Posted on 06/20/2012 11:33:38 PM PDT by JustTheTruth
From Wikipedia about Moroni: "a religious and military leader from the Book of Mormon who rallied people to successfully defend their freedoms and religious freedoms against enemies from within who wanted to overthrow a government by the people in favor of establishing a king."
"According to the Book of Mormon, Captain Moroni was an important Nephite military commander and patriot... He is perhaps best known for raising the "Title of Liberty" as a call to arms for his people to defend their country, family and religion."
. . . Moroni was "only twenty and five years old when he was appointed chief captain" of the Nephites. . . .
"Moroni is usually associated with the "Title of Liberty", a standard [flag] which he raised to rally the Nephites to defend their liberties from a group of dissenters who wanted to establish their leader as a king. Moroni was so angry with Amalickiah's dissention and wicked influence that he rent his coat and wrote upon it, "In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children". With these words, he rallied his people to defend their families and their freedom, chasing the armies of Amalickiah away in the process. Any dissenters that remained, Moroni put to death, and raised up the title of liberty upon every Nephite tower, having been granted power from the chief judges and people to do such things."
This story may be of interest to some given what is happening today, with enemies of freedom, liberty and religious freedom seeking to change from government by the people per our constitution into a government wherein top leaders and powerful friends are above law.
No, I am NOT suggesting violence; just sharing a story from a different time and place.
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Where’d you find that picture of me? That was twenty years ago. /S
Where’d you find that picture of me? That was twenty years ago. /S
Amazingly, I found it in my wife’s full length mirror!
Ubie can vouch for the above; as he’s seen me in the flesh!
I remember it well.
My oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my......What a beauty!
LOL
Wow, I didn’t realize that Roman legionairres stole their whole get-up from ancient Jewish vagabonds. You learn something new every day!
All kinds of cross-cultural things going on in the ancient world that ONLY the LSD prophets are privileged to know.
bttt
Nitpickin Gracer.
Why yuh gotta be a hater?
Both Catholics and Protestants are nothing less than the ‘whore of Babylon.....
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