads:
On all threads, but particularly “open” threads, posters must never “make it personal.” Reading minds and attributing motives are forms of “making it personal.” Making a thread “about” another Freeper is “making it personal.”
When in doubt, review your use of the pronoun “you” before hitting “enter.”
Like the Smoky Backroom, the conversation may be offensive to some.
Thin-skinned posters will be booted from “open” threads because in the town square, they are the disrupters.
Thank you for the ping
You know Obama quite well then, do you ????
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