How to be Free

To anybody that's not Mormon and reading this, I apologize. But not totally.

In the premortal existence, we were shown a plan. Because we had already progressed to terminal point in that existence, our only option was a test. To ascend to Godhood, it was required that we take on a physical form, one with desires, emotions, and greeds we had to prove we could manage before continuing on our path. If we showed that our spirits were strong enough to not only manage our bodies, but magnify our callings and become as Christ like as possible, the Atonement would carry us up into our Celestial State. Yes, it involved risk, but risk was the only way we could learn. Yes, many would not be able to make it, but it would be their own individual fault for not making it. Although all man was created equal, no intelligence ever was.

But there was another plan. Why, after all Christ had done for us, would he let so many suffer at the hands of those on Earth? Why we he watch us grovel in pain as the troubles in our mortal form pushed us, possibly beyond our capacity to handle? How could he deny so many from the gates of heaven? Lucifer, the Father of all lies, beleived he had devised a better plan, one that would work for everybody, one that would open the door for many, if only they would bow to him, and not to Christ.

Of course, there was a war. The type of war, we don't really know. One third of God's children, led by the Devil, fell away and were cast out by Heavenly Father. But the terribly ironic thing is, Satan's plan simply could not have worked. There had to be an individual bar. Godhood, by nature could only take a deserving, clean spirit. A plan garunteeing equality could not be upheld by the mathematics and morals of the universe.

I told you this for a reason. Heavenly Father's plan shows a plan of liberty, and of total agency. We CHOOSE whether we want to follow him. We CHOOSE to control our bodies. If you falter or stumble, you cannot blame the heavens, but only you. The risk is eternal salvation, and the gamble is eternel torment or slavery. But so many went with it anyway, because the only way anyone could ever grow is through trial.

Satan's plan offered no freedom, and no liberty. In his plan, there was total security. Everybody made. Nobody was undeserving, there was no poor, and he proudly bore the banner of supposed "Equality". All that was required was for you to bow to the Devil.

In capitalism, true capitalism, you are offered total liberty. You find a job, work hard, or invent something. You have everything to lose, but everything to gain. In capitalism, you have the opportunity to become rich if you do something great enough. Choose to not get an education, slack off your job, and you fall. Yes, good hardworking people slip through the cracks because capitalism is a man made solution, and it only works if everyone is hardworking and diligent. Everyone gets what and to what degree they deserve.

In socialism, or communism to a greater degree, you do not have the chance to become rich. If you slack everything off, don't get an education, it's okay. You still get food and whatever else you need to live and feed your family. There is no downside to being a horrible person. Everyone is treated equally, except the government, who gets bowed to.

I am person that would never sacrifice my liberty in the long run for security temporarily. I am a capitalist. I am a conservative. I believe in small government. I beleive The Constitution is amazing and inspired by God. I beleive in leaving things to the individual, not to the "good" of the collective. I beleive that God and Christ will be the only authorities I answer to in the end, not to Obama or the government. I beleive that the scale of society should be placed closer to anarchy than to tyranny, not completely, so that we still answer to laws, but the closer to tyranny, the closer we are to slavery. I beleive that in a man made society, Justice serves a higher role than Mercy, because only the Lord can forgive sins. I we are responsible for our own actions, and total equality cannot- and should not- exist, because although all man was created equal, no intelligence or spirit is the same. I leave this with you to think and to pray about.

Thank you for that brief moment of epiphany. We'll now get back to our show.