Yet again, another Mormon exposes the Mormon Church's true love for the Constitution of the United States by spitting on it and tearing it to shreads. This time, it is BYU graduate D. Kyle Sampson who seems to embody the Mormon Church's efforts to morph America into a Mormon Kingdom of Zion, in accordance with Mormon prophecy.
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Below are various references to the Mormon Church doctrine of the, "Constitution Hanging by a Thread". The esteemed Mormon Senator Orrin Hatch even seems to have referenced this prophecy in 1999, which vitually no non-Mormon has ever even heard of.
1884: Church President John Taylor seemed to go further when he prophesied, "When the people shall have torn to shreds the Constitution of the United States the Elders of Israel will be found holding it up to the nations of the earth and proclaiming liberty and equal rights to all men" – Journal of Discourses 21:8.
1912: “Joseph F. Smith...predicted that the time would come, “when the Constitution of our country would hang as it were by a thread, and that the Latter-day Saints above all other people in the world would come to the rescue” – LDS President, Joseph F Smith. Conference Report, October 1912.
1946: “[Joseph Smith] said if the Constitution of the United States were saved at all it must be done by this people. It will not be many years before these words come to pass. When the Constitution of the United States hangs, as it were, upon a single thread, they will have to call for the “Mormon Elders to save it from utter destruction; and they will step forth and do it”” – Mark E. Peterson, LDS apostle. Conference Report, April 1946.
1952: “Joseph Smith...[said] the time would come when the Constitution would hang as by a thread and at that time when it was thus in jeopardy, the elders of this Church would step forth and save it from destruction. Why the elders of this Church? “We alone know by revelation as to how the Constitution came into being, and we, alone, know by revelation the destiny of this nation” – Harold B. Lee, LDS apostle and future Mormon President. Conference Report, October 1952.
1966: “I gave the language and sources of the prophetic utterance made by the Prophet Joseph that the Constitution of the United States would hang by a single thread, but be saved by the elders of Israel. I hope you will read those sources so you will be well-informed as to this prophecy and be prepared to do your part in its fulfillment” – Ernest L Wilkinson, BYU President [1951-1971. BYU Speeches, April 21, 1966.
1988: ”Joseph Smith predicted that the time would come when the Constitution would hang, as it were, by a thread, and at that time “this people will step forth and save it from the threatened destruction”” – Ezra Taft Benson, LDS President. Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1988), 619. Benson also quoted the White Horse Prophecy in numerous lectures and publications that he gave.
1995: “LDS attachment to the Constitution has been further encouraged by an important oral tradition deriving from a statement attributed to Joseph Smith, according to which the Constitution would ‘hang by a thread and be rescued, if at all, only with the help of the Saints. Church President John Taylor seemed to go further when he prophesied, “When the people shall have torn to shreds the Constitution of the United States the Elders of Israel (Mormons) will be found holding it up to the nations of the earth”” – Daniel H. Ludlow, ed., Selections from Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1995, “The Church and Society,” p. 122.
1999: “They tolerate everything that's bad, and they're intolerant of everything that's good. Religious freedom is going to go down the drain, too. I’ve never seen it worse than this, where the Constitution literally is hanging by a thread.” – Orrin Hatch, Republican Mormon Senator of Utah. “The Doug Wright Show,” (KSL) November 9, 1999.