Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ha Ha! This is FUNNY!
Disclaimer: The point of this post is about the citizens being polled, and not the presidential candidate. I do not mean to make this into a presidential-candidate bashing session, it simply proves my point that ignorant people shouldn't be allowed an opinion. I would have posted this even if the other candidate were the one in question. I truly am grateful for our rights in this country, but wish people would research before they make such important decisions. Maybe they should have people vote on the platforms at the polls instead of marking a name....
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Is it Bad if I Hate Satan?
Like many of you, I am sick and tired of hearing about the upcoming election. I'm sick of the emails, I'm sick of the discussions, I'm sick of the campaign signs and ads. I can not wait for it to all be over. The thing that makes me more sick, however, are the huge consequences of our upcoming election/vote. There are many issues involved with the elections (not just presidential) that are threatening to create huge shock waves in the material of our society. I hope and pray that we do not take this election lightly.
Thankfully, we have all been given agency, as well as the wonderful freedom of speech and ability to vote. I hope that each of us are prayerfully considering each candidate and proposition and voting in the way we feel will help God's work to move forward more effectively. That's the whole point of this Earth-life, after all. I am grateful for the loving guidance of a Father in Heaven who has given us not only our agency and the Holy Spirit, but the wisdom and understanding of a living prophet of God on this earth.
And then there's this:
It's not as if this means that members of the church hate people that are homosexual. In fact, quite the opposite. There are many people I know and love that have chosen this lifestyle. The point remains: God's word is truth. Just because we may love another person that chooses to live such a lifestyle does not mean we should condone it. It truly makes me sad that there are people who claim to have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ that so deeply misunderstand the plan of salvation.
Sometimes it's difficult to remember that it doesn't take much for Satan's work to be successful. I think it goes without saying that doing something simple like voting or spreading the word can help the Lord's work to prevail. Easy enough, yet not nearly enough of us do it. I hope that amongst all my weaknesses, not doing enough will not be listed with them.
Thankfully, we have all been given agency, as well as the wonderful freedom of speech and ability to vote. I hope that each of us are prayerfully considering each candidate and proposition and voting in the way we feel will help God's work to move forward more effectively. That's the whole point of this Earth-life, after all. I am grateful for the loving guidance of a Father in Heaven who has given us not only our agency and the Holy Spirit, but the wisdom and understanding of a living prophet of God on this earth.
And then there's this:
It's not as if this means that members of the church hate people that are homosexual. In fact, quite the opposite. There are many people I know and love that have chosen this lifestyle. The point remains: God's word is truth. Just because we may love another person that chooses to live such a lifestyle does not mean we should condone it. It truly makes me sad that there are people who claim to have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ that so deeply misunderstand the plan of salvation.
Sometimes it's difficult to remember that it doesn't take much for Satan's work to be successful. I think it goes without saying that doing something simple like voting or spreading the word can help the Lord's work to prevail. Easy enough, yet not nearly enough of us do it. I hope that amongst all my weaknesses, not doing enough will not be listed with them.
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