This post will borrow much from Elder Dallin H. Oaks April 2016 talk, Opposition in All Things as well as many websites that I will reference in the post for Worldwide political philosophies.
Elder Oaks encapsulates the fourth chapter of the Book of Moses and cites, "From the beginning, agency and opposition were central to the Father’s plan and to Satan’s rebellion against it. As the Lord revealed to Moses, in the council of heaven Satan 'sought to destroy the agency of man' (Moses 4:3). That destruction was inherent in the terms of Satan’s offer. He came before the Father and said, 'Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor' (Moses 4:1). Thus, Satan proposed to carry out the Father’s plan in a way that would prevent the accomplishment of the Father’s purpose and give Satan His glory."
Not just that, but Satan's hatred for and against Jehovah (who was named Jesus when he was born into this life) absolutely and totally and completely tried to usurp Jesus the Christ's role in the plan or rather negated it... There would be no reason for this planet to be atoned for and no place for mankind's healing or empathy for or especially no reason to have a Messiah! Satan would annihilate a need or purpose for Christ and all that He stands for.
"Satan’s proposal would have ensured perfect equality: [here we start to remember the Communism of the former Soviet Union, no?] it would “redeem all mankind,” that not one soul would be lost. ("The contention in heaven was—Jesus said there would be certain souls that would not be
saved; and the devil said he could save them all, and laid his plans before the grand council, who gave their vote in favor of Jesus Christ. So the devil rose up in rebellion against God, and
was cast down, with all who put up their heads for him Book of Moses—Pearl of Great Price 4:1-4; Book of Abraham 3:23-28]." TPJS, 357)
There would be no agency or choice by anyone and, therefore, no need for opposition. There would be no test, no failure, and no success. There would be no growth to attain the purpose the Father desired for His children. The scriptures record that Satan’s opposition resulted in a “war in heaven” (Revelation 12:7), in which two-thirds of the children of God earned the right to experience mortal life by choosing the Father’s plan and rejecting Satan’s rebellion.
There would be no agency or choice by anyone and, therefore, no need for opposition. There would be no test, no failure, and no success. There would be no growth to attain the purpose the Father desired for His children. The scriptures record that Satan’s opposition resulted in a “war in heaven” (Revelation 12:7), in which two-thirds of the children of God earned the right to experience mortal life by choosing the Father’s plan and rejecting Satan’s rebellion.
"Satan’s purpose was to gain for himself the Father’s honor and power" (see Isaiah 14:12–15; Moses 4:1, 3). “Wherefore,” the Father said, “because that Satan rebelled against me, … I caused that he should be cast down” (Moses 4:3) with all the spirits who had exercised their agency to follow him (see Jude 1:6; Revelation 12:8–9; D&C 29:36–37). Cast down as unembodied spirits in mortality, Satan and his followers tempt and seek to deceive and captivate the children of God (see Moses 4:4). So it is that the evil one, who opposed and sought to destroy the Father’s plan, actually facilitated it, because it is opposition that enables choice and it is the opportunity of making the right choices that leads to the growth that is the purpose of the Father’s plan."
Satan is THE GREAT LIAR, the original liar, and President Barrack Obama says to a group of Argentinian students that: there was no great difference between communism and capitalism and that they should just 'choose from what works'. “So often in the past there has been a division between left and right, between capitalists and communists or socialists, and especially in the Americas, that’s been a big debate,” Obama said. “Those are interesting intellectual arguments (communism and capitalism...), but I think for your generation, you should be practical and just choose from what works. You don’t have to worry about whether it really fits into socialist theory or capitalist theory. You should just decide what works,” he added.
Does communism ever work? Didn't for the Soviet Union, and the USSR was America's and all American's greatest threat for 50 years! It's not that the Russians didn't carry-out Karl Marx' theories well enough--they are flawed and corrupt! Communism is corrupt! It will never work. It is a counterfeit to the Law of Consecration, and Satan is the founder of it (and any other philosophy that is anti-Christ).
- Whenever the God of Heaven reveals His gospel to mankind, Satan, the archenemy to Christ, introduces a counterfeit. . . Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion, It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan . . . Today, we are in the battle for the bodies and souls of man. It is a battle between two opposing systems: freedom and slavery, Christ and AntiChrist... (Ezra Taft Benson, “A Witness and a Warning,” Ensign, Nov. 1979, 31).
Karl Marx, the original and revolutionary socialist, states are run in the interests of the ruling class but are nonetheless represented as being in favor of the common interest of all.[8]Socialism was designed by Marx to be an interim point to work toward the perfection (communism). Marx believed that Socialism was better than capitalism, and the next step upward for humankind on its way to the perfect society, which Marx believed was communism. Obama's legacy would have been to turn the United States into a communist state, and Bernie Sanders deceived himself into thinking that his democratic socialism wouldn't be turned into communism. Or maybe he knew it would!
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