About rameumptom

Gerald (Rameumptom) Smith is a student of the gospel. Joining the Church of Jesus Christ when he was 16, he served a mission in Santa Cruz Bolivia (1978=1980). He is married to Ramona, has 3 stepchildren and 7 grandchildren. Retired Air Force (Aim High!). He has been on the Internet since 1986 when only colleges and military were online. Gerald has defended the gospel since the 1980s, and was on the first Latter-Day Saint email lists, including the late Bill Hamblin's Morm-Ant. Gerald has worked with FairMormon, More Good Foundation, LDS.Net and other pro-LDS online groups. He has blogged on the scriptures for over a decade at his site: Joel's Monastery (joelsmonastery.blogspot.com). He has the following degrees: AAS Computer Management, BS Resource Mgmt, MA Teaching/History. Gerald was the leader for the Tuskegee Alabama group, prior to it becoming a branch. He opened the door for missionary work to African Americans in Montgomery Alabama in the 1980s. He's served in two bishoprics, stake clerk, high council, HP group leader and several other callings over the years. While on his mission, he served as a counselor in a branch Relief Society presidency.

Mosiah’s warning dream: invasion or crop failure?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by rameumptom

For years I’ve assumed that when the Lord warned King Mosiah I in a dream to take his people and flee northward (Omni 1:12) that it was on account of a massive Lamanite invasion.

However, I was often then confused by an event happening less than 100 years later. Continue reading →

Why worry about global warming?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by rameumptom

Why worry about global warming when the trends all show that there is going to be global cooling due to a slow down of the sun? The last major slow down was in 1645, lasted 70 years, and caused a mini-Ice Age in Europe.

http://news.discovery.com/space/is-the-sun-about-to-fizz-out-110614.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25

Posted on June 14, 2011 by rameumptom

New Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25: “Not My Will, But Thine, Be Done” Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22

is now online at my blog. It includes the Cave of Gethsemane and the controversial Secret Book of Mark.

http://joelsmonastery.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-25.html

Read it there / Comment here!

Dept of Education Gestapo?

Posted on June 11, 2011 by rameumptom

Recently, SWAT team went to arrest a young man for his estranged wife being delinquent on her education loan. 6 AM on a Tuesday morning, the SWAT team busted into his home, cuffed him in front of his kids, and had him sit in the squad car for six hours. Meanwhile, his estranged wife was not there.

When he later went to the Mayor’s office, they and the local police department had nothing to do with what happened. It seems that the federal Department of Education issued the warrant and sent out the SWAT team!

So, we have another reason why we should close down the DoE, and return education back to local communities. A huge federal bureaucracy cannot help but turn tyrant eventually.

See the article here: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/department-of-education-swat-raid-for-unpaid-student-loans/