“President Brigham Young admonished Karl G. Maeser not to teach even the times table without the Spirit of the Lord. How much more essential is that Spirit in the research, the writing, and the teaching of Church history.” The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect Elder Boyd K. Packer
I haven’t ever believed the customary title of, “BYU is the Lord’s University.” Actually it is not. It is a Wonderful University with the mission to do teach correct principles that has a great mission and great intentions, but when a leader, teacher, professor, or intellect teaches incorrect principles, it becomes “Satan’s University.” I am a long standing active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I know it is the Lord’s Church on the earth. I also know it is made up of people who make mistakes, and also some who purposely teach false doctrine. It is our personal responsibility to determine which is which. It is not the job of our dear Prophet and Apostles to tell us what decisions to make, as they are to direct us in maintaining the pure doctrine of Christ. Always seek personal revelation, which I feel I have done when discussing several teachings below that I abhor.
False Doctrine
I believe Critical Race Theory (CRT), the 1619 Project, Woke-ism, Equity, are all being taught at nearly all Universities including BYU. If Professors could teach what ideology is being utilized in the world that is fine. We should know there is Religion and its values and we should know there is CRT and what it teaches as well. BUT, professors have no right to persuade or to cram down students throats their personal ideology. Teach and let the student decide. Sadly that does not exist in our Great and Spacious Universities any more. It is the Progressive ideology that is told to our students to believe. That is evil.
In my opinion (CRT) is an evil theory and so is the term “Equity.” (Yes Evil!) We are fighting Satan and CRT and Equity is from Satan. CRT states that every white person is an oppressor and every black person is a victim. That is racist in and of itself. The Progressives in the world today and the “Woke” society want race to divide us like it did in our early history. “Equity to me means, we should all have the same amount of stuff or privledge, who cares if it is fair.
Equity not Equality?
The Progressives also speak about “Equity”, but to them it has an evil meaning in my opinion. Equity is defined as: “The term “equity” refers to fairness and justice and is distinguished from equality: Whereas equality means providing the same to all, equity means recognizing that we do not all start from the same place and must acknowledge and make adjustments to imbalances. The process is ongoing, requiring us to identify and overcome intentional and unintentional barriers arising from bias or systemic structures.” Source
Critical Race Theory
Dictionaries define, “critical race theory (CRT), intellectual and social movement and loosely organized framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is not a natural, biologically grounded feature of physically distinct subgroups of human beings but a socially constructed (culturally invented) category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color. Critical race theorists hold that racism is inherent in the law and legal institutions of the United States insofar as they function to create and maintain social, economic, and political inequalities between whites and nonwhites, especially African Americans. Critical race theorists are generally dedicated to applying their understanding of the institutional or structural nature of racism to the concrete (if distant) goal of eliminating all race-based and other unjust hierarchies.” Britannica.com
Christ Loves All
I say we re all created equal as far as opportunity has it. We don’t all have equal outcomes, but we were never promised that. What someone does with an opportunity that is available to all and does something great with that opportunity, and another does something perhaps less great with the same opportunity, it is a matter of this one fact. We were all created by God and He loves us equally. We were all blessed with the “Light of Christ” and we know good from evil. Whether we make wise choices using this Light or whether we work hard and take advantage of any opportunity is our personal responsibility. As part of our responsibility we should love one another, and help the downtrodden and those who have less than us, but we should not and cannot force an equal outcome on others. That takes away Free Agency which is a blessing to each of us. Should we give all the good and productive jobs to the lazy and give all the low paying jobs to those who need to show their empathy for others? How many of you ever worked for another person who didn’t have money? If someone offers us a job and we take it, what is stopping us from eventually starting our own competing business and hire people just like our boss did? It’s called Equality, not “Equity.”
We are all blessed with the God given ability to take what we have been given and expand on it. What about the Parable of Talents? Should God give us all an equal amount of talents without earning them? No!. To some He gives 1 to another 5 and to another 20. What we do with what we have is our freedom to act and choose. Remember Christ has given us all a free gift, His Life and Resurrection. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22.
Christ is not going to give us all equal worldly things, as that removes freedom, hard work, motivation, and teaches us nothing. Nothing is free, but we all have rights from God in Life Liberty and Property. Those cannot be taken away by God. Only Man who creates unjust and evil laws can take them away from us. Put your trust not in the arm of flesh.
The Lord said, “And there are many churches built up which cause , and , and . And there are also secret , even as in times of old, according to the combinations of the , for he is the founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever. For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in … For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he them to unto him and partake of his goodness; and he none that come unto him, black and white, and free, male and female; and he remembereth the ; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.” 2 Nephi 26:21-23, 33
Mission of Brigham Young University
“The mission of Brigham Young University — founded, supported, and guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life. That assistance should provide a period of intensive learning in a stimulating setting where a commitment to excellence is expected and the full realization of human potential is pursued.” https://aims.byu.edu/byu-mission-statement
Brigham Young University Undergraduate
“The mission of Brigham Young University — founded, supported, and guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life… A BYU education should be spiritually strengthening, intellectually enlarging, and character building, leading to lifelong learning and service… General Information BYU has established a committee on Race, Equity, and Belonging. The committee aims to “understand both the subtle and overt ways that racism may impact individual thought and interactions, organizational units, processes, policies, practices, procedures, and operations.” The committee is now submitting its recommendation to the university president to promote equity. No mandatory Critical Race Training sessions are yet required of students. However, see developments below.” CriticalRace.org is a resource for parents and students concerned about how Critical Race Theory, and implementation of Critical Race Training, impacts education. We have compiled the most comprehensive database to empower parents and students. Source
Divisive Lessons About Whiteness
“Given the full embrace of CRT-related concepts by BYU and USHE, as well as BYU’s recent professor hires, it seems inevitable that more divisive lessons about whiteness will appear on campus. Will BYU be more apt to rein in activist professors, or activist students?” Source Here is the crux of the CRT issue. To teach our children or students that CRT exists and is part of day to day conversation. We should teach what is says, and then allow children and students to access for them selves whether they believe it or not. Freedom of choice and thought. BYU teaches evolution as a theory, but more and more Professors teach it at truth today and make students believe their so called truth or they alter their grade. BYU and most all other universities teach that Einstein’s Theory is truth. It is not, it is simply a theory, just like the age of dinosaurs being millions of years old, and many other things.
Sad State of Affairs at BYU
Students Who Blew Whistle On BYU ‘Revealing Whiteness’ Assignment Threatened With Discipline. Surprise! Utah is a hotbed of CRT activism and mandates in higher education.
“A professor at Brigham Young University (BYU), in Provo, Utah, recently assigned a Revealing Whiteness assignment to a 100-level Sociology course. The resulting controversy has pitted conservative students against activist academic staff. One professor has threatened the students that posted the lesson to social media with severe punishment under BYU’s student conduct rules.
While this type of controversy over wokeness in reliably red Utah may come as a surprise to some, the state’s higher education system has begun to mandate lessons based in Critical Race Theory (CRT) for all colleges and universities operating in the state.
A professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) allegedly assigned a classroom exercise titled “Revealing Whiteness Activity.”
Professor Jane Lopez assigned the activity as homework and instructed students to photograph three representations of “Whiteness” on campus.
According to the assignment instructions, “Whiteness is defined as:
“(1) a location of structural advantage or ‘race privilege'[;] (2) a ‘standpoint’ or place from which White people look at themselves, at others, and at society, and (3) a set of cultural practices that are usually unmarked and unnamed.” Continued at the full article here;
Will You Allow Satan to Deceive the Very Elect?
“If the Book of Mormon is true, then America is a choice land, but if it is to remain such the inhabitants of the land must worship the God of the land, the Lord Jesus Christ. The histories of two great nations, told with warning in this sacred volume, indicate that while we must have science, while we must have education, while we must have arms, we also must have righteousness if we are to merit the protection of God.” Gordon B. Hinckley The Power of the Book of Mormon Ensign June 1988
To the Academics, Intellectuals, Scholars and Students
Several years ago President Ezra Taft Benson spoke to you and said: “It has come to our attention that some of our teachers, particularly in our university programs, are purchasing writings from known apostates … in an effort to become informed about certain points of view or to glean from their research. You must realize that when you purchase their writings or subscribe to their periodicals, you help sustain their cause. We would hope that their writings not be on your seminary or institute or personal bookshelves. We are entrusting you to represent the Lord and the First Presidency to your students, not the views of the detractors of the Church” (The Gospel Teacher and His Message [address delivered to Church Educational System personnel, 17 Sept. 1976], p. 12.) The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect Elder Boyd K. Packer
Do not yield your faith in payment for an advanced degree or for the recognition and acclaim of the world. Do not turn away from the Lord nor from his Church nor from his servants. You are needed—oh, how you are needed! It may be that you will lay your scholarly reputation and the acclaim of your colleagues in the world as a sacrifice upon the altar of service. They may never understand the things of the Spirit as you have a right to do. They may not regard you as an authority or as a scholar. Just remember, when the test came to Abraham, he didn’t really have to sacrifice Isaac. He just had to be willing to. The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect Elder Boyd K. Packer
To you who may have lost your way, come back! We know how that can happen; we have walked that path of research and study. Come help us!—you with your scholarship and your training, you with your bright, intelligent minds, you with your experience and with your academic degrees. The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect Elder Boyd K. Packer https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teaching-seminary-preservice-readings-religion-370-471-and-475/the-mantle-is-far-far-greater-than-the-intellect?lang=eng
Need for an Educated Citizenry
“There is no need to learn about communism [CRT, Equity, etc.] in order to avoid it,” Some argue. But this counsel can help keep our people in ignorance and apparently flies in the face of the inspired counsel of President McKay who said,
“I believe that only through a truly educated citizenry can the ideals that inspired the Founding Fathers of our nation be preserved and perpetuated.” (“Church News,” March 13, 1954; quoted in Newquist, op. cit., p. 178.)
And then President McKay said that one of the “four fundamental elements in such an education” was the “open and forcible teaching of the facts regarding communism as an enemy to God and to individual freedom.” (“Church News,” March 13, 1954; quoted in Newquist, op. cit., p. 181.)
Do we teach people to avoid alcohol and tobacco by pointing out its evil effects? Of course we do. Should we then avoid telling people about the evil nature and devious designs of communism – the greatest satanical threat to the spread of God’s work?
When Communism is used in the past there are other words that mean the same thing. Do a search online for each word and your mind will be open to all the evil of Satan. Of course Satan is in all things good and he makes all things bad look good. There is much evil in our CIA, FBI, UN, NATO, CFR, Justice Dept., NASA, DC Govt, etc.
Cultural and Theological Content from a Latter-day Saint Perspective
I have enjoy watching these CWIC Podcasts. He has a lot of great information. I share below his video that speaks about this BYU Professor Bybee problem, about the Whiteness topic I have discussed above.
“Our Cwic Study Group is a global group made up mostly of Latter-day Saints. They range from the ‘garden variety’ to more scholarly participants. We focus on the Come Follow Me program and its assigned chapters, along with a review of one Cwic Interpreter each week. Subscribers (Members) can just sit and watch/listen or can comment, ask questions and raise their hands in an interactive environment. The longer you are in the group, the more you will feel a part of a community with specific, shared knowledge of the gospel.” Qwic Media
https://bookofmormonevidence.org/byus-radicalization/
