For those of you who take the Deseret News (if you take the Tribune, shame on you, if you don't subscribe to any newspaper, even more shame on you), there is an insert in the Thursday edition entitled Mormon Times. There is always interesting stuff in the Times but last Thursday (March 5, 2009) caught my attention more than usual. On the front page, there is a photo of President Obama along with four LDS law professors from the U of U. Each professor examines current issues related to their area of expertise. Evidently, none of these professors listen to Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, because they generally have optimistic attitudes about the direction the administration is taking the country, at least in these areas. Excerpts of these articles follow.
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An obligation to our environment
Mormons tend to be conservative Republicans, which is a cultural and not doctrinal characteristic of the faith. As a result, there is much suspicion about the new administration's plans to enact a comprehensive new government regulatory program. However, Mormons also understand the concept of stewardship, which denotes mankind's individual and collective responsibility to care for this God-given home we live on. There are many Mormons who have become very active on environmental issues that affect their communities, families and health. Attacking climate change will require action by individuals, companies, universities and governments -- indeed by all entities.****************************************************
An obligation to our environment
Moroni prophesied that in the latter days "there shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth" (Mormon 8:30). These pollutions are both spiritual and physical. We have an obligation to overcome both.
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Even greater comfort' in troubled times
Elder Richard L. Evans, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, stated at the height of the Great Depression in the 1939 April general conference: "I do not know in what condition this people will find itself a year or a decade or a generation hence. I do not know whether we shall be at war or at peace, whether the world will be in greater spiritual darkness, or ... whether we shall be in greater depression or in greater prosperity ... I do not know any of these things, but I do know that the words of all the prophets will be fulfilled."
I take great comfort in the heroic efforts being made by our political and economic leaders to fight our current economic crisis.
However, I take even greater comfort in Elder Evans' counsel spoken 60 years ago that my family and I "will be better off to be found among the faithful of this people, than in any other condition in which we might find ourselves."
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Obama Sets a New Energy Path
Lincoln L. Davies
Deseret News
Sunday March 8, 2009
Lincoln L. Davies wrote "80% of oil executives believe the world has already reached maximum oil production or will within 10 years. Our choice is clear. We can start preparing and transitioning now, or we can wait and risk potentially disastrous results. The Obama administration has chosen the "act now" approach. This is good, but not enough.We need complete innovation, real change. President Obama seems to understand this. President Spencer W. Kimball taught "Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. Ultimately, Obama's success must be judged on how well his lofty programs and iedeas help us pursue a new, sustainable way of life".
I take great comfort in the heroic efforts being made by our political and economic leaders to fight our current economic crisis.
However, I take even greater comfort in Elder Evans' counsel spoken 60 years ago that my family and I "will be better off to be found among the faithful of this people, than in any other condition in which we might find ourselves."
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Obama Sets a New Energy Path
Lincoln L. Davies
Deseret News
Sunday March 8, 2009
Lincoln L. Davies wrote "80% of oil executives believe the world has already reached maximum oil production or will within 10 years. Our choice is clear. We can start preparing and transitioning now, or we can wait and risk potentially disastrous results. The Obama administration has chosen the "act now" approach. This is good, but not enough.We need complete innovation, real change. President Obama seems to understand this. President Spencer W. Kimball taught "Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. Ultimately, Obama's success must be judged on how well his lofty programs and iedeas help us pursue a new, sustainable way of life".
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Excellent post!
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