Poll: Is there anything we all agree on?

[ready2prepare]

I thought it might be fun to discover if this forum
has any unitedly shared beliefs.

It's so easy to discover where we disagree.
Is there anything we all agree upon?

This might be a very short or very long-lived
thread depending on your responses. Either
way is OK.

Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion.

Best Regards,
Sharon (Making the Best of Basics) in Mississippi

[armedtotheteeth]

Jesus Christ is my Savior. And I belong to HIS Church.

[ChelC]

Very good.
Another -
Joseph Smith was a true prophet of the Lord who restored the church in these latter days, and President Monson holds the keys of the gospel (I have some doubts whether all here agree with the latter, since I believe we may have some fundamentalists here).

I think we might all agree that the war in heaven continues today and is still about the same thing - force versus agency, liberty versus slavery.

[lundbaek]

Since this site is dedicated to a great extent to promoting constitutional principles in government, I suggest that "Next to being one in worshiping God, there is nothing in this world upon which this Church should be more united than in upholding and defending the Constitution of the United States."

[ready2prepare]

And I sincerely hope we all unitedly cherish freedom.

Best Regards,
Sharon (Making the Best of Basics) in Mississippi

[Cowell]

I think we all agree on the same principles...and we are actually much closer as a group to understanding truth than the general public. We disagree on how these principles should be applied, or the way in which they are being destroyed. I don't think our disagreements are necessarily over how we all see the world entirely differently.

My quote from RP below is a good example of something I think we all agree on.

[mchlwise]

I think we might all agree that the war in heaven continues today and is still about the same thing - force versus agency, liberty versus slavery.

I was just discussing this very thing with my wife a couple days ago.

I've heard MANY times over my life that this life is a continuation of the War in Heaven. The last General Conference, Priesthood Session particularly, again made that very clear. This week we had the t.v. on and there was Obama, making some speech about health care. He's charismatic. He gives a good speech. If you don't think too much about what he's saying, it sounds very very good. It's easy to get caught up in. It was particularly easy for me, taking a step back, to "see" another very charismatic leader giving another very good sounding speech, and having a large crowd cheering for him and what he promised to do for them. It was easy to see how 1/3 of our friends and neighbors could "fall for it" and go along with and even vote for his plan.

[ready2prepare]

So if I'm understanding y'all correctly,
we so far agree that:

• Jesus Christ is our Savior.
  The war in heaven continues today, on earth.
  We all cherish freedom.

A great start! What else?

Best Regards,
Sharon (Making the Best of Basics) in Mississippi

[AussieOi]

He atoned for all mankind

[2BFree]

Freedom from tyranny both physical and spiritual!!!

[AussieOi]

Freedom from tyranny both physical and spiritual!!!

no i don't know about that

Job wasn't free from it for a long time

abinadi neither

i think the scripture "thou shalt not leave my soul in hell" and "fear not he who can destroy the body but he who can destroy thy soul in hell" confirms that

the early saints under Nero and others didn't have freedom from tyranny.

i'd say christ taught us that he didn't come to bring peace but a sword

now_eternal_Freedom from tyranny absolutely. but while on earth not always

blessed are they that are cursed for my names sake etc

[Silver Pie]

I think, for the most part, we are united in wanting to follow Christ. However, we argue from the high end of heaven to the low end of hell about what that means, and are often very free with slinging unkindness and accusations about. We may think we know what following Christ means, but I wonder if any of us (with the possible exception of Marc) even knows what that feels like.