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 |  Ideology
 |  http://ldsvswar.lege.net/ideology/
 |  by Leif Erlingsson
 |  October 27, 2003
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 |  My Personal Ideology
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 |  My first loyalty is to truth.  Truthseeking is what prompted
 |  me to listen to the Holy Spirit.  And to accept the Gospel. 
 |  The below are some thoughts that I jotted down on a piece of
 |  paper (actually on the back of a printout of this document: 
 |  http://ideology.lege.net/american_empire/ -- a document that
 |  goes a long way in explaining why America has no humility --
 |  and why she thinks that it is the rest of the world that is
 |  lacking in this respect).
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 |  Ideology of American Empire
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 |  This is the subject of this page -- from a religious angle.
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 |  Religious Angle
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 |      *    Maxwell -- war is wrong. [ Elder Russell M.
 |           Nelson's October 2002 "Blessed Are the Peacemakers"
 |           speech -- http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/
 |           0,5232,23-1-315-13,00.html ]
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 |      *    Prophet -- war is wrong, but OK to defend.
 |           [ President Gordon B. Hinckley's April 6, 2003 War
 |           and Peace speech at the Sunday Morning Session of
 |           the 173rd Annual General Conference of the Church
 |           of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --
 |           http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/
 |           0,5232,23-1-353-27,00.html ]
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 |      *    The Religion of Americanism is not compatible with
 |           Christianity -- which may explain some believers
 |           strong feelings about not using religion to
 |           interpret "political" events.
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 |  The Religion of Americanism
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 |  The ideology of Americanism is not about political
 |  ideologies, it's not left, it's not right.  Indeed, it is
 |  espoused equally by both big political blocks in U.S.
 |  politics.
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 |  The ideology of Americanism isn't so much about politics as
 |  it is about religion.  It is a faith, The Religion of
 |  Americanism.  (Though some say it is simply Real Politics.)
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 |  Right & Wrong
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 |  Some things are so wrong that it is a sin not to oppose
 |  them.
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 |  How does Satan operate?  Does he respect our free will, or
 |  not?  The United States want's to "Save the World" whether
 |  we want to be saved or not -- quite irrespective of popular
 |  opinion in affected countries, as expressed through free,
 |  democratic elections.  ( See for example Deterring Democracy
 |  at http://zmag.org/chomsky/dd/ .  And/or Year 501 at
 |  http://zmag.org/chomsky/year/ .  And/or Necessary Illusions
 |  at http://zmag.org/chomsky/ni/ .  Also see Uncle Sam:
 |  Inoculating Southeast Asia at
 |  http://zmag.org/chomsky/sam/sam-2-06.html for historical
 |  perspective.  And finally, for how America was deceived, see
 |  Study: Wrong impressions helped support Iraq war at
 |  http://propaganda.lege.net/misperceptions/ .  And of course
 |  It is a sin not to oppose it at
 |  http://ldsvswar.lege.net/prove_it/ and The Facts Are All
 |  Important -- Appeal For An Enlightened Public Opinion at
 |  http://ldsvswar.lege.net/the_facts/ . )
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 |  Who is it that force his will onto others, that doesn't
 |  respect the free will of mankind?
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 |  Now go and find out what is true, and be true!
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 |  A version of the present article suitable for email can be
 |  downloaded here: 
 |  http://ldsvswar.lege.net/ideology/ideology.txt
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 |  Additional reading:
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 |  © 2003 Leif Erlingsson -- see
 |  http://ldsvswar.lege.net/copyleft.html
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