Today I taught a Sunday School lesson to my rambuctious but lovable 9 year old boys. It was on 4th Nephi Chapter 1 in the Book of Mormon. Christ has just completed his visit to the people of ancient America and all are converted. The resulting society is peaceful and wonderful. I decided to take some of the social ills that were eliminated and quantify how much money that would save if we could eliminate those expenses in our society. The amounts were googled, so I'm not claiming they are scientific or even accurate, but they are interesting. Here's what I came up with:
| Scripture |
What Changed in Christlike society |
What we do to try and Eliminate in our society |
Cost to our society |
| 4 Nephi 1:16 |
no murderers |
Prisons |
37 Billion |
| " |
no robbers |
Police |
30 Billion |
| " |
no lyings |
Regulation |
1750 Billion |
| " |
no tumults (riotings) |
England 2011 |
0.5 Billion |
| 4 Nephi 1:2 |
no contentions |
Wars |
663 Billion |
| 4 Nephi 1:5 |
Sick healed, blind see, dead raised and all manner of miracles |
Healthcare |
2400 Billion |
The figures are all from 2011 and unless noted are for the US. The total comes out to be $4,910,000,000,000,000. That's 4.91 Quadrillion dollars. With that kind of savings we could pay off the national debt in less then a year. Hmmm. Its interesting to think about anyway.
The highlight of the class: when one of the boys completely sincerely exclaims,"Yeah, Math!"
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