put aside his own *selfish* goals & unselfishly stepped up and sacrificed to nurse our father back to health. Believers have no monopoly on charity and unselfishness.
My brother Mike is a nonbeliever. During COVID when our dad was recovering from major heart surgery & almost didn't make it, he was moved to rehab w/ no visitors allowed. Dad was confused & extremely weak & he wouldn't have been OK on his own. The only exception was if one of us
โIn that moment of crisisโฆ.the nonbelievers are the ones who will step on anybody they have to in order to get to their own selfish desire and reach their own selfish goalโ
-Brad Wilcox
and spent weeks helping Dad learn to swallow again and overcome incontinence and progress with his PT? That's right. It was my atheist, *heathen* brother, Mike. He even listened to conference talks with Dad without complaint. In that moment of crisis, it was the nonbeliever who
moved in with Dad & quarantined in the room for two weeks & then stayed with him without leaving the facility. Care to guess which sibling offered to move into the rehab room with Dad and stayed for a month, separated from his family in another state,
@KevinNe77857066
I'm not going to argue that point with you, Kevin. Not interested in debating who does the most volunteering. My point is that people aren't leaving the church due to selfishness.
Natalie Cline's hateful targeting of a minor happened literally as soon as the ink was dry on the anti-trans bathroom bill.
No child (trans or cis) should be subjected to cyber bullying by a school board member whose ONE JOB is to protect children.
@flyfishcedarci1
@GovCox
THIS. With over 24,000 new cases reported just over the weekend, how can you justify rejecting a mask mandate that would alleviate some of the horrific burden on our health care workers?
@EliMcCann
You are a beautiful, adorable, bright spot in my Twitter feed. And my TBM hubby also enjoys your tweets. You're doing it exactly right. I'm so sorry you're being harassed by haters. ๐
@harris_wins
I'm a 50 yr old straight white married mother of four in Utah, and I understand the assignment. ๐๐๐๐๐
#VoteKamalaHarris2024
@notcapnamerica
Check out Brandon Sanderson. All his books are fabulous. Skyward and Reckoners are both great YA series. Mistborn books and Stormlight are unparalleled.
@ivanopanetti
I'm a 50 yr old straight white married mother of four in Utah, and I understand the assignment. ๐๐๐๐๐
#VoteKamalaHarris2024
@EliMcCann
UGH ๐คฎ Heaven forbid he actually listens to his grandson and finds out that he doesn't actually know everything (anything?) about being gay in the church.
Hi there! ๐ Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, here. To all of those calling for a change of candidacy in the Presidential Race, please note that the election administration community is going to have some serious issues with that. ๐งต
@leoverine
@GovCox
No. The whole point is for trans athletes to be INCLUDED. And right now there are only four trans high school athletes in the entire state of Utah.
๐งตToday is Easter, and this year it's also International Transgender Day of Visibility. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ So I want to take a moment to celebrate and spotlight my very favorite transgender human, Fennec Wall. โค๏ธ
---Fennec uses he/him or they/them pronouns and identifies as nonbinary.
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@Greenfinger1
I would hope it's not *most* of the faithful making hateful comments in response to messages like this. I've shared this message with members of my congregation as well, and it has been well received. But there are definitely some bad apples online.
@AlejandroDeGr8
Pretty sure his lawyers are saying that he is nonbinary for the sole reason of trying to avoid this being categorized as a hate crime. No evidence that he ever declared himself as nonbinary prior to the shooting.
@tayjack86
Some of my church friends have suddenly regressed and started using the wrong pronouns for my 20yo enby kiddo since Oaks gave his talk on Sunday. ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐
@friend_shape
@planetJoseph
Yes. All of this. Excellent thread. Any reference to how wicked the world is becoming is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
@TheVoicesInMyH8
@GrandTeton41
@MichelleLQuist
I have kids and family and friends who have left, and none left b/c they were seeking "popularity, prosperity, & pleasure." The p word he should have used is pain. My loved ones (including my trans 21yo) left b/c church has caused them pain.
@StallionCornell
I have several friends and family members who have left, including my kids. With each of them, we've had many talks about their reasons for leaving. Bc of this, I have a new perspective. In every case, there is deep pain behind the anger. Listening w/o judgment is essential.