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I am a libertarian who recently stumbled my way back into the gospel after being gone for some time I had many deceptions that influenced my spirit.
Thank you very much for your podcast it has really helped me to align my libertarian values with the gospel.
I would love to see a transcript published with each of your podcasts so that it is easier to reference the scriptures and quotes you use in your audio podcasts.
Thank you!
Nathan
I really loved this episode. I think that you guys expounded on the scriptures and focused on the liberty principles of the gospel very well. I really love the verses in the BOM that talk about if all men were like Moroni that hell could not prevail against them, and what kind of man he was.
Alma 48: 17
17 Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.
And this is what kind of man he was:
11 And Moroni was a strong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect understanding; yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed; a man whose soul did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery;
12 Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man who did labor exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people.
13 Yea, and he was a man who was firm in the faith of Christ, and he had sworn with an oath to defend his people, his rights, and his country, and his religion, even to the loss of his blood.
I really enjoyed your podcast and the how the scriptures really do apply to us today. I think you need to be careful of your interpretation though. You can’t take one scripture and pull it from the context to support your beliefs. When you talked about Helaman 6:8–9 as justification for people to come illegally into this country, you need to read the surrounding scriptures to see if that is what it’s saying. At the time when they were able to freely travel and trade both Lamanites and Nephites were traveling into each others lands and trading with each other for mutual benefit. Both lands were plentiful and had something to offer each other. There talking about a free market. Can you apply that to this situtation now? When people come here to “live” illegally, is that a mutally beneficial relationship? No they are gaining all the advantages of this country without having to pay for it. This is putting a burden on us as a country, our taxes are raised to pay for these services given for free to these people and we are compelled to help them, we aren’t given the choice like you mentioned early in your podcast.
No, I don’t think those scriptures refer to immigration, I think it’s referring to a free market, to be able to freely trade with other countries for mutual benefit. That is how the Lamanites and Nephites prospered. You can apply this scripture to trade laws between countries and between states, but not to immigration.
Also which wars do you think we shouldn’t have fought? Moroni didn’t just stay at home and defend it against attack, he pursued Amalickiah into different lands to kill him so he couldn’t build strength. Moroni initiated the war. He saw someone trying to take away their freedom and gathered an army.