Mayflower Promise 2020: Tad R. Callister - Americas Choice: A Nation Under God or Without God
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- Tad R. Callister shares his thoughts on the history of religious freedom in America and the choice that Americans face today: Will we be a nation under God or without God?
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I wasn't born in America, so to hear and get this amazing reminder about being an American, gives me a strong sense of joy and responsibility to defend our liberties we enjoy here.
It’s impossible to not recognize God’s hand in bringing about our country and its constitution.
I’m grateful to God and the imperfect man willing to follow Him.
I am thankful for Religious Freedom. I am thankful for Tad R. Callister. #Givethanks
Hi Mike!!! :)
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If you like this video, you do not like religious freedom
Thank you Elder Callister, inspired and beautifully explained.
Many of today's rights are because of our past recognized mistakes. If we erase our history, we deprive future generations of the opportunity to learn from our past. And if we remove God and religion from our society, we remove the very Foundation upon which our country and constitution was and is built.
I deeply love and appreciate the sacrifices of our founders. Everyone has played such an important role in furthering the cause of freedom. I am a descendant from 4 pilgrams on the Mayflower. My heart pumps freedom, love of God, and gratitude for God's hand in directing the creation of this country. Thank you for this talk and the further insight you provided.
Can you post who were your ancestors on the mayflower? I found one but I think I might have more. We might be cousins....
@@tanyas.3812 I am related to Howland and Tilley on my mother's side and Brewster and Hopkins on my father's side. I just discovered this days ago. I was shocked! But then, ten million people in America can claim a Mayflower connection.
Hi Cousin, I am a Mayflower descendant as well. Richard More is my GGFx9. I believe I also have Hopkins and Allerton lines.
Thank you, Tad Callister, for sharing this evidence of the appropriate role of religion in our public and private lives! Thanks be to God for His help in my life!
Thank you for your research and presentation. I just wish everyone I share it with would listen to it.
The elders of the church truly are stepping up to save this republic. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ, and I love America and the constitution.
This “save the republic” rhetoric is frightening
Mike. You really believe that? I see it as totally opposite.President Trump supports freedom of speech, religion and the right to bear arms. He supports teaching our children that our founding fathers were inspired men and that we should love our country not hate it.
@@randycragun indeed , it is frightening. Who would have thought enemies to america would have been so successful and so dangerously close to accomplishing their goal.
@Mike except for I had read over a dozen books about the foundation of america and what makes her great, long before the media started bashing trump. So I know what to look for, and the fruits of people's actions, not the media's slant on it. You can't be deceived when you are taught right from wrong and know what to look for.
@@natbc9301 🙄 I guess if your religion has a story about a hero of “freedom” who kills anyone who does not sign a loyalty oath, you start seeing freedom in absurd ways. This video promotes state sponsorship of religion, the antithesis of religious freedom. Mormons like you just think that the US is special and that they are special within the US, so you plan for the violent overthrow of our government while thinking that you are defending some imaginary version of America.
YES!!! This video should be required for all seminary students next year when they are studying D&C! When I taught D&C a few years ago, I was SHOCKED by the lies our children are being taught in high school. Our founders were inspired and prepared by God to bring forth freedom for Heavenly Father's children and a nation of liberty so the Gospel of Jesus Christ could be restored.
Did the schools not teach your children that Mormon God made the US special? What an outrage.
@@randycragun I am genuinely curious what your ultimate goal is in your comments? I can guarantee that no member of our faith (or any other faith) was ever persuaded by someone in the comments of a CZcams video that they were wrong. Especially not when the comments are nasty and snide. I can tell you from experience that when people try to bash my religion, it actually strengthens my testimony. So I suppose I should thank you for your comment. 😊
@@dalainajoeburhans959, I am genuinely curious what your ultimate goal is in your comments. I can guarantee that no reasonable people outside your faith share your wild belief that a god led some dudes in the late 18th century to form a government specifically with the aim of making their country hospitable to Mormonism (especially not when the comments are so nasty and snide, as yours are). I can tell you from deductive reasoning that if you respond to criticism by digging in your heels on a topic (your belief in your religion) that has nothing to do with the criticism you received (your implication that high schools should be teaching Mormon ideas of American exceptionalism), it actually shows that you are incapable of responding reasonably to criticism. So I suppose I should feel sorry for you.
Really, though, Mormonism’s obsession with pleasantness is weird. Mormons think it is obviously reasonable, but people outside the religion do not share this obsession. The idea that someone is wrong because their tone feels negative is one of those things that Mormon leaders have taught you to keep you from listening to criticism. It is so easy to discount contrary evidence because it puts down your religion instead of building up... something, but there is really no reason why those concepts should have anything to do with what is true or false.
@@randycragun I disagree with you. Bible readers worldwide have read instances in the Bible where God moved a people to a place to raise it up until Himself plenty of times. Why would that be weird to have happen again, yes, even in America? You can say cutely “so that Mormonism could be started” all you want but all the saints will do is roll eyes and internally want to scream at you that it isn’t Mormonism that’s important (it was a nick name given to us that we’ve over timed turned into a badge of honor instead of a pejorative) rather the fullness of the Gospel of Christ. That’s it. Salvation via obedience is not a new idea, it’s an old one, old as time. Ex Bro Cragun I’m sorry you’re so seethingly angry, I wish I could say I haven’t been in your spot, but I have been so I get you. Thanks for commenting.
Thank you for taking time to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Pilgrims!
Thank you for helping us renew our Covenant with God by showing our gratitude for those who have gone before and the opportunity to Pledge our Gratitude and Allegiance to God.
I loved the quote from F. W. Boreham you shared:
"When a wrong wants righting, or a work wants doing, or a truth wants preaching, or a continent wants opening, God sends a baby into the world to do it...."
When you shared this, I couldn't help but think about how God our Father sent His own Beloved Son, Jesus Christ as a baby.
So too does God send all His Children. Hense, we can see how Vital building and raising Families in Zion (for all those who righteously desire to follow God) can be!
I was blesses by this video. Reminded me of a class that I had taken in Bible college many years ago. Thanks for the inspiration!!!!
This is such an important talk!!! Well done. I am sharing it with my family.
I can't get enough of this talk!
America will cease to be great if it ceases to be good. You cannot have a free society, without having respect for the Law.
And where better are children taught respect for Law, than at the knees of good parents and righteous religious leaders?
Thanks for this powerful message!
Agreed!
Just like each generation of people either in the Book of Mormon or the Bible had to renew their covenant to receive the blessings of God, we too need to renew our Covenants with God as a Zion people through the Holy Temple and as a Country though the anniversary of honoring our Forefathers and Foremothers during the Month of Thanksgiving.
(Or for those outside of the United States, any celebration where we can give thanks to God for our blessings.)
Excellent talk!! the world needs to learn the lessons in this talk. I'm sorry that so many citizens of our country have been dooped into believing that our country is evil because our founding fathers were not perfect. I always thought, "What if I or you were called by God to do some great thing? What if I accomplished that great thing, and then someone tried to discredit it because they new me in HIgh School and remembered how goofy I was, or remembered that when I was younger I didn't always live Gospel standards.
Thank you so much for sharing all these moments of history from our founding fathers!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️
What babies have been born this year of 2020, and how will God use them to bless his children all over the world?
Absolutely remarkable!!! Thank you Tad R. Callister!!!
Powerful words by a great man; thank you Elder Callister.
The more I hear this man the more I love and respect him.
God's work will not be frustrated, only the work of men will.
Thank you for sharing! I live in an area being flooded by US citizens seeking religious freedom and a righteous area to raise their children. Ten minutes away, across a certain state border, there are hundreds of single family homes for sale. Into this state, a house goes on the market and it's gone in a day, for over the value. Refugees flooding in from religious and government oppression.
What state do you live in?
That sounds like where I want to live.
So good! Amen!
#MayflowerPromise
I fell in love with America and the constitution while reading the book of Mormon. So grateful for this talk. Thanks for sharing it.
I totally agree!
is it possible to put all those ideas in a child friendly format? I feel like my kids NEED to have these thoughts, but how do I put them there? I doubt they would sit and listen to this...
Give them a chance.
Most excellent! My thoughts exactly but so eloquently said ...
Truth is spoken here!
Thank you for making this video. So many today are trying to rewrite our history, and want to destroy our constitution and now our country. I wish all people could and would listen to your message and understand the importance of religion.
How, exactly, are people trying to “rewrite our history”, and who wants to destroy out country?
@@randycragun those who seek to destroy monuments and to teach lies about our founding. Those are the people trying to rewrite our history.
@@dalainajoeburhans959, what do monuments have to do with history?
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this wonderful video/inspired lesson. We used it today for our family’s Gospel Doctrine lesson. God bless our country that it may truly be a nation blessed because God is the Lord.
Such a powerful and inspired message!
What a terrific timely message! Government exists to protect our God-given rights!
Preach👏👏👏
Amen.
On my father's side, I am a direct descendant of the captain of the Mayflower Captain Jones. He did not remain in Plymouth however, on my mothers side, I am related to a passenger who did remain and settle in America. I am grateful for my brave ancestors who left everything for the hope of a free land to worship freely. I pray we will indeed be a natrion under God... I pray for this with all my heart and soul. I also pray God will hear the prayers of the righteous here in America, even if they be the minority currently. An interesting side note: on my father's side, my relatives continued to fight for freedom in America by serving as senators and judges.
So well spoken Brother Callister.....this and your information on truth of the Book of Mormon is much appreciated !
That's my Mission President
Tad R Callister is brilliant. What a contribution he has made in defending truth. This is beautiful. Is it written out for our use?
Cannot say these AMAZING words enough ... we all need to pass this video on to all friends and family.
I especially want my grandchildren to learn these things and to be able to live by these truths. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
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Solid as always, thank you Tad Callister!!! What a beautiful talk and what courageous men and women behind the Mayflower Promise channel. Thank you!!
Thank you ❤️ Elder Callister!
A wonderful and powerful reminder that we need God in the public square!
love his books
I love this so much!
I wish Church wards would quit teaching bland, generalized messages of "gratitude" annually in Nov. sacrament meetings, and instead recommend talks on how America was founded (1620), and how it was able to be the place where the Gospel was restored, as alluded to by Elder Callister. Pres. Hinckley gave several talks (not in GC) on the sacred trust and debt we owe to our pilgrim fathers, comparing their dedication to religious liberty with that of our early Church forefathers. (He, as I, found we had Mayflower descendants, which drives all this home even more poignantly.) There are a lot of parallels in the pilgrims' gradual journey from England to Plymouth Rock and the Saints' long "trek" from Palmyra to Utah. We should be highlighting them and learning from them.
Sacrament meeting is to partake of the sacrament and teach Gospel principles.
Fabulous!!! Thank you ❤️
que bueno hna the bendiciones a su hna hno no conoco esoero conoserla
Thank you, thank you, thank you . Amen
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Thanks for a great message
Can the church please bring back schools!
May I share this talk in one of my youtube channels?
Yes
@@tadcallister9958 do you have a written copy of this? I'd love to add this to our library. Love you
How would I get a copy?
Has this talk been written/transcribed? Does anyone know where I can find it?
My ancestor, Francis Eaton, was a passenger,along with his wife Sarah, on the Mayflower in 1620, Francis survived the first winter, sadly Sarah did not!
I owe so much to my ancestors for blessings I now enjoy
Wonderful talk. I agree with the principles taught in it.
But to be clear, the phrase, "In God we trust" was added in 1956 and the words, "...under God..." were added in 1954. Both were done in response to the Atheist philosophy of the Soviets. They were inspired by the Cold War. To conflate them with the words of the Founding Fathers is not academically accurate.
He never conflated those phrases with the founding fathers. He used them as further evidence that we are a religious nation. The fact that they were added later further proves his point.
@@johnmosesbrowning5831 I couldn’t have said it better.
@@johnmosesbrowning5831, exactly! The fact that a majority was able to oppress minorities in a time of crisis is evidence that we should keep letting that happen! These evil communists just can’t see that ethical public policy is always the status quo (except when I dislike the status quo).
So Tad, why did 2 apostles attack the only President who tried to adhere to God’s law in 40 years?
Which ones are you referring to? Oaks and who?
Let me recommend a recent video, The Pilgrims, 17th-Century English Emigrants, available at this link:
czcams.com/video/DzDeCLpJkYE/video.html
Fun fact: per the Founding Fathers and confirmed in the Tripoli Treaty, America was NEVER established or intended to be established as a Christian nation. Nor a nation that as a whole subscribes to any other faith. Everyone has the freedom of religion to practice the faith of their choosing, or the freedom from religion to not practice one at all.
The founding fathers knew that allowing religion into government was a bad idea. I am sorry you represent my relatives.
No, they knew that a state religion was a bad idea. But they welcomed religious observance and expression in government and the public square.
If the “founding fathers” did not recognize the importance of keeping religion out of government, then they were wrong. Who cares what those dead guys thought?
@@randycragun those of us who love this country, our constitution and liberty, care about what "those dead guys thought". Lol
@@dalainajoeburhans959, apparently, you do not love liberty because you like this evil video. Anyone who tries to get the state to promote religion does not value my rights. You are the worst part of America.
@@randycragun sadly you are severely uneducated on this topic. Your ignorance (I know that word will anger you, but look up the definition and you’ll see that it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person INTENTIONALLY spreading cringe worthy ideals all over the internet) makes me cringe honestly. The founders were clearly focused on religious freedom while at the same time expecting the religious and moral people in the newly formed county to uphold standards relating to a creator/a savior, and peacefulness. You can disagree all you want but a deep dive into every single one of them will say the opposite of what you’re saying. All anyone has to do is go deeper into the subject which is ten feet deep to realize that your intellectually dishonest and shallow two inch deep assessment is woefully wrong. No state religion was named and that was the goal. Even Jefferson who the atheists like to use as the standard for your argument was a God and Savior believing man.
Clearly, Stalin had weaknesses, but if this is the prime focus of the critics and they fail to put those weaknesses in the context of one’s entire life, then they, too, will miss the real man
@@PInkMammaDuck No. I’m countering a fallacious argument.
Get thee behind me Satan.
@@randycragun Your counter is a joke. Fine, let's look at the totality of the lives of each man. We find with Washington, a conscientious man, a leader of men in wartime, a man who served his nation and preached virtue to his people, and a president who voluntarily laid down power at the end of two terms. Yes, his one glaring moral deficiency was that he was a slaveholder; a blemish on an otherwise noble person. Is that blemish a problem worthy of casting him out of our national pantheon?
Contrast that with Stalin: his virtues? cunning, intelligence, persistence. But what of the totality of his life? It's emblazoned with a lust for power, with being a manager of men in wartime (he was never in the field in battle), and a ruthless dictator for whom he was the state and the state was Stalin (and some 50-70 million Soviets were murdered out of the paranoia serving that power), and who never relinquished his power until death took it from him. Those aren't Stalin's weaknesses; those are what made Stailn, Stalin.
Washington was good man with a few weaknesses (like all of us). Stalin was an absolute monster with a few virtues. See the difference?
Get thee out of my country, Christian nationalist
@@randycragun This country and this land belong to Jesus the Christ who created it, the wages of Satan whom you serve is death!
Reporting this video for hate speech against the irreligious
I’m reporting your comment for being childish.