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Lorenzo Snow’s Prophetic Explanation of How to Achieve World Peace

Posted on by William H. Douglas

The 20th century was one of the deadliest in all human history. From the fields of Flanders to the gas chambers of Auschwitz to the gulags of Stalin to the mass starvation of Mao to the killing fields of Cambodia and more, hundreds of millions of men, women, and children have been raped, tortured, mutilated and slaughtered. And it could all have been avoided if the people of the world had listened to a prophet’s voice as he laid out the path to prosperity, liberty, and peace at the very start of the century.

This article looks at President Lorenzo Snow’s inspired counsel about how the 20th century could’ve been the greatest age of all time and explains how his words have never been more important and applicable than now.

The Power of Nonviolence!

Posted on by William H. Douglas

There is no question.

There is no argument.

There is no debate.

Nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience are the most powerful, most effective, and most successful tools for everything from changing bad laws to overthrowing tyrannical despots.

The superiority of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to violence of any and every form is an indisputable fact.

And here is the proof.

An Ancient Revelation on the Nature of Government

Posted on by William H. Douglas

One of the great values of reading ancient history is that there is very little that is new under the Sun. Tribalism, nationalism, imperialism, and statism are not new phenomena in human history. Both their dangers and the solution to those dangers were well-known to the people of the past.

When we study their teachings we can recognize the way that the same old propaganda and same old lies have been repackaged by the political elites for our day, to indoctrinate and deceive us into believing in an ideology that serves them while harming us. We can also learn from the ancients how to prevent this cycle from repeating so that we can build a better and freer world.

Here is just such an example.

The Human Nightmare of Science

Posted on by William H. Douglas

The actions of the government are often justified because they are suggested by “experts.” But experts at what, exactly? What gives you the expertise to manage the lives of hundreds of millions people? Or tens of thousands? Or ten? Nothing but pretension and hubris. All their claims of scientific knowledge are nothing but ashes and lies, fed down our throats to fill us with ignorance and death.

Review: The Tuttle Twins Learn About The Law

Posted on by William H. Douglas

The Tuttle Twins books are some of the best children’s books on the market today. Each is based on one of the greatest books about human nature, human rights, the abundant life, society, politics, or economics – both classic works and contemporary ones – and manage to make their greatest insights understandable to children.

This article is a review of the first Tuttle Twins book, “The Tuttle Twins Learn About The Law,” based off of Frédéric Bastiat’s classical political treatise, “The Law.” It covers the origin of human rights, the proper role of government, the dangers of political power, and the way to build a peaceful society of equals.

All that, in a children’s book!

In a world full of extremists trying to indoctrinate you and your children into their political cults, these books are a breath of fresh air.

27 Questions To Ask Your LDS Friends About The Constitution

Posted on by William H. Douglas

Latter-day Saints, Mormons, are often well-known for their love of the American Founding fathers and their devotion to the U.S. Constitution.

But do they know the relationship between the Constitution and their own church?

Here are a list of 27 questions from American history about the relationship between the Latter-day Saints and the U.S. Constitution to see how much your LDS friends and family really know about their own history.

Really test their knowledge of the Constitution, of American history, and the history of their own people!

The Constitution: No Friend of the Latter-day Saints

Posted on by William H. Douglas

Recently, I was asked to give a talk in church about the ways that the Constitution aided in the Restoration. Though greatly expanded with additional quotes and pictures, this article is fundamentally the talk that I gave. By examining the breadth of early LDS history (form 1830 to roughly 1890), I provided evidence and argument that the Constitution of the United States did nothing to help the Restoration and that it was always on the side of those who brutalized, oppressed, and killed us. The reason the Restoration occurred, and has continued, was the power of Jesus Christ to protect the Saints from annihilation. No law of man gave us any aid. It was God alone who preserved and prospered us against all odds and it is He alone that continues to do so now.

Why Conservatism Is Empty, Foolish, And Will Always Fail

Posted on by William H. Douglas

Conservatism is a failed ideology (if it can even be called that) which will never accomplish anything meaningful or substantial. This is because Conservatism is nothing more than the last generation’s Progressivism. The so-called “Progressives” of yesteryear simply grew old, calcified, and became the “Conservatives” as the contemporary “Progressives” have developed whole new agendas to push. In a world where people want their problems solved today, the best Conservatives offer are the nostalgic promises of the blessedness of yesterday. These and its other failures will always prevent it from ever accomplishing anything. Here is why we are not and argue no one ever should be, a “conservative.”

The Three Greatest Threats To The Church And Society: Academia

Posted on by William H. Douglas

In 1993, Apostle Boyd K. Packer delivered an address to church leaders delineating three of the greatest threats to the church and society that not only then existed, but whose influence would only increase and worsen as the years went on.

This article is about the third of those three threats and the worst one of all: the so-called scholars whose ideologies threaten society itself. In this article we review the history of the politically leftist “Progressive” take over of education, their efforts from the very start to use education as a tool to indoctrinate students into their economic, social, and political theories, and how the plan has always been to try and take control of society. We also expose the idolatry at the heart of their claims to be experts guiding society to a better future for the lie it is and provide examples of the real world failures of their lies. Finally, we look at what hope we have for overthrowing their lies and freeing ourselves and our children from the prison of leftist ideology and thereby abort the headlong run into societal collapse it is bringing to pass.

The Three Greatest Threats To The Church And Society: Feminism

Posted on by William H. Douglas

In 1993, Apostle Boyd K. Packer delivered an address to church leaders delineating three of the greatest threats to the church and society that not only then existed, but whose influence would only increase and worsen as the years went on.

This article is about the second of those three threats – the “Feminist” Movement – and the way that is warps language, distorts science, and spreads lies that do nothing but destroys the mental and emotional health of those who accept its teachings.