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War: a Book of Mormon Perspective How the War Chapters of the Book of Mormon Warn Against Wars of Aggression and the Warfare State War: A Book of Mormon Perspective How the War Chapters of the Book of Mormon Warn Against Wars of Aggression and the Warfare State by Kendal Anderson Book design and layout copyright © Karen E. Hoover Cover design copyright © 2014 by Tatiana Villa All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Copyright © 2014 by Kendal Anderson Dedicated to Jesus Christ—The Prince of Peace—who taught us to love our enemies and petitioned His Father to forgive those who were at that very moment attempting to take His life. Table of Contents Foreword About the Author & Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – Principles of Defensive Warfare; America’s Two Just Wars Chapter 3 – Wars of Aggression are Revolts Against Christ Chapter 4 – Just War Theory and the Nephite Experience Chapter 5 – Conscription versus Covenant Chapter 6 – The Nationalistic Disease Chapter 7 – War Collectivism Chapter 8 – Economic Sanctions Chapter 9 – Waging War on Civilians Chapter 10 – Amalickiah and False Flag Operations Chapter 11 – Betrayal at Yalta: Fruits of the Last “Good War” Chapter 12 – Waging War on Ideologies: A Dangerous Delusion Chapter 13 – A Misunderstood Hero Appendix A: Selected Speeches and Writings Against the Warfare State Section 1a – The Draft is Unconstitutional, by Daniel Webster Section 2a – No Treason, by Lysander Spooner Section 3a – The Conquest of the United States by Spain, by William Graham Sumner Section 4a – War, Peace, and the State, by Murray N. Rothbard Section 5a – The Glory of War, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Section 6a – Peace is the Father of all Things. by Ludwig Von Mises Section 7a – Should a Christian Join the Military? by Laurence M. Vance Appendix B: Selected Writings From Fellow Saints Section 1b – Open Letter to Mormons Regarding Ron Paul: An LDS View of War, by Jeremy Ashton Section 2b - What Is The Age Of Accountability For A Latter-day Saint Serviceman? by Rock Waterman Section 3b – Speaking Truth to Power: 9/11—My Reflections Ten Years Later, by Ron Madson Section 4b – The True Meaning of Peace, by Benjamin A. Thompson Section 5b – War! by Tim Urling Section 6b – Military Keynesianism, by Irven Hill Section 7b – Truly Constitutional and Superior Homeland Security, by Collin Theis Foreword I am Anon Mous. We are Legion. We do not forget. The best part about Anonymous and the reason that it's so successful is because it's decentralized. Anonymous has all kinds—white knights, black hats, mad-hatters, crackers, trolling net-scatters, and more. We are the conscious, the subconscious, and the unconscious. We are the obscurity from the obscurity, yet there are those who rise out of such obscurity when needed in order to reflect the light of Truth. That is needed now more than ever before. We are less concerned with personal identities or institutions (especially centralized ones) and more about ideas and works. Consider the ideas, the works, and the results. Many of us from around the world have studied the contents of this book and have decided that they are so important that we will support them forever, regardless of persecution. We invite everyone alive to also study the information within this book as we have and make the same decision for yourselves because the results of doing so would be the end of aggressive warfare and many other terrible things and would lead to improved lives for everyone. This book is even a great benefit to those who are not religious. Wouldn't you like to be able to educate Christians about what their God tells them to do concerning these things and hold them to the Peaceful standard of the Golden Rule and the rest of their own teachings rather than allowing them to engage in mockeries of Christianity through aggressive warfare such as the 'crusades'? These 'crusades' continue today in various ways, yet you could help to end them and avoid much further suffering and death if the contents of this book are adhered to. Are you not from the United States and/or maybe don't think that the contents of this book apply to you and/or your loved-ones? If so, then you are dangerously wrong and are missing a prime opportunity to improve your own life and that of all others. The United States effects all the world and the things within this book are timeless and apply everywhere, not just within the United States. Are you a member of a foreign nation, have resources, and would like the aggression, deceiving, and other harm of the United States to end Peacefully? If so, then all you need to do is to promote this book in its unaltered form among the People of the United States, who are still largely ignorant of the information within. It is a fact that it only takes 3% of a population to accomplish beneficial and enduring change on a very large scale, and the contents of this book are worthy of 100% of the support that can be offered because the results so greatly benefit everyone. Do you perhaps believe that it's pointless or even harmful to get involved in the political process at this point? It's understandable that you might feel that way, as many do, but not being politically active yourself only gives more power to corruption and makes ever-worsening murderous government-sponsored carnage inevitable. Instead, study and live by the contents of this book and you will know exactly which politicians to elect based on their works, their public record, and their platform rather than their party, power, attractiveness, and/or lies. Share this information in any way that you know how as virally as possible. Be ready and able to accurately discuss these things with your family, friends, co-workers, internet acquaintances, and more. Ask politicians running for office what they think of this philosophy and use that to inform your vote—though the ideal is for those who support these things to vote each-other into office and implement them according to the People and Constitutional Rule of Law. Expect us. About the Author & Preface My name is Kendal Anderson. I live in Ammon, Idaho, and run a small business in sprinklers, lawn care, and pest control. I have a beautiful family consisting of my wife Christy, my son Caleb, and my step-son Kadeon. Although I don’t have a college degree, I have a strange affinity for reading books that most would consider boring. For the last 12 years or so, I have embarked on a journey of independent study that has culminated in the writing of this book, which is the first of what I hope will be more. My journey began with a spiritual study, evolved into a more secular approach, and ended up being a synthesis of the two. I have been trying for the last five years to reconcile my Mormon theology with secular libertarianism. This endeavor became much easier when I put aside the cultural traditions that have crept into Mormonism over the past 200 years and decided to look to the scriptures instead. What I gleaned from this process is that the Book of Mormon is full of teachings that coincide with the libertarian philosophy of non-aggression. This non-aggression axiom is not unlike the Savior’s own teachings in the New Testament that we have aptly named 'the Golden Rule'. The first book I read that really inaugurated my intellectual journey was W. Cleon Skousen’s The Naked Communist. As a young man of 23, I shirked my collegiate studies—which were riddled with establishment pap—in favor of used books by obscure men that I felt taught me real truth. Frederick Bastiat’s The Law is another that comes to mind. At about the same time, I discovered H. Verlan Andersen’s work—an LDS author and former BYU professor. His magnum opus, Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen, is a must-read for Latter-day Saints who are seeking to understand the relationship between the Gospel and liberty. These and other books helped to prepare me for what would come next and much later. About five years ago, I discovered the Mises Institute, which is one of the largest libertarian think-tanks in the world, or at least commensurate with the other great like- minded think-tanks such as the Cato and Independent Institutes. Working as a laborer in my father’s cabinet shop, I purchased my first IPod and downloaded endless hours of libertarian lectures on economics, politics, war, and history. Needless to say, the hours of mindless labor passed by a much greater velocity than they had before when I was forced to listen to Spanish and Country music blaring through a loud speaker. I was introduced to men like Ludwig Von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Henry Hazlitt, Lew Rockwell, Walter Block, Robert Higgs, John Denson, Tom Woods, Tom DiLorenzo, and Bob Murphy. These men were and are echoing ideas that were laid down in the Book of Mormon and taught here on the American continent millennia ago. Many of these men are not religious at all but are in tune with principles that the Lord Himself wanted recorded by a fallen people who speak to us from the dust. These principles can be summarized into the following categories; free markets, voluntary charity, pacifism, just war, natural rights, and the evils of bloated government. I chose to write about just war because I have seen so many of my fellow Saints buy into the jingoistic lies propagated by the government.
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