Freewriting for my American Heritage Essay
So I have to write this essay about the book Just & Holy principles for American Heritage on Thursday. I'm going to start off with a paragraph that describes the trials the early Mormons had to go through when they were driven from the US, but I'm not going to say that it was the Mormons or the US. Then I'm going to pose some questions like, What kind of gov't would do something like this? Shouldn't a gov't like this be overthrown? etc. etc. Next I'll reveal the fact that it was the US and the Mormons that were the subjects of the first example.
The point of my paper will be to show that the US constitution is an inspired but not perfect document, that the leaders of the gov't make for corruption, not the document itself and that as citizens we are expected to uphold the law of the land; since the constitution is inspired by God we need to support it as US citizens.
The early Mormon pioneers were a good example of this--they upheld the constitution even though it appeared to be working against them.
Next I'll show that the constituition was inspired by God to grant men their free agency, and that without free agency it is near-impossible for man to gain eternal life. Therefore, the US constitution is established as a means to eternal life. In order to progress towards eternal life and to help American to continue to be a place where we can exercise our free agency we need to be patriotic. As described by Elder Oaks,, personal righteousness will strengthen a nation more than the force of its arms. Personal righteousness is best expressed through civic virtue: military service, trial by jury; serving on juries, etc etc. The best word the describe a fulfillment of the duties of civic virtue is patiotism.
To be patriotic is to suppor the constituition, to support the constitution is to keep america free, to keep america free is to keep free agency alive, to keep free agency alive is to allow for progress towards eternal life.
So, that's my essay idea. We'll see if it's anything like that once I get done.
The point of my paper will be to show that the US constitution is an inspired but not perfect document, that the leaders of the gov't make for corruption, not the document itself and that as citizens we are expected to uphold the law of the land; since the constitution is inspired by God we need to support it as US citizens.
The early Mormon pioneers were a good example of this--they upheld the constitution even though it appeared to be working against them.
Next I'll show that the constituition was inspired by God to grant men their free agency, and that without free agency it is near-impossible for man to gain eternal life. Therefore, the US constitution is established as a means to eternal life. In order to progress towards eternal life and to help American to continue to be a place where we can exercise our free agency we need to be patriotic. As described by Elder Oaks,, personal righteousness will strengthen a nation more than the force of its arms. Personal righteousness is best expressed through civic virtue: military service, trial by jury; serving on juries, etc etc. The best word the describe a fulfillment of the duties of civic virtue is patiotism.
To be patriotic is to suppor the constituition, to support the constitution is to keep america free, to keep america free is to keep free agency alive, to keep free agency alive is to allow for progress towards eternal life.
So, that's my essay idea. We'll see if it's anything like that once I get done.
posted by Ben Smith | 1:51 PM
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