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01. Who do you have on speed dial? Music? Family and close work colleagues Popular 02. How many people live in your house? Currently 2 03. What's the most bizarre thing you've ever eaten? Fox 04. When was the last time you cried tears of joy? (secretly) watching my laugh and enjoy "Mirror, Mirror" 05. What's the longest trip (travel time in one shot) that you've ever gone on? San Fran to Korea 06. Who is the last person you had a disagreement with? Myself 07. How would you describe yourself in one word? Persevering. How many friends do you have on Facebook? 33 09. How tall are you? 6 foot 10. What would you do with a pot of unlimited gold? Reform public education

I am sure Peggy correctly quoted her, that only questions about her relationship to Jesus were asked, nothing about the book or her teachings.

She told Slack that she was only asked about her relationship to the Savior. If that is enough for the file leadership involved, then that should be enough for anybody else.

I can concede the bigness of the "if" even I have faith in it. The issue comes back, I believe, to Civic Virtue. If the citizens are properly educated and motivated, they will make the right decisions in their legislators. But, in a caucus state like Utah, the citizens wrongly (in my opinion) permit a caucus system that appears to appeal to the extremes on either end rather than have to get out and force a more centrist and common approach in a primary.

Thanks, Just_A_Guy, for your insightful comments. We live in a secular government, governed by a secular Constitution, though church members believe it and the founders to be inspired by God. Thus, within the Constitutional standards, the decision for righteousness is secular in nature, not religious. Taxation is an inherent power of all governments. If the people in the legislatures and Congress assembled create such programs, then is it not incumbent on citizens to pay their taxes while they actively work to replace such representatives? My personal opinion is that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ would have no problem with such programs in a secular state, if administered fairly and honestly.

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The concept of "unbalanced views" appears right to me. Mosiah 3 and 4 are binding, I am told by several of my JBS acquaintances, on church members as part of their willing agency in acceptance of covenants. However, I am told, the government power of taxation, particularly for social programs, is coercive, thus ungodly. I personally find this out of touch with our commitment to the American people as a whole by living the principles of the Constitution and the inspiration of the Declaration of Independence.

Thank you, HiJolly, and I thank the moderator for a considered warning. Some of my JBS church acquaintances consider Mosiah 3 and 4 as counsel only, and others believe that the covenants were religious/secular in nature and binding. I am curious to see how others view it. I am in agreement with the mod, no need for unhappiness.

I was told as a young man to stay from such organizations, that they were the first steps that would lead inevitably to apostasy. With the rise again of JBS 'prominence', Glenn Beck, and the Far New Right, I wonder how the members on the Net think about this counsel.