Some suggestions on how to form gift societies.
We are not doing our business by the voice of the people
See The voice of the people signifies a majority for background on this post.
Consider this: When we say we are 13 million members strong, we are lumping together both active and inactive LDS, including those inactives who no longer even consider themselves LDS. According to the Law of the Harvest activity numbers, about 35% of [...]
September 3, 2008
Categories: Common Consent . Tags: Aaronic Priesthood, Activity Rate, Appointment, Book of Mormon, Calling, Church, Church of Jesus Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Latter-day Saints, Church of the Latter-day Saints, Church Vote, Common Consent, Inactivity Rate, Iniquity, Latter-day Saint, Latter-day Saints, Law of the Harvest, LDS, LDS Church, LDS Church Activity, LDS Church Inactivity, Majority, Majority Vote, Membership Numbers, Minority, Minority Vote, Mormon, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Mormons, Mosiah, Mosiah 29, No-Confidence Votes, sustaining, Sustaining Vote, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Voice of the Church, Voice of the People, Votes of No-Confidence . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: 5 Comments
The voice of the people signifies a majority
Because concerns about my use of “51%” in regard to the law of common consent have come up on this blog before, I wanted to address them with this post:
Excerpt of Post
Although the quorum of the twelve vote for the new President of the High Priesthood, the majority of the body of the saints (51%) [...]
September 2, 2008
Categories: Common Consent . Tags: Bible, Book of Mormon, Church, Church of Jesus Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Latter-day Saints, Church of the Latter-day Saints, Common Consent, Doctrine and Covenants, Latter-day Saint, Latter-day Saints, Law of Common Consent, LDS, LDS Church, Majority, Majority Vote, Minority, Mormon, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Mormons, Mosiah, Religion, Samuel, Scripture, Scriptures, sustaining, Sustaining Vote, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Voice of the Church, Voice of the Council, Voice of the Order, Voice of the People, vote, Vote of the Church . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: 4 Comments
Apathy is not a problem, it’s a symptom and a solution
Almost all of my posts are directed to LDS who are not in leadership positions. But with this one post, I want to talk about, and perhaps even to, the leaders.
Apathy is not a result of bad members,
it’s a result of uninspired leadership
Apathy in the church is a manifestation of a problem with the leadership, [...]
August 30, 2008
Categories: Common Consent . Tags: Activity, Ammon, Apathy, Book of Mormon, boredom, Christ, Church, Commandments of God, Common Consent, Counsel, Edification, Edify, Fruits of the Spirit, Gifts and Power of the Holy Ghost, Gifts of the Spirit, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Humility, Inactivity, inspiration, Inspired Leader, Inspired Leaders, Inspired Leadership, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Law of Common Consent, LDS, LDS Church, leader, leaders, leadership, Manifestations of the Spirit, miracle, miracles, Mormon, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Mormons, Motivation, Pastor, Power of the Holy Ghost, Prophecy, Puritans, Religion, Religious Denominations, revelation, Sacrament, Sacrament Meeting, Sanctification, Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation, Spirit of Truth, Support, sustaining, Sustaining Vote, theology, Uninspired Leader, Uninspired Leaders, Uninspired Leadership, Word of God, Works of the Father . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: 5 Comments
Anarchy in action: congregational nullification
Jury Nullification
Jury nullification means making a law void by jury decision, in other words “the process whereby a jury in a criminal case effectively nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless of the weight of evidence against him or her.”
Jury nullification is more specifically any rendering of a verdict by a trial jury, acquitting [...]
August 20, 2008
Categories: Anarchism/Anarchy, Common Consent . Tags: Advocacy, Advocate, agency, Anarchism/Anarchy, Anarchy, Apostacy, Apostate, bishop, Church, Church Government, Church Leaders, Church of Jesus Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Latter-day Saints, Church of the Latter-day Saints, Common Consent, Congregation, Congregational Juries, Congregational Jury, Congregational Nullification, Corrupt, Corrupt Judge, Corruption, Council, Councils, Counsel, Court, Courts, Disfellowshipped, Disfellowshipping, Excommunicated, Excommunication, First Presidency, Free Agency, Ignore, Ignoring, Inactivity, judge, Judges, Juries, Jury, Jury Nullification, Latter-day Saint, Latter-day Saints, Law, Law of Common Consent, Laws, LDS, LDS Church, leaders, Mormon, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Mormons, Null and Void, Nullification, Nullify, Obedience, Ratification, Ratify, Religion, Right, Rights, Rights of Man, sustaining, Sustaining Vote, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, trial, Trial Juries, Trial Jury, Tyranny, Usurpation, Verdict, vote, voting, witnesses . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: 1 Comment
“It has always been given to the elders of my church from the beginning, and always shall be, to conduct all meetings.”
Note: This post is meant for what4anarchy, but I thought to share it with others who may have interest.
Background information
Recently what4anarchy and I were talking and I happened to mention to him that one day, as I was researching Joseph Smith’s visit to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1839, in conjunction with research on possible daguerreotypists present [...]
June 14, 2008
Categories: Church History, Common Consent, Joseph Smith, Preaching the Gospel, Priesthood . Tags: Almon Babbitt, apostle, Benjamin Winchester, bishop, Bishopric, Branch, Branch Presidency, Branch President, Christ, Church, Church of Jesus Christ, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Latter-day Saints, Church of the Latter-day Saints, Common Consent, Doctrine and Covenants, Elders of the Church, Gospel, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Home Teaching, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John E. Page, Joseph Smith, Mormon, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Mormons, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Preaching the Gospel, Presiding Elder, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Stephen J. Fleming, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Twelve Apostles . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: Leave a Comment
The role of free agency in political systems
The heavenly principle of free agency is fundamental to both the plan of salvation and the gospel of Jesus Christ
Free agency is the ability to act for oneself1, and not to be acted upon2.
All created things are given free agency3, but this article addresses only the agency of man.
The Lord taught that agency was given [...]
March 16, 2008
Categories: Anarchism/Anarchy, Babylon, Common Consent, Free Agency, Zion . Tags: agency, Anarchism/Anarchy, Anarchy, angels to a devil, angels to the devil, Babylon, Christ, Church, coercion, Common Consent, compulsion, cooperation, demon, demons, devil, devils, Faith, Free Agency, government, governments, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kingdom of heaven, kingdom of the devil, LDS, Light of Christ, lucifer, Mormon, Mormonism, Mormons, prison, prisons, Religion, satan, Spirit of Christ, Spirit of the Devil, Spirit Prison, Spirit World, state, state government, states, totalitarian, totalitarianism, Zion . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: 14 Comments
Power of the Law of Common Consent
The law of common consent is explained in the following scriptures:
LAW OF COMMON CONSENT
“And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.” (1 Samuel 8:7)
Mosiah [...]
December 17, 2007
Categories: Common Consent . Tags: Church, democracy, Law, Power, voting . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: 6 Comments
Is our procedure for sustaining a rubber stamp?
Is our procedure for sustaining new appointments in the church a rubber stamp? The dictionary defines a rubber stamp in this way:
“a body or person that approves or endorses a program or policy with little or no dissent or discussion.”
In all cases, no matter what ward or branch of the church I have resided in, [...]
October 10, 2007
Categories: Common Consent . Tags: Church, LDS, Mormon, Religion . Author: LDS Anarchist . Comments: 5 Comments
