Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: VOTE GRITZ: Solutions and Hope
From: berg@malice.cass.usu.edu (Glenn Berg)
Date: 29 Sep 92 08:57:07
Organization: The Center for Atmospheric and Space Science, Logan, UT
In-reply-to: nelson_p@apollo.hp.com's message of Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:24:25 GMTLines: 69

In article <BvB20q.F2n@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:

>In article <BERG.92Sep28130122@malice.cass.usu.edu> berg@malice.cass.usu.edu (Glenn Berg) writes:
>>			  THE MANIPULATION OF AMERICA
>>				       
>>				  written by
>>				 ANITA MORROW
>>				   Candidate
>>			     United States Senate
>>			     Populist Party - Utah
>>
>>                                         America is no ordinary country.  It
>>was consecrated as a land of promise to the people of the Americas, to whom God
>>gave these great promises:
>>
>>  1.  It will be a land of liberty to its people.
>>  2.  They shall never be brought down into captivity.
>>  3.  And there shall be none to molest them.
>>  4.  It is a land of promise.
>>  5.  It shall be free from all nations under Heaven.
>>  6.  There shall be no enemies come into this land.
>>  7.  It shall be free from bondage.
>>  8.  There shall be no kings upon this land.
>>  9.  I will fortify this land against all other nations.
>>  10. He that fighteth against Zion shall perish.
>
>  Really?  Would Mr. Berg, or Ms. Morrow care to identify the document
>  in which He made these promises?      BTW, where do you get this
>  part about "Zion"?   Are you Zionists?

Be happy to enlighten you.  The document is The Book of Mormon, considered by
the LDS (myself included) as an inspired document written by prophets in
ancient America.  And, yes, we seek the establishment of Zion, which means "the
pure in heart".

Now, before you flame me about posting religious dribble to a newsgroup
discussing politics, let me explain a few things.

1) Anita Morrow, a "Mormon", is running for the U.S. Senate from Utah, a state
where most of the citizens are also "Mormons".  These promises from God are
accepted as fact by most of the citizens of Utah.

2) I felt that many of the things Anita wrote would be of interest to
Non-Mormon citizens of the U.S. as well, so I took the liberty of posting her
writings.  I didn't feel it would be appropriate to censor what she had written
to be more palatable to a national audience.

3) The LDS church endorses no political candidate.  Using church meetinghouses
for political campaigning is prohibited.

4) BYU, a church-owned university, recently refused to give Bo Gritz (a convert
to the LDS church) the opportunity to speak, despite the fact that both Bush
and Clinton were invited to speak at BYU (I believe Bush accepted and Clinton
declined).  Their stated reason was something like that if they allowed Bo to
speak, other nonviable candidates would also clamor for that opportunity.  The
general feeling was that Bo didn't have a ghost of a chance of winning. (I'm
happy to see that the BYU football team is doing lousy this year!)

5) Although the Book of Mormon is full of history and warnings about "secret
combinations" (conspiracies), which proved to be the downfall of an entire
civilization, many (perhaps most) Mormons refuse to believe that something
similar could be alive and well in the good ol' USA.

The Book of Mormon is certainly worth reading in this election year!
--
Glenn A. Berg (berg@logan.cass.usu.edu)
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Utah State University

"We've got one more hill to take... Capitol Hill!" - Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz