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I think about this often.
“He was too low in his estimate.”
Be well, friends. This life is ‘act 2.’ That can sound like a trite platitude, but it also has the benefit of being true.
In the meantime, reach out to someone if you need help. My DMs are always open.
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@Deseret
@Tad_Walch
'we're totes sorry that we identified you as a rabid racist to the national media, lol our bad. you, uh, wanna come back to volleyball it's cool now'
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When should we expect to see same-sex temple sealings?
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I'm seeing everyone post momlife_comics
We can all agree that she's awful, right?
Like, even if most of these situations couldn't be solved with a simple conversation (they could be)
You *never* drag your spouse to others
That's, like, rule number 1
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@SpencerJCox
It wasn't "I could have done better"
it was "I behaved abhorrently," to appease a national media when under a sudden spotlight
while we might not reasonably expect more from college-age athletes, we sure should be able to expect more from state governors.
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Elder Bednar on agency.
"They hymn is called 'Choose the RIGHT,' not 'Choose What You Want'!"
Full video here-
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We’ve all been misinterpreting the gospels
AI created image from the phrase, “Jesus flipping over the tables in the temple.”
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What a way to tell on not only your followers, but your whole brand
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@withkwaku
Bennett doesn’t need my help, but “we should understand the root problem to help in effective ways” is a far cry from “these people don’t deserve help”
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These guys are absolutely nuts
This is not how Church leadership functions
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Amanda encourages review-bombing a small Utah shop over her own personal offense.
Completely unrelated, here's her author page on Amazon:
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Got a lot of bad news for folks who expect that brown rectangle to be confined like that.
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Ahahaha oh gosh what a story. What an utter joke.
Thank God for the service of dedicated area authorities.
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Elder Haynie reminded me of one of the best comments I ever heard in a sacrament meeting:
“When *you* live with exceptions, your *children* will live with exceptions, and *you can’t pick the exceptions they choose to live with*.”
#GeneralConference
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Really weird for so-called Christians to keep admitting that they don’t believe in the ministering of angels, but whatever I guess
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"You can be pro-choice and a faithful Latter-day Saint."
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Okay, here it is-
The baptismal covenant thread (a springboard)
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A wise bishop taught me, “You can never out-fun the world.”
We need to be reaching the younger generation, yes, but we reach them with the message of Jesus. We reach them with the promise of spiritual power through covenants.
We don’t trick them in the door with pop songs.
@LeneWilles
@HHeimuli
@CriddleBenjamin
@joepmbrtn
Like I said, the people that are our age, the blue hairs, and the pearl clutches. Are not gonna be around for very much longer, and we need to be reaching the younger generation.
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@robertschueller
@DaleStarkA10
@LOMiller4
You're absolutely right, homeschooling sounds like a much better option for most kids - farm or no farm.
Even the most inexperienced parent teaching their kid an unfamiliar subject sounds preferable to this.
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If we talked about other gospel principles like we talk about the Family Proclamation:
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This is *fascinating*
First picture - a tweet from 2019
Other pictures - the profile of that individual today
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grateful i don't have friends i need to remind not to do arson
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One of the best things I found early on in my life was this, from Ross Baron.
“The Church is not based on the Bible. The Church is based on what the Bible is based on: revelation through prophets.”
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I usually don’t read the long excerpts of things that get posted here
Maybe folks won’t read this
But if you do, you’ll be rewarded and glad that you did, gaining context into a rather well-known account involving President Kimball.
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Categorizing opposition to him as “hate” is exactly why he needs to lose.
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Me, dumb: why are church leaders concerned about heavenly mother stuff
me, later: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah that'll do it
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"why was not this underused temple sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?"
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Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like kids have an obligation to take care of aging parents, even if that means bringing the aging parent in-house.
Yes, end of life care can be a bit horrific, I guess.
So… we farm it out despite them giving their lives for us?
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In March 2003, when Elder Cook was still a Seventy, he wrote, for the Ensign, "Looking beyond the Mark."
He identified four behaviors that cause "theological blindness" which, consequently, makes us miss the Savior.
One of these behaviors is "engage in gospel extremism"
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@gran1te_mtn
@proetrie
Do you think there could be a selection bias, too (e.g., no ‘quality men’ looking for a 34 YO gal boss who’s obviously not interested in family)?
I think we’re on the cusp of a title wave of these kinds of women realizing they were swindled with corporate sweetheart deals.
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lol I guess it’s okay now to call people to repent on Twitter
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No one wants to talk about the causes of and solutions to this
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A former priest of mine is struggling mightily in the mission field, (very) early on.
It's heartbreaking. I'm not sure how it'll play out.
The stickiest problems are the ones where the best solution is "go back 10 years and choose differently."
This is one of those.
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“I’m mean, I’m picking my politics now, but it’s okay because the Church is gonna reverse course” - every progmo
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MFW members say they've been inspired to violate the Law of Chastity
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"Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."
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Latter-day Saints don’t know what they have with CES schools.
Despite earning 3.97 unweighted and 4.42 weighted GPA, scoring 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT's and founding his own e-signing startup RabbitSign in sophomore year, Zhong was rejected by 16 colleges he applied to.
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Abinadi was accused of being contentious by wicked king Noah’s court
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Blast the church and your immediately family on Twitter, and then they find out and are upset
Guess who’s at fault?
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Here's more.
The entitlement of someone deciding they deserve a limited spot at a Church school while having issues with *checks notes* "Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon... sustaining church leadership, PAYING TITHING"
YOUR TUITION IS SUBSIDIZED BY THE FAITHFUL TITHES OF OTHERS
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@tannerguzy
@MattWalshBlog
Waking up those who idolize niceness and civility. Confrontation with evil that has shed euphemisms can do that.
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I just noticed a fun detail in this piece by Minerva Teichert, "Mosiah Interprets the Jaredite Stone"
Can anyone see it?
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@patrickqmason
Should Latter-day Saints, say, call 911?
If we can, there’s still the same (worse?) violence, we’re just outsourcing it. Any effort to engage a policing agency for support makes us brokers of violence, no?
I’m just wondering where the theological line is.
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evergreen JRC
@megbasham
Thanks. Most importantly, Ballerina Farms is not a Christian, even while I do think she’s amazing in many ways!
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@sadie_byu_lady
@Deseret
@Tad_Walch
Right, so only to those who know him personally was he smeared as a rabid racist rather than millions of strangers who wouldn't give him a second thought the next day
I get what you're saying, and sure, it's a positive in an age of cancel culture
But it's not an excuse for BYU
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"unironically LDS" but also
ambivalent about serving missions
advocates disregarding religion in dating
and gosh darn it be ready to punch someone in the face
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Something cool I just discovered is audio from conference starting in 1936.
It would take some work, but you can become as familiar with the voices of J. Reuben Clark or Heber J. Grant as you are with President Hinckley or President Packer.
(George Albert Smith surprised me!)
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BYU should sue
Statement from Duke University Vice President & Director of Athletics Nina King
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Look at that
President Nelson skips conference, President Oaks goes wilding on the Family Proclamation
#GeneralConference
(😉)
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BYU, of all places, is where we should be equipping young people to push back against the philosophies of the world
not manipulating primary songs to service our munchausen by proxy
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@NoblestCalling
You guys don't want to hear about the other Eternal Families professors XP
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Kinda befuddled about why folks are simping for Tim Ballard
Best you can say right now is “I don’t know what’s going on.”
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It was never so, of course, but-
No more fake tithing to a person's charity of choice rather than to the Church
#GeneralConference
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Seeing
@JReubenCIark
out here with the only acceptable answer to nonsense mainstream witnessing
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Imagine your parents lamenting having been burdened with a lifetime of *checks notes* loving family.
lol
“Because of my beautiful children I didn’t have time to learn how to juggle”
Exmos got nothing, guys. Let them lead with this.
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lol wth is this
BYU Professor Speaks About Her Transgender 8 Year-old in Class
From Jacob Christensen
Senior Contributor and Managing Editor at
@TheCougChron
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“More time in the Book of Mormon and less time on Twitter” is the best advice someone struggling with a specific question could receive.
And it’s universal.
Good answer.
@LukeBenji
My parents were both raised Catholic. We joined the Church a couple decades ago. I have a lot of friends and family who are good Catholics.
In addition to spending more time in the Book of Mormon you should spend less time on Twitter especially before serving as a missionary
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Here’s the whole thing. This will probably be the most important thing you read this week.
Please take four minutes to do so.
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Ha screw you Disney
JUST IN: Disney is now *quietly admitting* that their ESG activism has hurt the company and cost shareholders — putting on full display (again) how ESG prioritization clearly violates fiduciary duty.
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BYU's Ben Schilaty, formerly of the Honor Code office, has effectively announced he's open to same-sex dating.
This post is something else. Lots of references to gospel topics and (multiple!) Book of Mormon references.
"Muh agency."
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If I had a missionary return early from his mission, I would be inclined to restructure the privileges they had enjoyed as a teenager.
No more phone.
No living at home.
Full-time job.
And I'd make those imminent changes clear to a missionary weighing early return.
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Every now and then the mask comes off w/out them realizing
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I've had some experience working with members of the Church who've needed to utilize welfare resources.
I thought it might help to share some thoughts on this process. It doesn't need to be scary. If you're having a difficult time, it might be just right for you.
Thread. 🧵
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Matthew hasn’t been in ward or stake councils
@NoblestCalling
@RealJonElmer
No we don't. We have female leaders of auxiliaries who don't have a seat at the table when major decisions are being made. That isn't the same thing.
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Interesting Church History wrinkle-
You cannot take for granted that the Journal of Discourses captured what early Church leaders said verbatim.
In fact, recent studies have shown the opposite. What was said likely differed *significantly* from what was published.
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Florida: uh yeah we’re gonna start killing people that sexually abuse children
Twitter: THEYRE COMING FOR THE GAYS, GET OUT OF FLORIDA ASAP
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Huh, I wonder what that even mea- oooooooooooooooooooooooh yeah that'll do it
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Despite this dude’s lame regurgitation of some high school witnessing class he got from his pastor, the Church that Joseph Smith restored rolls forward.
Because it’s true!
Best part - you can learn from God, directly, whether Joseph Smith’s testimony of the Savior is true.
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church
A fraud, monomaniacal polygamist, an opportunist who shamelessly exploited his followers. Murdered by an angry mob infuriated by all his bullshit
Or you're a Mormon. In which case, he's the greatest man who ever lived
A thread:
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Is it just me or is this a really weird thing to say after a tragedy like this
Maybe it’s just me
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When my friend got doxxed, you made snide 'oh look the consequences of my actions' remarks.
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Accurately defining words is LITERALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING to Dan until it undercuts progressive euphemisms
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Someone wrote a Substack suggesting we change the doctrine on same-sex sealings to keep people from leaving the Church.
I wrote this in response to people getting big mad about meanies online making people leave the Church, but it applies here, too.
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There is very little upside to doing these interviews. Unless it’s live (or another recording is made), they’re going to edit it to portray Church leaders as befuddled or sinister.
Kinda like this clip
‘Oh she got him!’
A whistleblower says the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ investment firm has over $100 billion – more than any religious fund in America. Instead of doing good, the church is bending the law, said a whistleblower. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.
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hey let's argue about a young man's obligation to serve a full-time mission next
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lol what a nerd
450K followers and he gets 250 likes.
Let him fade into obscurity
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