Last time we “reasoned together” and came to two conclusions: 1. Pride is the great steppingstone to Babylon, and 2. Humility is the great steppingstone to Zion. These two ideas may not seem like much to you if you’re wondering how a simple character trait as pride or humility can lead a whole society to […]
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A Little Zion Philosophy — by a Ziontist.
By Jesse Fisher Although it doesn’t appear to have helped my career much, studying Mathematics at BYU did actually benefit me — I learned deductive reasoning. “If all frogs are green” and “Johnny has a frog”, then we can deduce “Johnny’s frog must be green”. Simple logic. Now let’s apply the same deductive reasoning to […]
Becoming Zion People
If you are a Latter-Day Saint, interested in living in a future Zion society, you would probably like to know specific details on how to actually become a Zion person. We’ve been taught we need to become pure in heart, but haven’t been given clear, specific steps to take. By exploring the word of God […]
Thoughts on Zion 11: Kings in Babylon or Zion
The premise in this series has been that in order to “flee Babylon” and “build Zion” we must understand with clarity the difference between the two, and the line separating them. Once we do, how to move from one to the other should become crystal clear. In quick review, here are the two foundational values […]
How Pride & Humility Affect Our Hearts & Lives
In the previous post in this thread, The Two Faces of Pride & Humility, we saw how being prideful discourages us from doing God’s will and entices us to follow our own will, to walk in our own way, instead of the straight and narrow one. In a word, pride separates us from God and […]
Where is the dividing line between Zion and Babylon?
Crossing Over Couple of years back I began pondering the location of the line dividing Babylon and Zion. As Elder Christofferson pointed out, Babylon and Zion are the antitheses and antagonists of each other. We LDS have been commanded by God to flee Babylon and have covenanted to establish Zion through His church. I think […]