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The Mormon Pioneer Trail w/ infographic: A Journey of Faith and Perseverance

August 10, 2024 0

The Mormon Pioneer Trail stands as a testament to the unwavering faith and remarkable resilience of the early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This historic trek, spanning over 1,300 miles from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah, represents one of the most significant mass migrations in American history. The journey began on …

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“Life is assumed to be about the fundamental, clear-cut choice between good and evil. Mormonism sees no such simple dichotomy in the primeval options. Yes, obedience and safety and security in God’s presence are presented as one of the choices, But Mormonism is more sympathetic to Eve’s perception of the alternative; the beauty of the fruit, its goodness as food, its desirability ‘to make one wise.’

Not coincidentally, ancient philosophers like Plato considered the triad of ideas – Beauty, Goodness, Truth – to be the highest manifestation of divine virtue. In the Mormon narrative, therefore, the circumstances that define the reality of the human predicament are not a blatant choice between Good and Evil but a wrenching decision to be made between competing sets of Good.

The philosopher Hegel believed that this scenario, replicated in myriad artistic narratives, expressed the inescapably tragic nature of the universe. There are very few simple choices. No blueprint gives us easy answers. Life’s most wrenching choices are not between right and wrong but between competing demands on our time, our resources, our love and loyalty.”