My favorite thing, or at least one, about the Church is that it encourages education. Missionaries go out and get people to read the Book of Mormon or at least start reading their own Bible and stop relying on what the preacher tells them.
The scriptures alone have proved its worth in times past. In fact, one of the first books in print was the Bible. There are countless stories in the Book of Mormon where whole civilizations were either blessed because they had records from which they were taught from and those who ran wild, whose language became corrupt because they had no records.
I thought the Perpetual Education Fund was awesome when I first heard about it. Well, I still do think it is an inspired idea.
I have often wondered if it might bring more jobs to other countries because of cheaper labor. It might, but it might encourage competition and create even more jobs.
Posted by Michael at January 24, 2004 08:25 AM