Posted on 11/16/2010 4:52:10 AM PST by Utah Binger
The decision by the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to endorse the Utah Compact, a document that urges states to stay out of the illegal immigration issue, is likely a pragmatic call for Utah's predominant religion. Many of the church's Hispanic members in the U.S. are illegals. LDS leaders want to see that their rights are protected.
It's our opinion that the decision by the LDS Church makes sense. The federal government's failure to do something about illegal immigration, as well as the business community's passive-aggressive support of the cheap, exploitable labor pool, is worthy of disgust and outrage. Nevertheless, states and local governments do not have the resources or, in many cases, training to solve the problem of millions of illegals staying in the U.S.
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Speaking from your own experience, what percentage would you guess of your home ward would faithfully vote for the "brother" in spite of disgust for Reid?
Ezra Taft Benson must be rolling over in his grave.
Between Marxist Harry Reid holding a temple recommend and this, there should be no doubt to anyone that the LDS church is NOT led by God.
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Then one can make an educated guess just WHO they will vote for: wink-wink.
Not really, as I find mine 4-5 times in the local phone book!
Wow!
It appears that you are about as neutral as you can get in this thread!
Distanced from the church, and no doubt distanced from us ANTIs.
Got any observations about each extreme, from your vantage point in the middle, that you'd like to share?
In conclusion let us summarize this grand key, these Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet, for our salvation depends on them.
1. The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
2. The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
3. The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
4. The prophet will never lead the church astray.
5. The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
6. The prophet does not have to say Thus Saith the Lord, to give us scripture.
7. The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want to know.
8. The prophet is not limited by mens reasoning.
9. The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or spiritual.
10. The prophet may advise on civic matters.
11. The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
12. The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly.
13. The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidencythe highest quorum in the Church.
14. The prophet and the presidencythe living prophet and the First Presidencyfollow them and be blessedreject them and suffer.
I testify that these fourteen fundamentals in following the living prophet are true. If we want to know how well we stand with the Lord then let us ask ourselves how well we stand with His mortal captainhow close do our lives harmonize with the Lords anointedthe living ProphetPresident of the Church, and with the Quorum of the First Presidency.
Ezra Taft Benson
(Address given Tuesday, February 26, 1980 at Brigham Young University)
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