Posts Tagged ‘book of mormon’

Living the Nephite Nightmare

The Book of Mormon is a prophecy for our time. This has been my thesis since the mid-1980s, when I wrote Parallel Histories: The Nephites and The Americans. It was written over 20 years ago in response to then church president Ezra Taft Benson’s call to carefully and diligently re-examine the ...

Mosiah’s Legacy of Law: An Example for our Day

The Last of the Nephite Kings King Mosiah II was the grandson of Mosiah I and the son of King Benjamin. He ruled from about 124 BC, when he was thirty years of age (1), until his death in 91 BC. (2) His rule was one of righteousness for he did "walk ...

The 11th Commandment of the Book of Mormon

FORWARD Early in 2009 I took the time to express my concerns about alarming events going on in the world to my Stake President that I felt should be of concern to him and our Stake. He asked if I was getting my own revelation and why he hadn't seen what ...

But King Mosiah Levied a Tax

Rather than refute each assertion made by Chris is his article which was a response to my initial article, a new argument will be presented which I believe provides conclusive evidence that the scriptures support limited taxation.  This will have the net effect of dismissing Chris' conclusions and reaffirming my ...

Do the Scriptures Support Taxation?—A Reply to Caleb Smitherson

The aim of Caleb Smitherson’s article “Scriptural Support for Taxation” is “to show that the scriptures authorize taxation” and is based, somewhat ironically, on the stewardship principle. This raises the immediate question of how an individual could justly take (i.e., steal) from another based on, of all things, stewardship. The ...

Preventive War and the Book of Mormon

The doctrine of preventive war implies fighting your enemy on your terms, before they (may or may not) fight you on theirs. It is an extension of the idea that “the best defense is a good offense,” and requires a massive network of surveillance and spies to supply the necessary ...

Recent Blogs

  • An Invitation From Mark Skousen

    I’m writing to invite you to join me in “the greatest libertarian show on earth” — FreedomFest — set for July 7-11 at Bally’s Events Center in Las Vegas.

  • The Optimal Size of a Nation

    Experience shows that a very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed; since all cities which have a reputation for good government have a limit of population. We may argue on grounds of reason, and the same result will follow: for law is order, and good law is good order; but a very great multitude cannot be orderly.

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