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In the Bible, the little we know about Enoch is that he is the son of Jared, and a great-great-great-great-grandson of Adam, and that contrary to the other patriarchs, who died, the Bible states that "And Enoch walked with God: and was not; for God took him." Genesis 5:24 KJV The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints has more revealed truth on Enoch;  Enoch built a city and prophesied unto the people, the righteous gathered to the city, the wicked were helpless against the city, and the people were so righteous that God took up the city, Zion, and its people.  Moses 6-7 Pearl of Great Price  https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses/6?lang=eng As always, belief and understandings of teachings are in the eyes and hearts of the reader.  I do not mock any religion, in fact, I try to respect others as much as possible.  What goes from here is personal observation, not necessarily doctrine.  If you want to know more, you can read the link above,or go ...

I should be doing homework, but I am so troubled by this shooting in Florida.  Of course, immediately after the shooting, the usual progressive politicians, (all of whom seem to be in the same party) started calling for gun control.  Started asking when will this end.  They give lip service to "the right to bear arms" found in the Constitution, (which they don't believe exists, incidentally)  and then ask "But what about the rights of the children to be safe at school?" So, the only way to achieve what the gun banners want is to start in one corner of the country, and with the military searching every home, using sonar equipment to cover every square inch of land to insure that there are no weapons buried.  Once they have sterilized an area, they have to have checkpoints in and out as they expand their search.  Can you imagine the cost? Guns are tools.  They are not good, or evil.  In the hands of someone defending their life, it is a great eq...