In the 1980's I moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico with my family where my father took a job with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). LANL is the birthplace of the atomic bomb. LANL is very secure and secret facility, a government facility run by the University of California. They do a great deal of research that is very secret and for very good reasons, mostly national defense. My father is a very, very smart man. He has a B.S. in mathematics and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering. Well, my father worked in nuclear power for many years before working at LANL. When he took the job a LANL he received a very intense background check to gain employment. My father worked with nuclear weapons while working for LANL. My father was never able to tell us what he did, just that he worked with nuclear weapons. He often stated, "If I told you what I did, I would have to kill you." This show how important these secrets were and are. My father is now retired from LANL and still keeps his vault closed. I know he will continue to do this because of his integrity. Now that I have rambled I will get to the point of this post.
As many of you may know I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sometimes we are referred to as LDS or Mormon. (Feel free to visit http://www.mormon.org/ or http://www.lds.org/ if you have any questions) Some of you may know that we believe in the Bible and also believe and use other scriptures as a Testament of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Well, the other day while reading in the scriptures, I came across a scripture that has become my new favorite. This passage is when God is speaking to Moses about the creation of the Earth (one of my favorite topics) and many other worlds. This scripture is in the Book of Moses in the "Pearl Of Great Price."
"Wherefore, no man can behold all my works, except he behold all my glory; and no man can behold all my glory, and afterwards remain in the flesh on the earth." (Moses 1:5)
When I read this the first thing I thought of was when my father would joke with me about, if he told me what he did at work, he would have to kill me. Well, I believe this to be a little bit bigger than me and my father. This is the "ultimate" I can't tell you everything I do without having to kill you. Not that either my father or God would have killed either Moses or myself, but it shows you how important things can be on this Earth and throughout the universe. Mostly how important Gods Creations are.
WOW! What a wonderful creation this Earth is and not to mention all the "creations" throughout the universe. I am sure Moses thought the same as I did, "Don't tell me, PLEASE!"
3 comments:
This will make me giggle every time I read this scripture from now on, Karl! :D
The statement from your father is an of quoted saying/joke around here (Los Alamos). It usually is of the form "if I told you I'd have to shoot you". Not too funny in my opinion coming from a LANL employee or God. Of course, the quote from LDS scripture is not meant to be funny.
View from a moderate in NM, Thank you for your comment and your opinion. Everyone has their own opinion and thanks again for sharing yours. I used the form,"If I told you what I did, I would have to kill you." because this is what we said in our home. Sorry our form of an "of quoted saying/joke" was not of the norm. We all are different in our opinions and views, this is what makes life so great. I saw some relation between the two events and chose to share my view. Like I stated, my father would never kill me, it was a "saying/joke" and done if fun. I once again appreciate your comment. Feel free to continue to read and comment.
Thank you,
Karl Schempp
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