Joseph Smith Biography

Without Disclosing My True Identity

was forced into chains if work and rules were not completed as established

by the master; the latter is locked in a jail cell for the same reasons. Neither

chose to be born into slavery; each would have rather been born the child of a

slave owner: one who never saw the butt end of a mule pulling a harrow, or

the other who will never hear the sound of a time punch-clock.

Though modern owners do not outwardly display their employees as

personal human property, the slave trade has transformed itself into a shared

commodity of the corporations and wealthy of the world. Within the

commercial organizations that buy and sell goods, make products, and

provide services, there exists a proprietary implication that if a slave refuses

to work for one business, in order to remain alive, the rebellious runaway

must submit to another. By running away from one plantation, the need to

eat, and be clothed and housed necessitates the acceptance of another.^12

There Are Only Two Groups, or “Churches,” in the World

Throughout earth’s history there have always existed “save two” groups of people:

1) Those who enslave and depend upon other human beings so that they do

not have to work, in order to amass material goods and be provided with the

services that generate their personal happiness; and

2) Those who live as every other animal upon earth, in a symbiotic

relationship with nature, taking from it only what they need, and never

exploiting it in return.

The people of Group Two have NEVER enslaved other human beings to provide
themselves with material things, because what nature provides them is “sufficient for their
needs.”^13 As a result of their simple lifestyle, they generally treat each other with mutual respect,
equality, kindness, and humanity. Group Two people live as gentle in nature “as a lamb,” while
those of Group One desire “gold, silver, silks, fine-twined linen, and precious clothing.”

The Truth About Christopher Columbus

In the logs kept by Christopher Columbus when he first explored America, the
two groups of people are well distinguished and described. From his logs, a
contemporary historian reports:

Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from

their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at

the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying

swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food,

water, gifts. He later wrote of this in his log: