Symmachus wrote:Last, where do you think Ezra Taft Benson got his views from?
///moksha replied'
"I think they seeped through some area of the earth, where the crust was thin and magnetic variations from sunspot activity allowed a hell portal to erupt."
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That area of the earth you're talking about is just beneath the soil that nourishes Idaho's potatoes.
By the way, does anyone know about an incident where Benson, circa 1988, was giving a talk in a priesthood session of conference and, just as he started muttering about "communist potatoes," was whisked away from the podium by Hinckley? I have heard rumors about this but have never been able to verify or find more information.
A nice switch from the geological literalism of the relationship between southern Idaho and the Yellowstone hot spot then to a fanciful just so folk tale of communist potatoes.
I think I will remember communist potatoes. They may turn up in the coming election. (planted by Obama and those invaders from the south.
Symmachus, I think your previous post about Mormon political beliefs reflecting the broader social pond it sits in is a collection of clear points. Mormon miners is a category which I forget. Harry Reid is a reminder.
I am not sure if Moksha's question disappears entirely though. If I review my personal anecdotal information I note a number of Mormons who have seen Mormon history ,experience and beliefs as pointing to increased social awareness, the need to work together helping those in need. However a large portion of people wishing to point that out that I know of have drifted away from the church. Well in truth not all.