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Before I begin a rant about a conspiracy between Islamic fascists and radical atheists let us get one thing straight; I think I heard a wise old Israelite quoted about there being only two races, the decent and the indecent. Both types can be found in every ethnicity, gender, religious affiliation, political party, etc.. But, why would Islamic fascists and radical atheists conspire together against us. It’s because Islamic fascists and radical atheists share a natural hatred for our Judeo/Christian values and the main premise of our Declaration of Independence derives from those values. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among them are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” The genius of that statement speaks to our concept of God and our relationship to him.

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It’s difficult not to notice that our general authorities emphasize how difficult it is to understand atonement as they expand the list of things which atonement covers. How atonement can take care of all of our mental and physical stresses and sicknesses is far beyond my ability to understand. I wonder why we still need home teachers, visiting teachers, and guardian angels now that some of our general authorities have figured out that atonement covers just about every problem we might face.

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Dear Editor: Re: August 3rd OP ED titled “Scott Jone’s vote in support of bigotry”

The writers insist that a vote for Trump is a vote for bigotry and bullying. The charge is based entirely on Trumps confrontational approach to political dialogue.

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 IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 our forefathers issued The Declaration of Independence. In so doing they declared their beliefs as self-evident “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness ...”. After listing their complaints against the King of England they appealed to the supreme judge of the world and stated their reliance on the protection of divine Providence. They eventually drew up the Constitution of the United States of America which they would not acknowledge as affording equal protection for their black African slaves. They excluded their black African slaves in order to have the enthusiastic support of all the colonies as some of the colonies were dependent upon slaves for work on their plantations. The supreme judge of the world supported them or their efforts to establish their freedom would have failed. The consciences of grateful men eventually led them to call upon the nation to pay the debt they owed divine Providence by freeing the slaves; and pay they did as nearly 500,000 were killed and nearly the same number wounded.

Latter-Day Saints believe that God raised up men among our founding fathers for the purpose of establishing a free land where his church could be restored in order to bless humankind. Latter-Day Saints made the same mistake the founding fathers did, for after their prophet Joseph Smith set the example by ordaining a black man, they refused to allow further such ordinations.

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As Christians we must face the fact that we have been handing radical atheists a lot of help with the false doctrine we promote. Not uncommon among Christians is the idea that Adam’s transgression cheated humanity out of the chance to live a carefree life in the Garden of Eden.

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