My Brothers,
Since Elder George’s article regarding Action where he mentioned the beginning of the Cuban Marxists Revolution, I have wanted to write something to all Men in light of the under whelming response to that particularly important article.
The Mechanics of Elder’s article is basically beyond reproach. The Mentioning of techniques and mechanics applied by Men of the Past who instituted change from where there was previously nothing, are important subjects for study and understanding so that each of can see the things that we can do as a single individual on a daily basis, and not be ineffectual by being overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task at hand.
The lack of response to the Article was similar to the Gospel story where the Rich Young Man came to Jesus and asked what must he do to be saved, Jesus told that single individual that he was owned and controlled by his wealth, and needed to get rid of his materialism and then follow HIM. The Apostles watched the Young Man walk away from the Man who they later would individually Name, suffer for, and die for, while separated by great time and space, for their testimony that HE was the Moshiach (Messiah).
Later, from the event surrounding the inquiry of the Young Man who was entrapped in his materialism, Jesus sent the 70 out to the whole land, without purse, or food, or change of clothes (anti-materialist presentation) to bring his message to every town and city.
Is that no different from 50 Seasick men coming to Cuba with Castro, men with a mission to first immediately survive and build their numbers?
The nature of OUR message is where we diverge from the Materialist messages of Both Marxism and Capitalism. Both ideas are failures. Both ideas are extremities of the same beast of Materialism.
This is the heavy part of the message:
Both ideas have no place in the relationships between Man and Wife, Men and Women.
Man and Woman are no better leaving through separate doors from a strip club than they are when one is going through the door to the welfare office and the other going into prison.
I implore you brothers.
This idea of Elder George’s is OFF of the TABLE of ideologies and ideas that you have been sold by two arms of materialist propaganda who made you literate only for the purpose of consuming ITS ideas alone. Both Capitalism and Marxism, in whatever quantity and combination, both devalue YOU as an Individual.
Some of you are well wary of Elder’s work in observation of the Patriarchy of Islam, and how Islamic people embrace his message.
Let us be clear. Islam represents a type of Patriarchy, not the ONLY form of Patriarchy. Just as Mormonism was once a form of Patriarchy, but never was the only form of Patriarchy.
So Mormonism and Islam are like two automobiles driving to and fro moving People around meeting their needs for their Society and Companionship, while Materialism in all of its forms fails, like an automobile on Blocks, or an Engine merely mounted to a stationary object where people are enslaved to keep it fed and running, but producing no result.
Just as I saw in one of those Italian Produced Bible Movie’s in TBN, there was this scene where Martin Landau playing Jacob is talking with Judah, who has returned to his camp and tent, asking what he should do about Tamar, the Wife of his Three Dead son’s who is now pregnant, who obviously sinned with someone and was due the death penalty, Jacob says ‘Judah, you have left my Camp, you have left my House, you have labored to establish yourself. You must dispose of this issue without me, but in a manner consistent with the beliefs in Justice that you have established for your People.’
I never personally considered the possibilities of these words being in the Torah, due to my tendency of absolutism, yet they are reasonable and just. For who was even Jacob to tell his Adult and independent Son what to do in his own house?
Thus I offer you a glimpse of a Middle Eastern Patriarchy, the foundation of Western Faith; a Picture foreign to life as we know it today, a life that does not work.
Elder George’s Book says to me, ‘Dare to dream it!’
So…what does your Patriarchy Look like?
Share your vision of it with someone.
Thurston Paul Bell
