tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post116472138083413363..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The Voice of the People as the Voice of God: Missouri and the Dangers of DemocracyJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1165898223189100282006-12-11T22:37:00.000-06:002006-12-11T22:37:00.000-06:00democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding whats ...democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding whats for lunch, liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the voteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1164767789522078162006-11-28T20:36:00.000-06:002006-11-28T20:36:00.000-06:00But how is that democracy to be implemented? Reme...But how is that democracy to be implemented? Remember the devil's plan to "save" us all--a good thing right? Ah, but he sought to "destroy the agency of man" in doing it. Simply because a man has good intentions does not mean that those intentions are practicable or desirable at a given time.<BR/><BR/>Joseph Smith once wrote to the Abolitionists that "God would carry out his work" in his own time. Unfortunately it took a civil war to do it. Does that mean that the fighters of the U.S. Civil war were "blessed" because they were carrying out God's will? Hardly. I am reminded of Isaiah 7 where he refers to the King of the Assyrians as the axe in the hands of the almighty--unconscious of his role in the plan. Cyrus of Persia is another example.<BR/><BR/>Let us take care not to fall into simplistic dichotomies when in fact the situation on the ground is far more complex, where no answer is a good answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1164743935821897442006-11-28T13:58:00.000-06:002006-11-28T13:58:00.000-06:00I personaly believe that our efforts towards "glob...I personaly believe that our efforts towards "global democracy" are really nothing more than fulfilling god's word that no nation or people should live in bondage and that they cannot be saved in that state. I would also hardly believe that this global work of freeing people is making us poor or hurting our cause.<BR/><BR/>Those of us who support the efforts to destroy tyranny and decry against evil dictators are blessed as a nation- one who serves God by serving his fellow being. The end result of democracy is ultimate freedom and I would hate to see any nation not have that ability.Rob Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266829157497500984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1164742968835342072006-11-28T13:42:00.000-06:002006-11-28T13:42:00.000-06:00A common argument for getting rid of the Electoral...A common argument for getting rid of the Electoral College is that if it is such a good thing, why aren't we promoting it in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in other developing democratic governments? The answer, of course, is that we should promote our democratic republic form of government, since democracy alone simply means that 51% of the people have the right to enslave and confiscate the property of the other 49%.<BR/><BR/>The U.S. government was established to create a constant tug-of-war between the rights of the individual and the rights of society; the rights of the minority and the rights of the majority. A pure democracy concerns itself only with the wishes of the majority, which our Founders understood was just as much tyranny as having an autocratic dictatorship or monarchy.<BR/><BR/>Unpopular religions (i.e. the Mormons in the 19th Century) can only survive in societies that respect the interests of the minority; trying to balance those with the interests of the majority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com