the title of liberty
"i
am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because
of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working
from within."
- general douglas macarthur
the title of this blog has reference to the ancient people of america
who had separated into larger groupings of people - namely the nephites
who were a free people, generally loved and followed God and who valued
the rights of their families, communities and nations. opposed to them
were was a larger nation, named the lamanites, who generally were a
people who hated the nephites, were led by wicked kings, loved war and
were constantly being "riled up" to fight.
one of the greatest problems faced by the nephites was the trouble
caused by disaffected people, hungry for power, who joined with the
lamanites, convinced them of some terrible wrong that had been committed
against them some time over the past centuries, and then agitated them
to the point of coming out in war.
it
was in this environment that a great military leader, captain moroni,
was given command of the troops and went about securing the frontier
land and cities against a constantly encroaching lamanite army. a free
people with an elected ruler, funded the troops, guaranteed the mission
and sent replacements and supplies. for a time.
at one point all of the support from the main city began to dry up. the
troops were deployed valiantly fighting for their lives when,
unbeknownst to them, a coup had taken place and wealthy, ruling class
had displaced the judges and established a king over them. because the
they weren't loyal to the judges - who were loyal to the troops, they
ceased supporting the brave men who were sacrificing their lives to
guarantee the freedoms of those "back at home" far from harm's way. it
even got to the point where these "king men" began to negotiate with the
enemy so that they could ally themselves to complete their power grab
at the expense of the loyal "free men" soldiers.
it is an amazing and true story of the great nations that inhabited the
americas several thousand years ago, pre-dated the mayan, inca and aztec
nations. You can read this story in the Book of Mormon. You will find it most amazing!!
the parallels with what is happening today are daunting. when you think
about the past administration who bravely fought to fund the troops
overseas fighting an enemy out for nothing but the destruction of
america's freedoms. a contentious opposition looking for any way to stop
the funding of the troops, or to break the mission - despite the cost.
looking for a new way of governing and decrying, mocking and abusing the
very things that the people and soldiers were fighting for.
in comes a newly elected president whose first statements led one to
believe that he would stop the funding of the wars, began open dialogue
with dangerous states, continue the push to destroy the framework of our
nation and the freedoms it protects. it is an insightful look at past
histories replaying themselves anew.
we should learn from them. we certainly do not advocate a return of the
fighting leadership to come back and "clean house" as happened with the
nephites. rather, we should stand up for and work within the political
process to replace bad leaders with good. we should look for our own
"captain moroni's" - men and women of strength and character and elect
them to office to turn the country back to its great roots.
