As a typical freshman, this semester I'm taking Rel A 122--the 2nd half of the Book of Mormon. It has been fascinating to study the war chapters of Alma from the Book of Mormon while at the same time learning about the American Revolution. Any mention of rights, freedom or liberty jumps out at me as I read. The Title of Liberty--"In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives and our children" (Alma 46:12) brings to mind the Declaration of Independence. The Founding Fathers simply wanted their rights and freedoms as men.
I find it remarkable that such a struggle for freedom could exist throughout the ages, different times with different people, the Americas have seen more than one war for freedom. Even today, we fight for freedom from terror, from discrimination--we fight for the freedom to live our lives as we choose to. How wondrous will the day be that we no longer will have to fight--that we will truly be free
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