Seize Your Copy The Cleansing Of America Written By W. Cleon Skousen Accessible As Ebook

this book a low rating does not reflect my enjoyment of the book, but rather, the content, I actually enjoyed reading Skousen's ode to Armageddon, While it lacks substance making overly simplistic claims without support or much in the way of explanation it's also a freakshow trainwreck, And who doesn't love a freakshow trainwreck Though, I must admit that I am made nervous by the number of people who like this book and even actually believe the BS contained within it.


Say ethnic cleansing or genocide and most normal people will recoil with moral outrage and disgust, But claim a "loving Heavenly Father" is going to commit it and suddenly believers are on the bandwagon, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, This isn't a new phenomenon, Believers have tacitly accepted the genocide perpetrated on the Canaanites and other Biblical atrocities for centuries, Skousen does make one tiny step up out of that nonsense, however, Instead of God's chosen people raining hell down upon the heads of the nonchosen, as they do in the Bible, God's going to handle the cleansing himself in the form of an efficient and tidy plague.
I find it a little scary that people actually believe it's OK to destroy people, But, at least they don't believe that it will one day be their obligation to cut my head off with the axe the used to use for chopping their firewood.
Anyway yes, that's right, God will be sending down a highly specialized, . . uh virus bacterium prion . that will act as a smart bomb in the heads of backsliders, apostates, atheists, and evil sinners, rotting our eyes and tongues out of our heads and ending our reign of evil upon America, leaving it pristine for God's chosen children.
Awesome.

Outside of the obviously unsettling aspects of this book the vicious, unrealistic, and highly problematic form of "justice" Skousen advocates as well as the bigotry toward homosexuals and the genocide mentioned above, "The Cleansing of America" is full of nutty goodness.
Here are some of my favorite bits:

Our planet used to be near God's bosom Kolob, When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit and gained their knowledge of good and evil, God cast the world out and it fell to exist in this lowly little solar system.
In the end, the earth will travel faster than the speed of light back to God's bosom and will once again revolve around Kolob, I'm suddenly hankering for an episode of Battlestar Gallactica,

The losttribes of Israel have been hiding somewhere near the north pole and at some point they will journey to God's new Holy Land the US to take out their endowments and regale the masses with stories of what they've been up to since fleeing God's old Holy Land.


When bad stuff starts happening around the world, God is going to "seal off" America by making the seas so boisterous that no ship can cross them.
Oh. And no plane will be able to fly over them either, Cuz it makes more sense to say that God was implying air travel would be impossible rather than to admit that the individual who came up with this "prophecy" lived in a time where travel by air was thought impossible.


God's gonna send out,missionaries composed of young men from each tribe of Israel, The only young men who will be eligible will be those who haven't "defiled themselves with a woman, " Yes. That is a direct quote, Defiled. With a woman. We women are so gross, We should be ashamed of ourselves and our defilingness, Those young men will be "quickened" so they will be impervious to harm and then sent out into the rest of the world to preach and recruit people to join the righteous in America.
I have to wonder what sales tactics these pure virginal young men will use, I bet if they held "try to kill me" events in public squares they'll have record breaking conversion numbers, I also have to wonder what it is about sticking one's penis into a vagina that makes one incapable of spreading God's gospel, Anywho

Communism God's sanctioned version, of course and Capitalism will both exist in America once God is in charge, And it will all work perfectly! Unlike the other times that Communism has been tried here in America, Those people weren't doing it right, He's pointing the finger at you, Orderville Utah, Anyway, this system will work so well that, even though they aren't taxing people nevermind the question, "if turning over all your excess to the government isn't a tax, what is", they will even be able to provide free health insurance for everyone! Damn Skippy.


The AngloSaxon method of government and social structure was God's way of government and social structure, They got it from Moses! Once all the apostates are wiped off the face of United States, the good men of the West will be able to remove all the corruption that has built up over the centuries and restore the original inspired Constitution.
Sadly, however, the Capitol building will be abandoned, Nobody will want to inhabit it because it's been infested with the previous ruling body's icky cooties,

The old United States government will be a quaint memory once God takes over and establishes his kingdom, However, Ol' Glory will be God's flag and will still fly over this righteous, chosen land,

Destruction will come to the big bad cities of the East, Namely New York City, Boston, and Albany. I had no idea Albany was such a happening place, . . or that it was so evil, Sarcasm aside, this is yet another example of "prophecy" being curiously limited to the prophet's known world rather than being truly clairvoyant and predicting things that exist in the future.


I could go on forever, There are plenty of other gems, . . especially when Skousen starts talking about the future criminal justice system, It's ludicrous and ripe for corruption and abuse,

Thank goodness I'm going to die in God's super smartbomb plague, I'd rather miss what this book claims is sitelinkcoming to America, today! today! today! today! This book challenged me, It caused me to think, ponder, and study, I enjoyed reading this with several friends and one of my daughters Meri and we discussed it chapter by chapter, It was an enriching experience, Im not really sure how to best describe this book, It is a collection of notes, speeches and various recordings, This book was put together posthumously by Mr, Skousen and then published. The family made a disclaimer in the introduction indicating that they had gathered all of this material and put it together as they believed that he, Mr, Skousen, would have and also noted that the family filled in some gaps on their own as Mr, Skousen most likely would have done himself if he were alive,

Hum

I find this work to be a patchwork of a storyline detailing the end of the earth at the coming of Christ, Using scripture references and, I believe a liberal helping of personal interpretation, Having read the scriptures as a serious student for over thirty years, and not claiming to be a biblical scholar, I find most of the alliterations to be annoying.
Some of the deductions made are a real stretch for my imagination, additionally I have never heard such detailed explanations ever given from the pulpit or in authorized print.

I reread this book twice more after the initial reading and although there are plenty of references, many are not scripturally based,

To me this book bares much closer to fantasy than the fantastic, I would certainly not draw from it any materials for instruction nor recommend it to others as a resource,
I have read several of Mr, Skousens works prior to this book and I never found the fanatical formula used in them as they are in this offering,

I for one will stick to the works he completed and published while he was alive, In my opinion this work does him no honor,
Wow you better not read this if you are the type that cannot handle the bad and the ugly of what's going to very likely happen just prior to the Second Coming of our Savior.
However, I love to read stuff like this, This book tells us about America's destiny as we approach "the end of the world", all based and quoted from the Holy Scriptures and quotes from prophets, It shows the almostdemise of the U, S. and yet the glory that will enfold it once the Millennium is here and Christ reigns upon the earth once more, It also does a pretty good job of showing the reader what one must become if one wishes to endure and overcome the terrible things that will be happening just prior to Christ's Second Return.
It really gave me pause to ponder whether or not I'm as prepared as I could be for the "great and terrible day", For me, it was inspiring, making me want to become better serve others more, be more Christlike, have more faith, be less worldly, etc, But like I said I know some people would NOT like to know what's up ahead, They rather just be surprised and have to deal with it "as it comes", To each their own. I found this book fascinating and full of facts, And at the end the author shares a couple of visions that Church Patriarch Evans had, too, and those were enlightening as to what will be taking place upon earth in the notsodistant future, as well as what will happen after all the 'bad' happens, and the glory that will be upon those who endured through it all.
I think the bottom line is, that is just made me appreciate all over again the majesty of God and His ways, and it reinforced the idea that so long as we are on the Lord's side, then things will be ok with us in the long run.
I wonder if Skousen would be happy with the way this book was published, It seems very unpolished. The end notes are in all different forms which supports the idea that the chapters are other bits that he put together, I really wanted to like this book because I really liked The,Year Leap, but as I looked up a lot of the scriptures, quotes for Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and a talk given by Boyd K.
Packer, I discovered several I felt were taken a little out of context, or at least interpreted in a way I didn't agree with, Unfortunately, it's really hard to identify when he's saying something that is his opinion unless you look up his notes, Too bad some of the time the notes simply reference his previous works, It would have been more professional if his children or the publisher had actually looked up his original sources and included them, By the fourth chapter the use of CAPITAL LETTERS to emphasize things was really grating on me, There are also a lot of long lists throughout the chapters, which was also annoying,

The first half is about the signs of the times, a lot of which seemed to be conjecture, The second half explains what a Zion society looks like, is set up, and how we can prepare to be a part of one, It felt like he was trying to help people prepare, but with all the lists it fell short of inspiring me, I found myself thinking, "What is the purpose of this book With the exception one quote fromthe most recent apostle quoted was Orson Pratt, I think the talks we hear in General Conference are geared to prepare us for participation in a Zion society, I'd rather stick with what they are telling and inspiring me to become, rather than all these lists, " I think Skousen has some interesting ideas that could be right, but the presentation of them is somewhat lacking and overconfident as in "this is the way it's going to be.
. . ". Overall, I think this book is very misleading for those who don't take the time to look up at least some of the notes, I thought this book was extremely enthralling, The author did a magnificent job compiling quotes, scriptures, modern, future, and past topics pertaining to America into a short book, There was so much to understand I didn't catch it all and know that I'll probably have to read it again for that reason, Not for the faint of heart! This is more of a book for LDS Church members who are interested

in the signs of the second coming and some of the prophecies about what is going to happen beforehand.
Not about "how to cleanse America" rather about "how the Lord is going to kill everyone in America eventually, including you unless you get your act together", Oh and did I mention this is NOT a book about political science I would rate this book betweenstars, I thought the author's book, TheYear Leap, was extremely well researched and amazing, Although this book also seems to be well researched, it is based upon the author's personal interpretation of scripture and prophecy, In my opinion, it should only be recommended for LDS readers as it is based upon LDS doctrine and prophecy, If one doesn't have a foundation of faith in the scriptures and prophecies referred to, then they would not likely appreciate the book, or might even be truly over alarmed by it.
There are some pretty scary and graphic descriptions of future events including a major plague,

All that being said, I found parts of this book very interesting, The author's premise of a need for a "cleansing of America" is very apparent, based upon scriptural accounts and the direction this country is heading, The author clearly explains the purpose for this "cleansing", Instead of finding this upsetting, I found this somewhat a relief, as the author goes on to explain the beautiful future for this country, after the cleansing, as the Constitution is restored and Zion cities are built up.


I found his chapters on the economic structure of Zion cities to be very interesting as well, Although I am very familiar with LDS doctrine about the Second Coming, this was all new to me, I think it is based upon his own interpretation, but the idea of a dual economic structure was fascinating to me, I was under the impression that we'd all be living the law of Consecration, According to the author, this is not so, but there will be a free enterprise system as well, based upon the Constitution, Although I cannot state whether this is fact, it makes sense to me because Church leaders have stated that not everyone will be "automatically converted" to the Church, As there will be members of other faiths during this time, it would make sense that not all would be living the law of Consecration,

Unfortunately, I did find myself feeling a little discouraged when I read the way the book ended, The author seems to question whether we will truly want to live the law of Consecration and whether we will be worthy to do so, At one part it states: "Although there is a secret hope in each of us that we might someday qualify as a steward in a Zion society, the probability is that not more than one out of ten of us is likely to get a favorable nod from the Lord or His servants until after we undergo a tremendous amount of additional preparation.
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I found this thought very depressing, I never thought I'd have to be perfect to live the law of Consecration in a Zion society, Perhaps this was not the idea that the author intended to convey but it was my initial reaction, If we take the City of Enoch as an example, it is my understanding that the inhabitants were not perfect right away but after a period of time became righteous enough to be taken from the Earth.
After all, the beauty of the Atonement is that the Lord makes up for our shortcomings as long as we are striving to do our best, On the other hand, I wonder if the author would have made changes to how the book ended if he had lived to see it published, I guess I won't worry about it, I'll just live my life the best I can and hope for the best, .