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Cleansing Of America, The (2010)

by W. Cleon Skousen(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0910558280 (ISBN13: 9780910558280)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Brigham Distributing

review 1: I learned a lot and not just about the final days as laid out by John the Revelator. The principle of Justification has eluded me. I could probably write a paper on it and get an A but I don't think I really comprehended how it works and through one simple analogy the light finally went on.Other parts of the book were more interesting than gospel but I liked Skousen's interpretation of a Zion society. He is very thorough and there are tons of scriptures to back him up. It left me wanting to be a better person so I think it was valuable for me to read.
review 2: W. Cleon Skousen sounds like a Star Trek character's name, but in fact he is one of the greatest "scriptorians" of the past century.My low rating of this book has less to do with the content and more to... more do with the way the content was presented. In addition, the title was a bit misleading, since Skousen spent most of the book focusing on how a "Zion Society" might be set up on the North American continent, after the "cleansing" (this idea, by the way, would make a really scary Hollywood movie), based on scriptures from the Old and New Testament and additional scriptures and prophecy ( I dare skeptics to tell me HOW Charles D. Evans's dream from 1894 could be SO RIGHT ON! Holy smokes!).DEVELOPING A ZION SOCIETY might have been a more appropriate title.In Skousen's defense, this book did not undergo his "final refining touches" in his life-time. He left it to his family to "bring forth", when they felt it was time. They felt it was time and did the editing after his death.Therefore, I do not feel this book represents Skousen at his best, because he was not here to make sure the "voice" and "intent" of the book were in fact HIS.Some highlights of the book were: Seven Steps in Setting up God's Law, The Duel Economic System Under God's Law, and Developing Godly Qualities for a Zion Society.However, even with the use of scripture and sound economic theory to back his views up, a great deal of what Skousen posits in these pages are, in fact, translated into his ideas of how things will work.It is an easy read. I felt there was truth in the expository text, but in the end, it was not presented in an effective way.*** I WILL be using some of his material about the Constitution on my blog, because it is INCREDIBLE! less

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