One cannot circumvent God’s commands and expect to escape the divine consequences, regardless of how decorated the package may be or how cosmetically appealing the language may sound. Ultimately, the day of reckoning will come and the explosion will occur. These “solutions” are nothing less than time bombs wrapped with glitter and a glamorous bow. Each of these proposals, however, constitutes a frontal attack on the family unit and its survival. He disguises his plan of attack with alluring labels such as “pro-choice” for abortion, “love and compassion” for endorsement of same-sex marriage, and “environmental emergency” for promotion of a zero-growth population agenda. It is an insidious attempt to destroy the nuclear family and God’s moral values. His plan is in direct opposition to the family proclamation. How often we adopt a new sin in an effort to cover or hide an existing one and in the process compound rather than resolve the problem at hand.
How often we choose worldly solutions that nurture rather than nullify existing issues of immorality. While we think we are solving problems, we are underwriting them.”Ĭredit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The call comes for more and more social programs to deal with the wreckage. The solution to the breakdown of the family is for the state to set itself up as the ersatz husband for single mothers and the ersatz father to their children. The reaction to drug addiction is safe injection sites. So the reaction to growing illegitimacy is not sexual responsibility, but abortion. “Instead of addressing the underlying cause, we have the state in the role of alleviator of bad consequences. Barr addressed the critical nature of families and moral values, and in doing so addressed some governmental programs that are counterproductive to their advancement: The message to these men likewise applies to each of us - we must first set in order our own homes in order to have a prosperous society. Certainly, glorious truths were revealed (see Doctrine and Covenants 93), but the climax of this revelation focused on the basics of the gospel, for in essence each of these men was instructed to “set in order own house” ( Doctrine and Covenants 93:43 see also verses 44, 48). One might wonder what new truths, what divine disclosures, what breathtaking insights would be revealed to this newly called First Presidency. The First Presidency of the Church had been reorganized, composed of Joseph Smith, the Prophet Sidney Rigdon, first counselor and Frederick G. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan.” The proclamation then warns “that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.” It then concludes: “We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.” “ The Family: A Proclamation to the World” confirms the essentiality of the family unit to the well-being of society: “The family is ordained of God. It is, as some have noted, to put an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff rather than a fence at the top. To put our prime focus on other challenges is to strike at the leaves, not the root, of the problem. If you were asked, “What is the greatest challenge facing our nation today?” how would you respond? The economy, national security, immigration, gun control, poverty, racism, crime, pandemics, climate change? While each of these is a valid concern and deserves attention, I do not believe that any of them strikes at the heart of our greatest challenge - a return to family and moral values.
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