A few people have noticed the lack of postings here, so I'll try to recitfy that. But first, excuses (which I know you all love).
1. Trying to lose weight. Takes a lot of concentration and uses up all the self-pity and creativity I posssess.
2. Spending time traveling to, preparing for, and visiting with family members from age 80 to newborn. Wonderful, but time- and energy-consuming.
That's it. The house and garden are no excuse.
But here's something I could throw out ... with extreme trepidation. In approaching this please maintain the kind of decorum, courtesy, and gentle good will that has characterized this blog in the past except for certain posts by Christian and Michael. I'd be happy if you wanted to support your assertions with scripture or other potentially de-polarizing sources. In other words, let's try to prove the contraries instead of winning the case.
(Deep breath.)
Scenario: You have followed wise counsel (or your own good sense) and are well-prepared for physical disaster. That is to say that you have a good year's supply of food, water, and basic necessities. Disaster occurs. Others near you are less prepared than you are. Some of them want what you have. What will you do? If you have also exercised what you mistakenly (following a recent opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States) think is your Constitutional Right and have sequestered arms and ammunition along with your other supplies, under what circumstances, if any, would you pull out the gun and shoot someone who wanted your stuff?
Serious questions raised by a friend's recent Relief Society lesson. GO!
P.S. After thinking on this a bit and considering my good friend's useful questions about weapons and the Constitution (see Arms and The Man post, above), I thought I might re-frame this issue a bit. Say that through hard work, provident living, and considerable sacrifice you have put away sufficient food, water, and supplies to preserve your family through hard times. Hard times come. Your bishop asks you to "consecrate" (i.e., turn over to him) all of your hard-earned storage (and receive back from him sufficient for your needs). This is just a thought question. No response necessary.
Of course, Josh's friend's Diet Coke solves that problem. The bishop wouldn't want it.
P.P.S.S. Christian and Michael, I love you! (Neither of these gentlemen, by the way, was the anonymous contributor who elicited Arms and The Man.)
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ReplyDeleteDon't you think that is the very reason that we are told to gather a years supply of food? I think a disaster would have to be pretty major to require that we actually live off food storage for an entire year. I think the reason we are asked to gather so much is so that we can take others in and help where we can. Would God really want us to shoot the neighboors? I hope it would never come to that.
For a great book about living off food storage, check out the YA novel "Life as We Knew It." It's like McCarthy's "The Road" for the teenage crowd.
I have a friend who is stockpiling Diet Coke which she then plans to barter for food. I would make that trade.
Good to see you here, Josh! Congratulations on the new baby, btw. Glad you finally decided on a name.
ReplyDeleteSo, I've got the toilet paper, and my husband (traumatized by experience as a 17-year-old soldier in post WWII Germany) has the soap. We also have a LOT of 30-year-old beans, rice, and wheat. Anybody stockpiling dark chocolate?