Knowledge is Power

Most of us are familiar with the maxim "Knowledge is power".  But the converse of that statement is just as valid, ignorance is weakness.  This principle is aptly expressed in the scrptures.  "Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge, and thier honorable men are famished, and thier multitudes dried up with thirst ".  (Isa. 5:13, 2Nephi 15:13) So what knowledge do we need to possess to avoid captivity?  Start with the role agency plays in mortality.  Next become familiar with sovereignty, the agency of individual nations and the difference between a republic and a democracy.  Read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.  Failing to understand these principles will make you among the famished.

Tom