Comments on: Charity in Politics http://asoftanswer.com/2008/08/19/charity-in-politics/ an unseemly mix of politics and Mormonism Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:25:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David H. Sundwall http://asoftanswer.com/2008/08/19/charity-in-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-4620 David H. Sundwall Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/?p=1349#comment-4620 I'm sure you'll love my next post then. ;-) I’m sure you’ll love my next post then.

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]]> By: David B http://asoftanswer.com/2008/08/19/charity-in-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-4618 David B Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:38:40 +0000 http://www.asoftanswer.com/?p=1349#comment-4618 I still remember substitute-teaching a priesthood lesson with the Brigham Young manual. One of the quotes in it said that (paraphrased) it didn't matter to him whether someone was a Democrat or a Republican, as long as they were good people. There were also ellipsis points, which i checked on and saw that he included 19th-century terms that basically meant communists and fascists and anarchists and such in his list, so i pointed that out. The response? Most in the class had no response (surprise!), and a couple thought it was a really cool idea, but a couple people had comments of the "Of course it's true, but some political affiliations it's easier to be righteous." (And then there were references to abortion--wonder what political affiliation they thought was best?) Yeah, we've got a ways to go before we're ready for Zion, i think. I still remember substitute-teaching a priesthood lesson with the Brigham Young manual. One of the quotes in it said that (paraphrased) it didn’t matter to him whether someone was a Democrat or a Republican, as long as they were good people.

There were also ellipsis points, which i checked on and saw that he included 19th-century terms that basically meant communists and fascists and anarchists and such in his list, so i pointed that out.

The response? Most in the class had no response (surprise!), and a couple thought it was a really cool idea, but a couple people had comments of the “Of course it’s true, but some political affiliations it’s easier to be righteous.” (And then there were references to abortion–wonder what political affiliation they thought was best?)

Yeah, we’ve got a ways to go before we’re ready for Zion, i think.

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