Archive for: Politics and Principle
Politics and Moral Issues
You know what confuses me, so many “liberals” in the church are liberals simply because they think people should help the less fortunate and do so by supporting their position with the scriptures. While helping the poor is one of our most important duties, for some reason they think that socialism is the only way […]
5 Billion Dollar Shopping Mall and the Nauvoo House
I have heard enemies of the church, and they can be called such whether of the faith or otherwise if they fight against the Lords Prophets, say that the City Creek Center project is a waste of sacred funds. That it would be better spent helping the poor, the needy and so forth. Too often […]
Incomplete Thinking
Are we a generation of incomplete thinkers? Do we hold and espouse views that in one thought seems very reasonable, but when followed through to their logical and implied ends are totally at odds with our proclaimed values? This occurred to me recently as I was involved in letter writing with an old friend who […]