Sunday, July 19, 2015

Over the past three years or so I have become fascinated by current events and news that is happening each day.  I follow politics fairly closely, or at least more than the average person, so I consider myself informed of many issues, but I also consider myself much less informed than many people.  I'm really not interested in politics, in fact I dislike them very much.  But I love seeing how current events are shaping the world as we move closer to the second coming of Jesus Christ, so in that sense politics is interesting to me. 

Christie hates politics.  She hates that people disagree and people take offense to things, and explaining one's viewpoint doesn't do anyone any good anyway, so she would rather that we not bring up controversial issues.  I believe that there is a lot at stake here (remember the second coming), so I think that we should do all we can to prepare others for this great event. 

I don't think that my views are well represented in the media, or social media, or most anywhere.  It seems that most people that I know don't like to dig into the details on critical social issues.  It's much easier to say that if my heart feels that such and such is right then that is what I will support, but if all the facts were understood then maybe your heart would feel differently.  Many times the facts don't fit on a meme, or tweet, or facebook status.  Sometimes relevant arguments take time to understand.  And that is where the difficulty is, most people do not want to attend seminars or read boring articles. 

As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I have taken the name of Christ upon myself, meaning I TRY to do what He would do and say what He would say.  I believe that prophets live on the earth, and they have instructed to promote Liberty and Freedom which is what I intend to do in whatever small way I can.  I love the United States of America and maybe I can do some good with the freedoms that I have.  For these reason I want to post some simple and concise notes about some fundamental beliefs so that whether others agree or disagree they will at least understand why I believe what I believe.