Christ or Anti-Christ?
From an LDS doctrinal perspective, Education is most critical as:
"man cannot be saved in ignorance."
Education is then important, however there are many types of philosophies on how to achieve it's attainment, and what will be the underlying motive for it's pursuit. We shall explore two philosophies in contradiction to each other that are as old as the earth itself, and then we shall explore the great theme of education in Zion, a place where "there are no poor" among the people, and where is lived the principles of the "Celestial Kingdom of our God."
Additionally, Zion is by definition the "pure in heart." Can we fathom the miracle of attending schooling with all students, being "pure in heart"? How would such schooling take place and would it resemble anything we are accustomed to in our generation?
Philosophies: Christ versus Anti Christ
We start first with Anti-Christ. LDS Church President Ezra Taft Benson spoke frequently about "Satan and his emissaries." Certainly it is difficult for some to comprehend that men in the flesh do promote satanic anti-christ philosophies and doctrines, patterned exactly after the sophistry and arguments that Lucifer had used to pull away at "third of the hosts of heaven" after him.
We find his philosophy proceeds from the pen of one of the early leaders of the semi-secret Fabian Socialist Society, the famous and great play write: George Bernard Shaw. Shaw takes an opposite side on the education issue as stated by Einstein Shaw was in favor of not only compulsory education, but compulsion in all areas of ones life. The great Tony Award Winning documentary film maker and author G. Edward Griffin quotes Shaw in his monumental and landmark book The Creature from Jekyll Island , pg. 101:
George Bernard Shaw"Under Socialism, you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you liked it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character and industry enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live, you would have to live well." (George Bernard Shaw: The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, 1928, pg. 470)
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