Mormons: Is this true? Joseph Smith taught that only those who owned a garden were free to exercise religion?
ByQuestion by Pavarotti: Mormons: Is this true? Joseph Smith taught that only those who owned a garden were free to exercise religion?
“Your constitution guarantees to every citizen, even the humblest, the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. It promises to all, religious freedom, the right to all to worship God beneath their own vine and fig tree, according to the dictates of their conscience.
It guarantees to all the citizens of the several states the right to become citizens of any one of the states, and to enjoy all the rights and immunities of the citizens of the state of his adoption.”
- Joseph Smith, Founder of Mitt Romney’s LDS religion.
Best answer:
Answer by cadisneygirl76
Wow talk about taking semantics to a whole new level of pettiness.
Grow up
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6 Comments
June 22nd, 2011 at 2:21 pm
No, that’s not what he said.
He said that all had the right to own a garden AND to exercise religion.
That being said, I don’t agree with the tenets of Mormonism any more than you do, but I do protect the rights of Mormons to have their views discussed in the proper context. I also allow them the freedom to worship as they please. Lastly, I allow Mitt Romney to run for president irrespective of his religion. Although his beliefs are different than mine, he would undoubtedly make a much better president than the one we have known for the last 8 years.
June 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
No. I know many LDS who do not have a garden – or even if they did, they couldn’t enjoy it. It’s not Mitt Romney’s religion,
it’s God’s church. Joseph Smith was talking about the consitutional rights of all the citizens of the nation to worship according to the dictates of their own conscience – including the “Mormons”, who, at the time were being persecuted and murdered. There was an order from a governor allowing the extermination of mormons wherever and whenever they were found. The vine and fig tree are allegories to those mentioned in the bible – talking about the good fruits of the vine – the goodness and blessings of the gospel.
June 22nd, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Man.. you really are trying to push it aren’t you? You don’t understand symbolism at all!!
It’s saying that everyone has a right to believe as they will, which is something we strongly believe in.
June 22nd, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Now you’re just being…how should I put this…unintelligent.
June 22nd, 2011 at 5:05 pm
That would be a stretch. I have read your statement at least 6 times and do not draw the same conclusion you evidently did.
I would answer your question as: untrue
June 22nd, 2011 at 5:07 pm
No it isn’t true.