9/11 conspiratorialist Steven Jones on paid leave from BYU
Right on! Jones is an embarrassment to BYU & The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Good riddance.
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deseretnews.com | BYU action on Jones lamented:
PROVO – Leaders of the American Association of University Professors are criticizing Brigham Young University for placing physics professor Steven Jones on paid leave while university administrators conduct a review of his statements and research about the attacks on the World Trade Center. …[more]
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Holy Shnikees!
If the nutjobs are embedded in BYU is there no place in which true academia and the free flow of thought can flourish…
Now I have to homeschool my kid from K- PhD.
Soooo, if Dr. Steven Jones (Vanderbuilt, Stanford, 20 years at BYU, etc.) is such a whackjob, then exactly what conspiracy are we warned against in the Book of Mormon that seeks “to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries” and to bring about “the destruction of all people”? The Mafia? Gangs in L.A.? The Catholic Church? C’mon, get real. Wake up and smell the Postum.
Ether 8
23 Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be.
24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.
25 For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning
Captain Parker, militant Islam is the threat … see my post Pattern of Secret Combinations in the Book of Mormon for details.
THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF LAST POST
There is as much oil in Alaska as Arabia, January 25, 2002
Reviewer: “rce33” (Missoula, Montana United States) – See all my reviews
Although dated, having been written in the early 70’s, the testimony of Rev. Lindsay is valuable. The author is a simple, but Godly man who only states what he saw, and came to the obvious conclusions. It is amazing how brainwashed people are that they revile anyone who speaks the truth. Those people who doubt Rev. Lindsay need to open their hearts and minds and investigate more on the matter. Rev. Lindsay, Chaplin on the Prudhoe Bay Pipeline, the largest construction project in history to that time, having executive status, was present at the discovery of an oil field below Gull Island the size of the Prudhoe Bay pool. The gov’t forced the oil companies to keep quiet or else they’d shut them down with over regulation. Rev. Lindsay saw the gusher come in and was there when the test results came in. We need to stop financing the Arab weapons programs against us and utilize our own abundant resources. The executive of the oil company at Gull Island told the pastor that there are many pools of oil like that at Prudhoe Bay under Alaska, but that the government won’t let them be touched. Consistent with Lindsay’s experience, I personally know of a deposit of oil in northwest Montana that is being concealed from the public. This is a good book for those investigating the international banking conspiracy.
As one can see there may be more to the oil crisis we face in the world today. The Internationalists use the oil issue to implement more controls and set more precedents as was done with the intentional disregard or negligence during the” Katrina Catastrophe”. Posse Comitatus was overturned during the crisis. A shoot to kill policy was put in place and the confiscation of guns was implemented even from the law abiding citizens. Thereafter, more government programs were instituted. To this day 6,000 people are still unaccounted for due to the “Katrina Catastrophe.” All of this, a means to an end, just as the ugly specter of war is put into place for the creation of change—world government is the ultimate goal in the guise of making the world a safer place. Everything is done for our own safety and more precisely to bolster the power of those who have power.
With the study of human nature and to quote Lord Acton, that “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” reveals that all is not done for our own well being or safety. The true reason is as Moroni warned which is to get power…” to gain power, and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie and to commit all manner of wickedness and whoredoms.” (Ether 8:16) This murder and plunder is perpetuated in the guise of national security and done through National Security Council Resolutions. U.N. authority makes for a quasi world government which is egregiously out of step with our God inspired Constitution. For us to be involved with it is unconstitutional.
Benson points out that the communist/globalist use the UN so that countries …”would be forced into liberation. The ancient doctrines of conspiratorial collectivism came forth masquerading as democracy.” Further, he discusses” the manipulation of he masses under the guise of “democracy” was becoming a mature science. Under Rousseau’s ‘general will’ one was not free if didn’t agree with ‘general will.’” Benson, too tells us how …”the world has been bathed in the blood of countless victims, and millions of people suffer under the yoke of dictatorship and totalitarianism in the name of “democracy” and “equality.” (Benson, An Enemy Hath Done This, pp 124-26)
Any serious student of the U.N. will find that its charters are nothing to beholden for a country based upon principles of freedom. The U.N. Charter is based upon tyranny in the guise of peace and goodwill and for the goal of a “One World Government.”
Kah, explains in “En Route to Global Occupation”, that in order for humanity to arrive at World Government they first have to be convinced that such a body is essential. Certain conditions have to be created so that people will capitulate to such as the only alternative. He said, “If the people of the world could somehow only be convinced that nations were responsible for war and that peace could only be achieved if nationalism were eliminated, then perhaps humanity would finally arrive at a point of accepting a One World Authority.” He then discusses the sinister plan to reach such a conclusion. He says, “wars had to he created, sparked and fanned into existence by acts of terrorism and military aggression”. Virtually the whole world would be affected by the armed conflict and violence, and weapons and conflicts had to be supplied by someone (p.118).
Kah is not telling this to us after terrorism became a paramount issue in the world. He wrote these warnings in 1992. One year before the first “Trade Center” bombing and four before the Oklahoma City bombing. Of course terrorism has been around since Cain and is not new; however it has become paramount on the world stage for marked change to slide us into the New World Order.
Georg Hegel who influenced Marx, the Illuminati and other tyrants “believed war kept government strong” and he is famous for the idea that, “the state is God.” Being that there are many who espoused the notion that “the state is superior to the individual,” it is not too difficult to realize where Prussian and Nazi militarism emanated (Globalism, Americas Demise, pp. 97-98).
War and terrorism keep the masses in a constant state of fear and agitation, thus disengaging the ability to think rationally. Too, it creates a stir of blind patriotism and a fanaticism in favor of government decrees no matter how despotic. The same tactics were used in Nazi Germany to facilitate its existence. The Nazis were able to thrive due to the fear of the unknown, terrorism, real and fabricated by Hitler, juxtaposed with severe economic instability and Communist Jews vying for power.
Like men and women in a town stricken by an earthquake, millions of Germans saw the apparently solid framework of their existence cracking and crumbling. In such circumstances men are no longer amenable to the arguments of reason. In such circumstances men entertain fantastic fears, extravagant hatreds, and extravagant hopes. In such circumstances the extravagant demagogy of Hitler began to attract a mass following as it had never done before (Hitler, A Study in Tyranny, p. 153).
MIND CONTROL
It is more effective to manage society by mind control than by physical coercion. The events of 9-11 and the “war on terror” mostly are exercises in mass brainwashing.
German psychiatrist Kurt Lewin, who became director of the elite-sponsored Tavistock Institute in 1932, developed the thinking behind 9-11. In the book /”Mind Control World Control”/ (1997) Jim Keith writes:
Lewin is credited with much of the original Tavistock research into mass brainwashing applying the results of repeated trauma and torture [of individuals] in mind control to society at large. If terror can be induced on a widespread basis into a society, Lewin has stated, then society reverts to a tabula rasa, a blank slate, a situation where control can easily be instituted from an external point. “Put another way: By the creation of controlled chaos, the populace can be brought to the point where it willingly submits to greater control. Lewin maintained that society must be driven into a state equivalent to an ‘early childhood situation.’ He termed this societal chaos ‘fluidity.’ (p. 44)
Keith cites another Tavistock researcher Dr. William Sargent author of “Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brain-Washing” (1957): “Various types of beliefs can be implanted after brain function has been sufficiently disturbed by …deliberately induced fear, anger or excitement.” (p.48)
Now some may wonder about our present situation. Economic crisis and fear were heaved upon us right after 9/11. Anthrax was sent around the country in envelopes which turned out to be “weapons grade.”(which was tracked back to an Army Depot) The stock market crashed to new lows. We were told we had been attacked by terrorists.
We were told this was an act of war. (Many eminent scientists, one being Physics Professor, Steven Jones of BYU; public figures, former author of Reaganomics, Paul Craig Roberts; Dr. Robert M. Bowman, Lt Col, USAF, flew 101 combat missions over Vietnam, former head of the Star Wars Program, and many other reputable people from all segments of society dispute the official government version and cover-up of 9/11) A crisis was created and the solution was government controls and loss of freedoms, expanding bureaucracy, deficit spending, and as Joseph Smith said “galvanic cronies” siphoning money from the treasury, through treasonous war profiteering and manipulation of the oil supply which equates to higher and record profits.
The Prophet also mentioned the “circumvention of the Constitution”, which is exactly what is happening today. Due process of law is thrown out the window as Joseph prophesied. In an article from USA Today, 13 September 2005 we learn of the implications of the war on terror and its demand upon our freedoms:
Shocking Ruling. Jose Padilla, who was born in New York and grew up in Chicago, landed in O’Hare airport more than three years ago and hasn’t been seen since. He disappeared into a succession of jails and military prisons without being charged with a crime, without trial and without even a hearing the allegations against him.
In a ruling that puts the liberties of every citizen at risk, a federal appeals court said Friday there’s nothing wrong with that.
Worse, the ruling—expected to be appealed—isn’t limited to O’Hare airport or to Padilla.
The court said Congress has given the president authority to order the jailing of anyone anywhere for as long as he wishes, as long as he claims it’s connected to the war on terrorism.
That sounds more like the power accorded a dictator than the president of the United States. Repeal of the Constitutions Fourth, Fifth and Sixth amendments wasn’t part of the package when Congress passed that anti-terrorism resolution after the 9/11 attacks.
Padilla might be a threat. In the government’s shifting reasons for holding him, he has been accused at various times of plotting to set off a radio active “dirty bomb,” scheming to blow up apartment buildings or, most recently and vaguely, fighting against U.S. forces in Afghanistan. If the government has a case against Padilla, he should be indicted and put on trial. But Padilla, a U.S. citizen arrested on U.S. soil, can be held indefinitely without being charged, then no one’s liberty is secure. (USA Today, 13 September, 2005)
Not too long ago after receiving significant pressure from certain groups, Padilla was indicted, but not on the charged that was originally intended due to lack of evidence.
The people we uphold and support are doing what has been prophesied. These are the men who say “God Bless America” after speeches and democracy and freedom is on the march. They can’t possibly be evil. They tell us what we want to hear so why should I be upset. We can’t be negative. Stay positive because our troops will loose faith. We are put into a horrible position because our friends, neighbors and family are being used as pawns in this warmongering prophesied by many. We must “keep the faith” they tell us.
Where is our faith? Is it in the first “Patriot Act” passed after the Oklahoma City bombing? Of course this was to protect us. Major gun legislation was enacted by Bushes cohort and Globalist Bill Clinton. The “Omnibus Terrorist Act” was brought forth which gave the President quasi dictatorial powers in naming people or organizations arbitrarily who he deemed to be tied to terrorism and thereafter able to arrest them without constitutional guarantees.
The second “Patriot Act” brought about right after 9/11(over 2000 pages) was thrust upon us without congress having a copy to read. This draconian legislation virtually shreds the Bill of Rights, just as Joseph Smith warned. Our right to privacy is virtually non-existent so when or if people ever do try to rise up against tyranny it is so much easier for them to crush it. The spying taking place without 4th Amendment guarantees creates a police state. The reason, it is said, is to root out terrorism. Moreover, we are told the war on terrorism could last indefinitely, which means our God inspired Constitution is in grave danger of being lost forever. Notwithstanding, some in government wanted to make the Patriot Act permanent.
Ezra T. Benson once said, “There is never any excuse that can compensate for the loss of liberty.” Moreover, he declared, “We Americans have strayed far from sound principles—morally, constitutionally, and historically. It has been getting us into a quagmire of trouble all over the world, and especially here at home” (Benson, An Enemy Hath Done This, pp xiv, 34).
President Benson and others have shown that circumventing the Constitution in order to have security is dangerous and “is one of the most serious mistakes a President could make.” Moreover, he said “we seem oblivious to the causes of the rise an fall of nations. We are blind to the hard fact that nations usually sow the seeds of their destruction while enjoying unprecedented prosperity.” (Benson, An Enemy Hath Done This, p.50)
Alan Bullock, in his book, “Hitler, A Study in Tyranny” showed that Adolf Hitler’s use of the “Enabling Act” for the protection and security of German citizenry was more accurately to subjugate and gain control of a once free German people. (p.254)
Now with all the new government agencies created, wars which are killing our economy and our sons and daughters, we are spending ourselves into oblivion and increasing the debt which is already around eight trillion dollars. Our economy cannot handle this without collapsing. Deficit spending creates inflation and devaluation of the dollar. Nevertheless, this is exactly what they want. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have even gone as far as to sell the dollar short in the currency market, somehow knowing what may happen. These are the very things Joseph Smith warned about in 1844.
Thomas Jefferson once said while president of the United States:
I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against any form of tyranny over the mind of man. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must take our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labors and our amusements. (Benson, The Red Carpet, p.91)
Bower and Bower stated, “Although education has been the vehicle to humanize, socialize, and communize us, the complete take over will come through an economic catastrophe” (Globalism, Americas Demise, p 125).
Ezra Taft Benson said, “It is even possible that some of the government manipulators who have brought us into this economic crisis are hoping that in panic, we, the American people, literally will plead with them to take our liberties in exchange for the false promise of security” (An Enemy Hath Done This, p. 221).
Kah, in 1992 warned, “unlike the previous world wars in which Germany was the main instigator, the worlds next major conflicts will undoubtedly be sparked by the hotbed of tensions surrounding the Middle East, if not Iraq a second time, them perhaps Iran or Syria” (Kah, En Route To Global Occupation, p.142).
This is happening at this moment. We are now planning to attack Iran and of course they fabricate very compelling arguments to do such and even foment and stir the Muslims up to anger on purpose, just like some of the wicked Nephites did amongst the Lamanites and all this done for personal gain.
What is it going to take for us to come out of our slumber, another Terrorist attack but more spectacular and macabre than the last? The mantra is,” it is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when.” And why is that? It is because they are the ones behind it all. They are the ones who seek “power to gain power and to murder and to plunder and to lie…” spoken of in the Book of Mormon and by virtually every latter day prophet (Ether 8:16).
What are we doing today to combat theses secret combinations in our midst? Not a whole lot. We want security more than freedom. President Benson says, Greece fell because “a slackness and softness finally overcame them to their ruin. In the end more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security, a comfortable life and they lost all, security, comfort and freedom (Benson, An Enemy Hath Done This, p.51).
Too, he quotes Will Durant’s book Caesar and Christ, in summarizing the causes of the destruction of the Roman Empire, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome’s decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade ( U.S. trade deficit, $805 billion as of March 16, 2006, USA Today) her bureaucratic despotism(states not complying with Federal tyranny are blackmailed with funding cutes or being fined like Arizona’s Education System right now) stifling taxes, her consuming wars (this speaks for itself)…” (P. x)
“Relative to those who sit by idly pertaining to our decline and loss of freedom”, Benson says, “Any Christian constitutionalist who retreats from this battle jeopardizes his life here and hereafter. Seldom has so much responsibility hung on so few, so heavily… (p.60)
Many of us seem to disregard pronouncements made regarding freedom if it does not come from the mouth of the Republican Party. This is part of the great deception. We may tend to believe more of what “our” ideology propounds more than the other camp even if the Democrats tell the truth at times. If the powers directing this country want part of it to eschew a certain policy, they have Ted Kennedy promulgate it. Even though the principle may be right we repudiate the notion because of the source. What is most crucial to understand is this; that both parties have been infiltrated by the Globalists, Communists or whatever name one would attach to them. In researching the goals of the Communists I found with irrefutable evidence that one of their goals was to infiltrate both political parties. Recorded in Congress are the 45 goals of the communist for the take over of this country.
The Congressional record on January 10, 1963, in the House of Representatives, states as goal 15 to “Capture one or both of the political parties.” Of the 45 goals most of them have come to fruition. And both political parties have aided and abetted such. Number 6 states, “provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.” All through the Cold War, Vietnam and Korean wars, we shipped aid in both commodities and dollars to these anti-God anti-freedom loving countries. During the Vietnam War we sent aid to Poland while at the same time they sent shipments of arms to kill our boys. When Gorbachev was declaring so called Glasnost and Perestroika the Soviets received billions in aid. There is “the rest of the story” as Paul Harvey says when talking about Perestroika or the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Anatoliy Golitsyn, former KGB who defected in 1961, wrote “The Perestroika Deception” and predicted with 94 percent accuracy in his 1984 book “New Lies for Old” about the fall of the USSR. To summarize he warned that it was a ruse of enormous proportions (The Soviet Collapse). He shows in his documentation the plans for restructuring was not a 1985 Gorbachev invention but meticulously planned in 1958-60. He talks about fake democratization and strategic disinformation. That democratization is false is confirmed by Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian president and a long time Western friend. As late as 1993, he admitted that elections do not equal democracy. Golitsyn further talks about “manipulation in the media and the destabilization of society through corruption.” Moreover, the Christian religion had to be secularized, and culture and morals corrupted for the revolution to be achieved peaceably. He also discusses the infiltration of the American churches. That agents were sent to seminaries and joined various sects to be influential and help promote disarmament and more control to the UN. These are goals of the Globalists and the Communist which are one in the same.
Another Communist goal is “grant recognition to Red China, and admission to the UN”. Both parties have facilitated this. Number 17 is to get control of the schools and use them for propaganda. Globalism, socialism, and humanism have so heavily been taught and promoted. We are no longer taught the eternal principles of our Founding Fathers, Duty to God and Country as They intended for our protection. Instead we learn what that means from the Globalist leaders. We think it only logical that all countries are interdependent economically and eventually politically and all for the “New Order”. We must become world citizens like Weishaupt called himself as well as Rockefeller. And that leads us to goal 37 which is to “infiltrate and gain control of big business”(heavily bought up by Globalists), which leads to goal 4 which states, “permit free trade between all nations regardless of communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could used for war.” NAFTA, (Kissinger said, “NAFTA is a major stepping stone to the New World Order,” while promoting this destructive device) CAFTA, GATT, WTO, such trade organizations have been promoted by both political parties.
“To the communist high command every act of ‘trade’ is part of a pattern of war strategy. Every act, as they have stated, is intended to weaken or destroy the enemy—meaning us”, says noted writer and economist Lawrence Fertig. Moreover, the communist strategy is to so weaken us economically that they will not only destroy international confidence in us, but weaken our own will to resist what they are so fond of calling the wave of the future. (Benson, The Red Carpet, pp.22, 230)
These are just a few of the many diabolical aims of the Globalist/Communist. These Trade Agreements are designed to cripple our economy. One has to merely watch the news to see it happening before our eyes. Many nations are trying to get away from the dollar and use the Euro or buy tangible assets in lieu of American debt.
Others goals include internationalizing the Panama Canal (Communist China runs both ends of it), promoting pornography, destroying the family, and making homosexuality a normal part of society, secularizing Christianity (ACLU and the Courts are doing a great job of this); Getting control of Hollywood and the media was part of their goals. Observe the sitcoms and movies these movers and shakers of the secret societies are promoting so heavily.(Broke Back Mountain, Will and Grace) The programs and agendas are designed to further the decay of our society, occupy us with sordid entertainment and put us to sleep so as not to notice our freedoms being eroded. (Congressional Record U.S. House of Representatives, January 10, 1963—Appendix, pp A34-A35)
Dimitry Z. Manuilsky stated in a lecture at the Lenin School on Political Warfare in Moscow, 1931:
Today, of course we are not strong enough to attack…to win we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtones and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction…(Cleon Skousen, The Naked Communist, p.293)
The Communist and or Internationalist have done a brilliant job of pulling the wool tightly over our eyes. They have infiltrated the Democrats first and now the Republicans.
President Benson said regarding the complicity of both parties in taking away our freedoms,” The facts are clear, the problem centers in Washington DC, and this applies to the administration of both political parties. And in the words of James Madison, ‘Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people, by gradual and silent encroachments, by those in power, than by sudden and violent usurpations.”(An Enemy Hath Done This, p. 6; Elliot’s Debates 3:87; Prophets, Principles and National Survival, p.104)
President Benson also talks about the U.N. and it being the means for leading us into a single global government. He states, “Even the best of men could get caught up in the inevitable struggle for world power, and finally, the whole planet would be subject to an unchangeable dictatorship of the few over the many. True, such a development conceivably might not materialize for years, but it would materialize. The only legitimate question open to speculation is how soon” (An Enemy Hath Done This, p.178). In addition he says, “The UN concept is one of unlimited government power with virtually no meaningful restraints to protect individual liberty” (p. 204)
President Benson too discusses the deceit and duplicity used by the Globalist. He states that “he doesn’t always deal in totally black instrumentalities—especially when he is trying to come to power. He must deceive. He must produce counterfeits. He must be willing to take one step backward, especially when it pacifies people about his past advances and makes it easier for him to take his next two steps forward (p.338). I.e. the dissolution of the USSR this markedly decreased our vigilance.
Quoting J. Reuben Clark Jr., Benson says, “We are in the midst of the greatest exhibition of propaganda that the world has ever seen.” President Benson then gives the caveat, “Don’t believe all you hear” (p.286). Moreover, the late prophet says, “There is no guarantee that the devil will not deceive a lot of men who hold the priesthood” (p.291)
Nesta Webster in her book, “Secret Societies and Subversive Movements”, 1924, says, “for behind the concrete forces of revolution…beyond that invisible secret circle which perhaps directs them all, is there yet another force, still more potent, that must be taken into account? In looking back over the centuries at the dark episodes that have marked history of the human race from its earliest origins, [there are]—strange and horrible cults, waves of witchcraft, blasphemies, at work in the world? Individuals, sects, or races bred with the desire of world domination, have provided the fighting forces of destruction, but behind them are veritable powers and darkness in eternal conflict with the powers of light” (pp 405-406).
Regarding Communisms growth or our move to globalism Benson says,” for the sad truth is that communism would be insignificant in our country and the world were it not for consistent and persistent help which it is continuing to receive from right within our own government” (An Enemy Hath Done This, p 333).
We are a “sleeping and apathetic people”, says David O. McKay. Things regarding our apathy haven’t changed a whole lot. In addition to that President Benson stated, “if America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute he flag, sing the national anthem, march patriotic parades, cheer fourth of July speakers—normally good Americans, but Americans who fail to comprehend what is required to keep our country strong and free, Americans who have been lulled away into a false security (p. 6).
President Benson quotes John A. Widtsoe:
The trouble of the world may largely be laid at the door of those who are neither hot nor cold, who always follow the path of least resistance. Whose timid hearts flutter at taking sides for the truth as in the great council in Heaven, so in the Church of Christ on earth, there can be no neutrality” (Prophets, Principles and National Survival, p. 440).
Moreover, Ezra Taft Benson, states regarding the Constitution…”we have a divine mandate to preserve it. But, unfortunately, today in this freedom struggle many gentiles are showing greater wisdom in their generation than the children of light” (p.227). Alex Jones with his websites Infowars.com and PrisonPlanet.com is a good example of a gentile showing greater wisdom in our day.
“And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, and they will say: All is well in Zion: yea Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them carefully down to hell.” (2 NE. 28:21) Is this what we believe because the Republicans control virtually all phases of government?
Further Benson explains that we as members need to …”stand up for their peculiar standards and doctrine…” However he mentions something even more critical to protect…the more weighty principles such as the principles of freedom.” In the pre-existence many of our brothers and sisters lost their first estate for being in…”opposition to the weightier principles of freedom…”
About the idea of persecution he declares that “we need not solicit persecution…but too, we should not …remain silent in the presence of overwhelming evils, for this makes cowards of men.” (p. 282).
“There were men at Valley Forge who weren’t sure how the revolution would end, but they were in a much better position to save their own souls and their county than those timid men whose concern was deciding which side was going to win, or how to avoid controversy. The only questions before the final victory, are first, “what stand will each of take in this struggle?” and second, how much tragedy can be avoided by doing something now” (p, 61).
President Benson makes an appeal to us by saying, “Take that long eternal look. Stand up for freedom no matter what the cost. It can help to save your soul—and maybe your country…the days ahead are sobering and challenging and will demand faith, prayers and loyalty of every American. May God give us the wisdom to recognize the dangers of complacency, the threat to our freedom and the strength to meet this danger courageously… (p. 45).
Individual citizens must stand up and assume more than their share of responsibility. The speaker’s platform and distribution of literature, study clubs, home discussions—all must be pressed into service. All of us should read “Communist Revolution in the Streets”, by Gary Allen, with an introduction by Cleon Skousen. (p.199)
Lastly President Benson lists the sophistry Satan uses to keep us from getting involved in this fight for freedom. He says “the devil has concentrated, and to a large extent successfully, in neutralizing much of the priesthood. He has reduced them to sleeping giants. His arguments are cleaver.” Here are a few examples:
First: “We really haven’t received much instruction about freedom”, the devil says. This is a lie, for we have been warned time and time again. No prophet of the Lord has ever issued solemn warning than President David O. McKay. Last conference I spoke of a book embodying much of the prophets’
warnings on freedom, from Joseph Smith to David O. McKay, which I commend to you. It is entitled Prophets, Principles and National Survival.
Second: “You’re too involved in other Church work,” says the devil. But freedom is a weighty matter of the law; the lesser principles of the gospel you keep not leave this one undone. We may have to balance and manage our time better. Your other church work will be limited once your freedom is gone…
Third: “You want to be loved by everyone,” says the devil, “and this freedom battle is so controversial you might be accused of engaging in politics.” Of course the government has penetrated so much of our lives that one can hardly speak for freedom without being accused of being political. Some might even call the war in heaven a political struggle—certainly it was controversial. Yet the valiant entered it with Michael. Those who support only the popular principles of the gospel have their reward. And those who want to lead the quiet, retiring life but still expect to do their full duty can’t have it both ways.
Fourth: “Wait until it becomes popular to do,” says the devil, “or, at least until everybody in the Church agrees on what should be done.” But this fight for freedom might never become popular in our day. And if you wait until everybody agrees in this Church, you will be waiting through the second coming of the Lord. Would you have hesitated to follow the inspired counsel of the Prophet Joseph Smith simply because some weak men disagreed with him? God’s living mouthpiece has spoken to us—are we for him or against him? In spite of the Prophet’s opposition to increased federal aid and compulsory unionism, some Church members still champion theses freedom-destroying programs. Where do you stand?
Fifth: “It might hurt your business or your family,” says the devil, “and besides why not let the gentiles save the country? They aren’t as busy as you are.” Well, there were many businessmen who went along with Hitler because it supposedly helped their business. They lost everything. Many of us are here today because our forefathers loved the truth enough that they fought at Valley Forge or crossed the plains in spite of the price it cost them or their families. We had better take our small pain now than our greater loss later. There were souls who wished afterwards that they had stood and fought with Washington and the founding fathers, but they waited too long—they passed up eternal glory. There has never been a greater time than now to stand up against [entrenched] evil. And while the gentiles established the Constitution, we have a divine mandate to preserve it. But unfortunately, today in this freedom struggle many gentiles are showing greater wisdom in their generation than the children of light.
Sixth: “Don’t worry,” says the devil, “the Lord will protect you, and besides, the world is so corrupt and heading toward destruction at such a pace that you can’t stop it, so why try.” Well, to begin with, the Lord will not protect us unless we do our part. This devilish tactic of persuading people not to get concerned because the Lord will protect them no matter what they do is exposed in the Book of Mormon. Referring to the devil, it says, “And others will he pacify, and lull them into carnal security, and they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.” (2 Nephi 28:21).
I like that word “carefully.” In other words, don’t shake them, you might awake them. But the Book of Mormon warns us that when we should see these murderous conspiracies in our midst that we should awake to our awful situation. Now why should we awake if the Lord is going to take care of us anyway? Now let us suppose that it is too late to save freedom. It is still accounted unto us for righteousness’ sake to stand up and fight. Some Book of Mormon prophets knew of the final desolate end of their nations, but they still fought on, and they saved some souls including their own by doing so. For, after all, the purpose of life is to prove ourselves and the final victory will be for freedom.
The longer we wait, the heavier the chains, the deeper the blood, the more the persecution, and the less we can carry out our God-given mandate and world-wide mission. The war in heaven is raging on earth today. Are you being neutralized? (Ezra T. Benson, An Enemy Hath Done This, pp 275-79)
Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;
For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves… (D&C 58:27-28)
My father, Richard Vetterli, former poly sci professor at BYU would be rolling over in his grave if he knew his greatest fears were coming true. His life passion was to bring light to the evils of the UN and the destruction of the Constitution. I don’t think even he suspected things would have moved so quickly with so many civil liberties now gone post 9/11. We need to become more politically active and not stand idle when we have lost Habeus Corpus, Posse comitatus….we should not rest until the “Patriot Act” is repealed. Can you imagine that our fundamental right to due process is now gone if we’re suspected of terrorism? That our military now can work with the police to fight against Americans? When my father wrote “Constitution by a Thread” he was warning us about what is happening now. The church should not take a stance regarding whether 9/11 was an inside job or not. If it was meant to be a “False Flag” attack….it sure as hell worked!
Amy, I was a student of your father at BYU from 1990-1992 – truly a great man, from whom I learned so much about the Constitution and its foundings. I think of him often as the Constitution is daily degraded and misinterpreted.
What’s really funny about Jones’ situation is that there are plenty of people out there who want to latch on to his view of 9/11 being an “inside job”, but who can’t quite make the leap and use his words to bolster their viewpoint because his take on Christ visiting the Americas 2000 years ago is ‘an embarrassment’ to them.
Nutcake indeed, hmmm?
I just want to say that I agree about all this conspiracy in the United States. It is happening. I don’t know why we keep arguing back and forth though. Some people keep quoting President Benson to prove that the people quoting President Hinkley are wrong, and others quoting President Hinkley to prove the Benson quoters wrong. They are both modern day prophets. Yes President Hinkley is the current Prophet, but that doesn’t make Bensons teachings void. I don’t know what is up with 9/11. Something deffinately smells fishy, but President Hinkley said to stand with the president of our country. So I went to bed last night wondering what to do with all this information. How can it all be true. I was talking with my husband this morning about it. In the Book of Mormon in the days of King Noah. there was a time when Gideon was about to kill King Noah but then Noah saw that the Lamanites were upon them. Gideon didn’t kill Noah because he knew that they needed to defend themselves and the people would be ununited and in a state of confusion if the King was dead. He didn’t suddenly agree with King Noah, but he did recognize the need to work with him. Also at another point in the Book of Mormon there were two groups among the Nephites. The freemen and the Kingmen. The people were at war with eachother and were thus unable to work together to defend themselves against the Lamanites. They needed to be united and work together in order to maintain their freedom. Maybe it is the same type of situation now. We have to stand up and defend our country. The fact is we are at war weather it was a setup or not. I don’t know. Maybe the government knew that the terrorists were going to attack and allowed it so they could use the situation to their advantage. Maybe not. If the govt. only allowed it and didn’t initiate it in the first place then we would still have a real threat from the terrorists. Maybe that is part of the government conspiracy. I don’t know, but it would support both Benson and Hinkley. It deffinately appears that the government had something to do with the attacks. Maybe the terrorists are also a part of this whole conspiracy for one world government. Maybe the United States government and the Terrorists and other groups are all part of the same big secret combination. I’m still just trying to figure out what to do with the information given to us from President Benson and the fact that President Hinkley said to stand with the president of our nation. We can’t say that Hinkley is right and Benson wrong, and we also can’t say that Benson is right and Hinkley is wrong. They are both modern day prophets. Truth is truth and it doesn’t change from prophet to prophet. We can’t accept one and discount the other. We have to accept them both and figure out what that means.
One other thing I have to say. The church doesn’t tell us where to stand on political issues. I bet if a BYU professor stood up and taught his class that they should all vote republican, he would probably be put on paid leave, because he shouldn’t use his position as a BYU professor to influence people on how to vote. It doesn’t mean that the church would be against the republican party, or the democratic party. Maybe Steve Jones was removed temporarily so the school could investigate weather Steve Jones was telling his students where to stand politically. Maybe the school doesn’t directly agree or disagree with Steve Jones, and they are just trying to protect the students freedom to vote or believe how they feel is right instead of being told what to believe. Just because BYU removed him that doesn’t mean the school disagrees with his views.
Jesus Christ save us. The masses are brainwahed into thinking…”How could the government do such a thing.” Well, that’s not a good enough response. Look at the facts and the science of 911. Jet Fuel burns at 900 degrees Fahrenheit, steel needs to be 2000 degrees to weaken. What about WTC 7. No jet fuel in that building, yet it came down. You people honestly think that a Physics professor is lying??? You people are dumber than you sound. I will pray for you, that the truth can be revealed.
Amen, Silent Minority.
Here’s another interesting fact: none of the names on the original passenger manifests for the hijacked flights on September 11th were Arab. An article in the Sierra times outlines how the autopsy list for flight 77, which was obtained after a FOIA request, does not contain any Arab names. See link here: http://www.sierratimes.com/03/07/02/article_tro.htm
So the government expects us to believe that the terrorists didn’t use Arab aliases to get on flight 77 and somehow managed to avoid being autopsied after the crash occurred. Those Jihadists are good!!!
The problem with arguing with a fool is that a passerby may not be able to tell which is which. I have several experiences that allow me to understand how a building can fall. I was in the Feb 1971 quake in Sylmar, CA and saw the results of the veterans hospital that “pancaked”. Once a building begins to compress, a chain reaction will bring rapid collapse both above and below the original motion. As far as temperature flash points of different fuels, all bets are off when oxygen is infused. My father was a welder and he taught me that anything will virtually explode when oxygen is added. The building became a vertical firestorm and required very little movement to start the pancake action. I knew in an instant when I first saw the crash that vertical collapse was inevitable.
I really believe there is a conspiracy, but the collapse of those three buildings was not caused by planted explosive charges.
In 1975 a fire occurred on the 11th floor of WTC north tower. The fire burned longer and hotter than either of the fires on 9/11 and it spread to multiple floors. Almost the entire weight of the building was above a fire that burned a lot longer than either of the towers did on 9/11, yet there was no collapse, not even a mention of weakening of the structural steel, and I repeat, the building didn’t collapse. It is interesting Leon, that you say a collapse was inevitable since the engineers who constructed the towers were both very suprised that they collapsed on 9/11. Do you have some expertise in structural engineering or demolition that you are not sharing? See link for article discussing the 1975 fire: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/wtc_1975_fire.html
Goodman, what unmittigated bunk! Your father is a welder and therefore an expert and that is that, huh? Do your research and you’ll find there are many who witnessed explosions going off in the buildings. The seven lower levels were detonated. The janitor, William Rodriquez, who saved many on that fateful day, testified to the explosions and rescued a man badly burned from the explosives ( 9/11 Commsions Report somehow found it not important to publish). These explosions were going off before the building began to fall. The fires in the building weren’t that bad. The firefighters even believed they could save the buildings.
There is footage of people waving at helicopters from the hole made by the airplane. If these buildings were so hot, this would have been impossible. Their flesh would have melted off their bones.
Too, I watched a TV documentary on 9/11 about a man who saw one of the planes coming at his office in one of the towers. He hid under his desk and survived. A man found him behind rubble and they both made their jouney down the tower. If the heat from that explosion was so hot to collapse the tower how did this guy survive?
Most of the explosion blast exited the building….
These buildings were demolished by very expert people. Some demolition experts have said it was the most beautiful demolition job they have ever witnessed.
People stop listening to the Joseph Goebbels propaganda in the Media. There is a lot of disinformation to sift through; be diligent and do thorough research and come to the truth. This 9/11 thing is the catalyst to start tyranny and oppression. It’s all for our safety so don’t worry. Isn’t that what lucifer promised everyone before we came to the earth?
I have spent my much of my adult life searching for the “truth” with regards to my stewardship as a free citizen of these United States. I have spent many hundreds of hours studying and researching things realating to governments and realated organizations past and present. Save yourself a lot of time and read the entire essay posted above by D. Lamb. It may be difficult to follow for the uninitiated, mainly due that it briefly touches on so many vast topics. If however, you really need to spend your precious life pouring over some of the most boring material you will ever encounter to believe, be my guest. If you want the short version of all that is going on with the devil’s kingdom here on earth, D Lamb is spot on.
If you would like to remain blissfully unaware some of the most horrifying and perposterous of man’s doings on the earth, please seek no further. Honestly, it’s a great burden to understand the “truth,” knowing that most of those closest to you will not care to know these things, will not help you in waging war against them, and will not even want you to mention anything whatsoever about the topic.
I am not certain wether I have wasted my time in this persuit, yet I can’t deny what I know. I believe that the tools, machinery, and organization of the beast as spoke of in Revelations is nearing it’s apex. At any time, there will be a catalyst event greater than 911 that will bring the world to it’s knees. Consider for a moment the possible outcome of a single nuclear device detonating in N.Y., L.A., or Washington. Even with minimal casualties, an event like this would have far reaching phsycological, economic, and geopolitical effects. Already our economy is near ruin. If it weren’t for the overinflated housing prices all around the country that continue to fund so-called economic expansion we would certainly have gone into depression. Not to mention, the ever expending money supply, foriegn nations buying our debt, and increases in productivity through asian slave labor and technology have stayed the hand of an inevetible collapse.
All I can say is prepare with haste, both spiritually and temporally. I think we have very few years left before the time of great turbulation begins.
I’ll fight alongside you M. Conder but, alas, you are correct that most Americans do not care to hear anything even approaching the truth. We had been manipulated too long by powers most of us can’t even conceive of. We are on the brink of financial catastrophe and this has been purposefully orchestrated, just as the events of 9/11 were orchestrated by our own government.
Many people react to 9/11 conspiracies like women sometimes react when their husband is accused of molesting children. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, these women insist that their husband is innocent because he was “too good a man” to do anything like that. Our government has purposefully manipulated our citizens so they think like that: too fearful of looking at wrongdoings of the government, because, after all, the governemnt is our provider, our sugardaddy.
The Proclaimation to the World is perfectly clear about a man’s responsibility to his family: he is to be a provider and a protector. Those men who refuse to honestly investigate the wrongdoings of the government and create a plan to protect and defend their families from the coming crises have ceded their responsiblities as men, fathers and priesthood holders. These men have allowed themselves to be turned into dependant women by an overbearing government.
I have a copy of ‘None Dare Call It Conspiracy’ and on the back is a quote by Ezra Taft Benson that says that every American should read this book. This book was written in 1971 and outlines the plan to convert a free America to a Fascist/Communist America. This book talks about how what they call the ‘insiders’ use fear and terror to coerce people into relinquishing their liberties. This allows them to gain more power and wealth. Back then it was the cold war and today it is the ‘War on Terror’. We are in the final phases. ‘The War on Terror’ is a fabrication that has been created to launch them into the final phase of Fascist/Communist America. This is a call to all lovers of liberty and life to fight them!
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/ArticleDisplay.php?Article=NoneDareAck
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/ArticleDisplay.php?Article=NoneDare01#Hidden
VOTE RON PAUL 2008
Hi it is time to stop debating we need to be activly engaged in overturning the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 That is what we need to do……
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