Mosiah 4:17-23 On Sharing

I don't know very much about Mormonism, but an acquaintance who is himself LDS pointed to me this sacred text of theirs which seems pretty pertinent to current debates about the "47%". It's the  Book of Mormon's "Mosiah 4:17-23"

"17 Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just.

"18 But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same hath great cause to repent; and except he repenteth. hath no interest in the kingdom of God.

"19 For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon... God... for all the riches which we have of every kind?

21 ...And now, if God... doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask... O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another.

22 And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you... and condemn him, how much more just will be your condemnation for withholding your substance, which doth not belong to you but to God...

23 I say unto you, wo be unto that man, for his substance shall perish with him; and now, I say these things unto those who are rich as pertaining to the things of this world."

 Draw your own conclusions; it seems clear to me!

Positive Images

One of my brothers challenged me to produce political images that were positive. He and several others had expressed weariness with negative materials. Even though I think my negative content is well-founded, still, the comment makes sense and ... even if it didn't ... it seems to be a real expression of a real feeling. You just can't tell people they don't feel what they say they feel!
So the challenge is to create truthful (or at least truthy) images with political impact that are positive. I'd like to add "funny" where possible, because stuff which is just uplifting without being humorous can sometimes be treacley. Well, we'll see....

Rather than mine my old stuff, I wanted to start with something new. AND I am still thinking of the earache for which I am taking drops ... this image and text sort of flowed out of it:

Real graphic articles will point out a whole lot of problems with this image, but for an amateur using MSPaint, I don't think it's entirely bad. Anyway, it made me snicker!