Since writing the Thoughts on Zion article entitled, “Pride to Destruction in 6 Easy Steps“, I came to see that the Book of Mormon is replete with examples and sermons regarding what I’m calling “The Pride Flu”. Societies catch the Pride Flu and it leads to their eventual destruction. My sense is that this is […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Thoughts on Zion 14 – Pride-Based Education
Previously we explored how pride or humility gets incorporated into governments, which then reinforce one or the other in the people. In this way, governments are one of several “cultural pumps” moving a society towards either Babylon or Zion. Another is education. The Book of Mormon offers examples of both humility and pride-based education. One […]