Who said silence was cowardly? I am not silent because I am a coward, but because I get fired up about the most trivial things. If I get really mad when I fumble a football or drop a piece of toast, how do you think I'd react if I were to actively engage in fighting against the evil powers that exist today? And thats assuming that I have even been silent on the matter (I get pretty vocal around my peers when ticked). As long as my morals arn't compromised, and I sustain the General Authorities, then I am on the right track.kt6r wrote:I want to applaud and thank all those who do not respond to our present day crises with shameful, cowardly silence. Everyone should be anxiously engaged in a good cause without being commanded. Anyone who believes the D&C is the word of God knows that. Anyone who believes the Book of Mormon is Holy Scripture knows that the Secret Combinations of our day have grown and grown and prospered without opposition--except for John Birch Society (JBS) members. Tragically, JBS has too few members and too few funds to win anytime soon. The silence in our present day is just horrific when one is aware of the very steep decline in American culture and diminishing liberty. It is business as usual for most American citizens. Does that include LDS church members. It most definitely does include them as most are wallowing in disbelief about the existence and strength of the Secret Combinations. Moroni must be weeping as the days go by. See Ether 8:18-26.
Honestly, I feel that this particular battle isn't one that I am supposed to fight, other than the occasional backing of support, and the occasional verbal skirmish with peers. At this point, I've stopped caring about where society is now, and have started looking to a brighter future. I've got the endgame in mind, and focusing on the here and now would only serve to depress me. This society is already starting to collapse, and fighting said collapse will only delay the inevitable, or may even help speed it up. My time to fight, hasn't come yet and takes place much later, actively standing against the darkness today won't really help me prepare for fighting the greater darkness that is to come, but I can stand against it passively. All I can do now is live the life that God would want be to live, and seek to do so in the best manner I can. That is being engaged in a good cause.