Is the LDS Church a Totalitarian Regime?

[_zeezrom]

Do you think the current leaders of the Church all try to emulate Lyndon B. Johnson?

[_Sophocles]

I always thought that the church was openly and unapologetically totalitarian.

Democracy and capitalism and all that are useful for governments run by imperfect men, but everything changes when the Lord is at the helm. That's why it's called the Kingdom of God on Earth, and not the Democratic Republic of God on Earth. The ideal government would be a dictatorship or monarchy with a god or perfect man at the top. In other words, a theocracy, which is what Joseph Smith tried to establish in Kirtland and Nauvoo, and which Brigham Young was more successful at in Utah.

When the Millennium gets here the whole world will be under Jesus' totalitarian regime. Won't it be marvelous?

[_Fence Sitter]

It is strange how Democracy was God's chosen political system in which to restore his 'kingdom on earth'.

[_just me]

When the Millennium gets here the whole world will be under Jesus' totalitarian regime. Won't it be marvelous?

It'll be awesome when all the sinners and unbelievers get slaughtered! WOohoo!

[_zeezrom]

When the Millennium gets here the whole world will be under Jesus' totalitarian regime. Won't it be marvelous?

But the difference is that everyone will *want* Jesus to be the dictator.

[_DarkHelmet]

When the Millennium gets here the whole world will be under Jesus' totalitarian regime. Won't it be marvelous?

But the difference is that everyone will *want* Jesus to be the dictator.

That is true, because all the people who didn't want him to be the dictator were burned to death. So all the people who were not executed by Jesus are happy to have him as their dictator.

[_consiglieri]

But the difference is that everyone will *want* Jesus to be the dictator.

Everyone still standing, at least.

ETA: Curse you, Dark Helmet!

[_Boilermaker]

I would say no because you can walk out of the building any time you want to leave. Since I resigned they haven't done anything to try to reclaim me even. The LDS Church is no more totalitarian than most workplaces. If I don't like what my boss does I can just leave. The difference between the LDS Church and my boss is that when I leave the LDS Church I get a 10 percent pay raise.

[_Samantabhadra]

More than yes. What other regime goes so far as to tell its subjects what underwear to use?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMSQhTMrZs

[_zeezrom]

Everyone still standing, at least.

I used to wonder if a few really skilled/lucky naughty people that hid under the rocks during the purge might sneak through to the millennium. I know God is pretty good at what He does but you never know. I mean, what if a Bear Grylls type found a way? It *could* happen!