The chair becomes a throne
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The chair becomes a throne
A king buildeth a higher chair—The people discover furniture—Everyone is God.
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1 Now there was among the people a ruler named Benjamin, who kept the affairs of Zarahemla.
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2 And Benjamin was beloved because he kept the aqueduct functioning and the meeting agendas brief.
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3 But flatterers came unto him and said: Surely he who keepeth the calendar is spiritually above those who merely attend it.
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4 And Benjamin began to believe them.
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5 And I shit you not, he ordered a higher chair.
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6 Then a higher platform beneath the chair.
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7 Then curtains behind the platform.
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8 Then a title for the person who opened the curtains.
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9 Then a committee concerning the title.
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10 And a reader of Nephi entered and asked: What hath happened here?
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11 Benjamin said: Organization.
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12 The reader said: It appeareth to have become theater.
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13 Then a child sat upon the high chair while Benjamin was away.
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14 And lightning did not strike.
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15 The universe did not collapse.
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16 No angel requested credentials.
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17 Therefore the people learned that a chair may identify a function without revealing the metaphysical rank of the person sitting in it.
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18 And the Society declared: Everyone is God.
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19 Not that every person is omniscient.
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20 Not that every person is incapable of error.
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21 Not that every desire is holy.
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22 But that no office conferreth a superior grade of being.
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23 And one asked: If everyone is God, who is in charge?
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24 And The reader answered: Administratively? Consult the schedule.
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25 Spiritually? Thou art.