Gospel – Plurality of Doctrines

The Mormon Pioneers after a journey of a little over three months entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. According to William Clayton, upon arrival Brigham Young the pioneer leader stated, “This is the right place, Drive on”. Narrative goes that like earlier Mormon history, the Mormons were driven out of their home due to persecution. The exact reasons for their leaving their home in Nauvoo is hard to prove definitively. There were accusations of counterfeiting and other illegal activities occurring in Nauvoo, where the majority of the Mormons fell out of favor in Illinois. We do know for sure that some time after the Murders of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, that the City of Nauvoo had its charter revoked due to ongoing controversy among the city’s citizenry.

In the premise of the original Star Wars Trilogy, we meet a young man named Luke Skywalker. After encountering some trouble in the desert of Tatooine , old Ben Kenobi, formerly known as Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi comes to the aid of Luke. They return to Kenobi’s place of residence on Tatooine and have a lengthy discussion about the Old Republic, the clone wars, Jedi Knights, and Luke’s father, Anakin Skywalker. Kenobi, reveals that he was once a Jedi Knight, like Luke’s father. Luke having been raised by his aunt and uncle whom didn’t want Luke to have the same fate as his father, didn’t know much about the details of how his father died. He simply asks Kenobi “How did my father die?” Kenobi responds:

“ A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father.” (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope).

As the story continues, Luke follows Kenobi as a trusted mentor on a mission which ultimately leads to the destruction of the first death star, which is also where Kenobi is defeated at the hands of Darth Vader himself.

As time passes, Luke eventually has to confront Vader in an attempt to rescue his friends in Cloud City. As Vader gets the upper hand in battle, Luke is cornered, and Vader reveals something to Luke he was not expecting. Vader said, “Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.” Luke replied, “He told me enough! He told me you killed him!” to which Vader said, “No. I am your father”. Luke, emotional and in denial said in response “No. No. That’s not true. That’s impossible!”. (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)

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