Sharing my daily thoughts as I study the Book of Mormon. Law school student. Italian. Arabic. Learning Mandarin. A Freeman against Kingmen. 🦅🦅🦅
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I decided to mute and stop following
@TheExMoCringe
because I don't think the account jives with Elder Cook's advice that "Given our likeness before God, it makes little sense to emphasize our differences."
I don't have any personal problems with the person behind the account. I
@CarrieJane777
@iFightForKids
The cop is doing what is legally necessary to ensure he is able to be sentenced and convicted by the book. This man has committed unspeakable acts, but he has to know he has to right not to self-incriminate or some criminal defense lawyer will have a field day getting him out of
I'm gonna be a girl dad!
And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me, Daily BOM, let's just streeeeeeetch that comfort zone a little bit.
Now soliciting advice on what the heck I'm supposed to do to raise a physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy girl to adulthood.
Just want to bring up what my curiosity discovered. The 200th anniversary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be a General Conference Saturday. It's probably nothing, just a pure coincidence.
Serious question: Why do we believe Abinadi was an old man? Is it only because of the Arnold Friberg painting and Living Scriptures? I don't recall anything in the text that indicates his age but I could be overlooking something.
Here is a true anecdote from my life and a brief history to give you and other people even more hope about the Church in the Middle East:
In 2019 I took my wife and 6 month old son to live in Amman, Jordan for a semester of studying abroad. We had an amazing time.
As a woman,
Please remember this man's recent experiences which he shared with us, and realize that everything he is doing, he is doing with a heightened sense of urgency and a will hermetically sealed to and perfectly aligned with God's plan for the immediate future.
Perhaps moreso now
I’m glad to be back to share my thoughts about my recent personal study of the scriptures.
Just like Ammon, “I cannot say the smallest part which I feel” (Alma 26:16) about the Book of Mormon and the wonderful teachings of Jesus Christ contained in this record.
To my friends:
On Monday, my life is going to start changing gears rather radically on several different levels. It is almost a certainty that my presence on X will be severely diminished going forward.
With the coming birth of my little girl in September, I am frantically
If remembering Christ is the goal, is the garment the best strategy? It reminds
#SisterDennis
of Christ, but it also distracts many other people from thinking of Christ due to discomfort, pain or resentment.
#GeneralConference
President M. Russell Ballard, October 2018:
"How grateful I am to know where my precious Barbara is and that we will be together again, with our family, for all eternity. May the peace of the Lord sustain us now and forever is my humble prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
The detractors and critics of the Church should be begging people to stop researching the ancient civilizations of the Americas. Time and research is just going to keep validating the Book of Mormon.
DOES THE BOOK OF MORMON CONDEMN COMMUNISM?
Communism is condemned in the Book of Mormon even if it isn't specifically named.
It is condemned along with other nefarious systems of governance whenever a Book of Mormon prophet warned us of secret combinations.
It is condemned along
Today at Church, the Lord put someone in my path who I know from high school and was later a fellow member of the military. He came today as a visiting high councilor, and I had no idea he was even living in my same state, let alone my stake!
We spent all of 2nd hour catching
Watching Andrea Spannaus' talk:
Me: "I know the story only has five stones, but I wish she would mention a sixth stone, I could make an awesome Thanos meme"
Suddenly, Sis. Spannaus: "I wish David would have picked a sixth stone, which I will call the stone of my testimony"
Me:
For those of you who haven't heard or are new to my profile, I run a 24/7 General Conference YouTube stream called "Restoration Roulette". Tune in any time of day or night to hear random General Conference talks from as far back as 1971.
In an attempt to preempt certain concerns
I am reaching out to let you guys know about a new project I've been working on, something I felt compelled to do during Conference this past weekend.
I love General Conference. I love hearing the word of the Lord, and we have a wealth of easily accessible General Conference
Sometimes, I play this game.
Whenever there is some huge domestic politics thing going on (something about a criminal trial in Manhattan? idk) and everyone on social media is distracted and talking about it, I go snooping and looking for other stories that might be hidden the
This is an emotional argument made against what seems to me to be a family's sound budgetary reasoning.
A woman saying "my added income would barely cover childcare" has literally nothing to do with dividing up who is paying for what in a marriage, and everything to do with
I often hear women say, “It’s not worth it for me to work. I’d barely cover childcare costs."
If you have a partner, childcare is a family expense.
Not a mother’s expense.
Both partners should contribute to childcare costs.
Took the training wheels off my son's bike today. He was flying around and having an absolute blast for over an hour without an issue.
Then, the inevitable first big fall happened. I encouraged him to make sure he wasn't seriously hurt, brush it off, and try again even though he
Some of you know I have been studying Mandarin Chinese and earnestly trying to get to fluency. I feel the same call which pushed President Russell M. Nelson to learn the language. There is so much opportunity for gospel growth in China! It's a long language journey yet ahead of
It looks like some of you guys are starting a 30-day soda fast. I support you! Let's see who else will get on board.
Anyone else want to
#DrinkCelestial
?
@emmusic
@Ch_JesusChrist
Beware, you are listening to the wrong voice and letting it guide your thoughts. Strive with the Prophet and you will be rewarded for faithfulness. Strive against the Prophet and regret it for eternity.
@Eternal_Saints_
This is in line with what Professor Kearl, director of BYU Jerusalem Center, says as well. President Nelson tells us that "Around the world, the Church goes through the front door" when it comes to missionary work and the gathering of Israel. He said it in reference to rumors of
Don't worry guys despite this evidence I have a new theory:
Not only was Joseph Smith a once-in-a-generation savant, but he actually also had Dissociative Identity Disorder and could, at will, slip into different personas, which is how he was able to deceive us all and
You've probably never noticed this detail in The Book of Mormon, but you should. It’s only two words. And it helps to get to the bottom of the question: who actually wrote the Book of Mormon? It’s a game changer, or more accurately a voice changer. /1
I love it when a General Conference talk comes slapping out of the past to testify for the umpteenth time that the Brethren can LITERALLY SEE THE FUTURE.
Imagine if we had posted and re-posted and LIVED BY this talk ever since it was given in 2018? So many world events since
I am happy to report my wife and I made the final decision today that my son will be homeschooled starting this Fall. We're lucky to be in a position where we should be able to make it work. Wife is a saint because she'll be have a newborn at home right as we start everything up,
Today at Church, the Lord put someone in my path who I know from high school and was later a fellow member of the military. He came today as a visiting high councilor, and I had no idea he was even living in my same state, let alone my stake!
We spent all of 2nd hour catching
@NotYourBishop
This is the best quote you'll ever read about this, from Elder Bednar:
He was asked the question: "How can homosexual members of the church live and remain steadfast in the gospel?"
First I want to change the question; there are no homosexual members of the church. We are not
I am reaching out to let you guys know about a new project I've been working on, something I felt compelled to do during Conference this past weekend.
I love General Conference. I love hearing the word of the Lord, and we have a wealth of easily accessible General Conference
The timeliness of the Family Proclamation and its precognizant thoroughness in refuting degenerate contemporary theories and trends which were simply unthinkable in 1995 is more firm at the center of my testimony than almost any other principle of the Restoration.
Try to dispute
The Brethren praised certain amendments in the Respect for Marriage Act. The Act requires States to respect marriage licenses from other States and so was sort of (kind of, not really) an expansion of the definition of marriage.
On the other hand, the amendments to the Act which
I cannot adequately express how needed
@AbigailShrier
's new book "Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up" is, if we want our kids to turn out better than us. And, what parent doesn't want that?
I'm in the final minutes of this book on Audible and I'm already planning to buy
Today's the Day!
BAD THERAPY: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
My two-year investigation into why the generation that received the most wide-ranging mental health interventions is doing so poorly.
And most importantly: How we fix it.
Available NOW:
Timely words from everyone's favorite and the LEAST controversial apostle, President Boyd K. Packer:
"The virtue of tolerance has been distorted and elevated to a position of such prominence as to be thought equal to and even valued more than morality. It is one thing to be
@BookofMomma6
A trio of missionaries assigned to the local ward, invited to dinner. They secretly want to know about the latest Marvel movies so they won't stop you from talking about it, but they don't wanna be the ones to bring it up.
@JediJames95
We can now be assured that anyone putting up roadblocks to access the Gospel, whether from within the Church or from outside the Church, is not operating according to Gods will. Bring every person in and let your Bishop deal with it.
On Nephi killing Laban (Buckle up):
I was going to save this one until tomorrow, but it's a heavier topic, and it is better digested on a Saturday night than a Sunday morning.
1 Nephi 4:10-18
People who are hung up on this part of Nephi's story may need to re-read the Old
@nocertainlynot
"None of my direct ancestors lived alone"
Someone pointed out to me that this is a distinct representation of survivorship bias. They became your direct ancestors by embracing their so-called "generational trauma" and procreating.
Elder
@PatrickKearon
was called and ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and fills the vacancy left in the quorum after the death of President M. Russell Ballard. “This sacred call is so very daunting and humbling to me,” said Elder Kearon.
This is an earth-shaking Proclamation which confounds many people and stands as a bulwark against the attempted obliteration of the complementary roles men and women play in God's Plan of Salvation.
One of these days I want take a look into what things looked like before the
@smashbaals
The use of "white" and "black" are Hebrew idioms for, respectively, spiritual purity and spiritual blindness. They do not refer to skin color.
Don't believe me? The structure of Book of Mormon language itself proves it. Pay attention to the bold words.
Take 2 Nephi 26:33
"he
REJECT LABELS. EMBRACE UNITY IN CHRIST.
(If you agree with this message, consider retweeting it. That will help more people see it, and maybe we can initiate some sort of change in our online culture.)
The Lord has touched my heart and Elder Quentin L. Cook's talk has caused me
@tessiebabes
Did that speaker tell you what they named the third gamete? If humankind has secretly been a sexually trimorphic species, this would be huge news! Just need to see that third gamete.
I hit the 1k milestone! Then, I immediately found more bots to block among my followers. But that crisp 3:5 ratio on my following/followers was too clean not to share.
"By keeping my covenants and obligations with God, INCLUDING WEARING THE GARMENT OF THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD, my very life can become a personal symbol of my love and deep gratitude for my Savior Jesus Christ and my desire to have in my life always."
That's a wrap. There's nothing
@RST_0fficial
I don't hate Kwaku but there are very valid reasons for opposing what he does that have nothing to do with insignificant labels like race or political leaning.
Blanket statements like this are beneath you man
@MormonMarksman
How could God be an example for good behavior if he had no choice but to have good behavior? That's a rigged game. The whole reason He is our example is because He chose the path He is on, and gave us the freedom to make those same choices.
It's not quite Passover, but I did have a special guest over for dinner tonight. Having Christ take a seat at the table would have been great, but having
@jaredadairbell
over was a good consolation prize. 😏
One of my fringe beliefs is that this is how the Lord views any point in the past. Kolob is a giant Urim and Thummim which allows Him to gaze upon light from any point in the past, such that all things past are continually before him, and making past knowledge a simple matter of
@vampirelokis
Please indicate where in the Book of Mormon it says black people go to hell? Even if "black/dark skin" were meant literally, explain Jacob 3:8? "O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their (the Lamanites') skins will be whiter than yours (the
1 Nephi 11:8
I wonder where Nephi learned about snow? Maybe he discovered it on the mountains in Bountiful while praying? Or, in my opinion more likely (and we have to remember Nephi is writing this long after it happened, like 30 years later) Nephi may have discovered snow
@faithfulsakura
The good news, she genuinely seems like she cares and thinks she's doing you a favor.
The bad news is she doesn't care enough to do anything beyond parrot century-old talking points which do nothing but sound vaguely scary. Pretty lazy if you ask me.
Good for you for
@GeorgistJoseph
I give him a lot of credit still for not talking poorly of the Brethren no matter how he very obviously disagrees with the doctrines they teach, whether he realizes it or not. I don't agree with most of what he said, but I do recognize and appreciate that he isn't using his
@jaredadairbell
I love this! Not to imply that yours is incomplete analysis, I would nevertheless supplement your proper citations in Alma 13 and 34 with the golden doctrines at the core of Alma 32:
Alma 32 describes not only the continuation our faith journey here on Earth, but that same
My favorite thing about this comment is the implication that the Book of Mormon is so similar to the Bible that I wouldn't notice if they got swapped. Not sure if that's what he meant to say 🤔
On President Nelson re-emphasizing the correct name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints:
Here's something that has been on my mind since 2018, when President Russell M. Nelson gave this talk:
The Correct Name of the Church
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For me, it
@mask_bastard
The Book of Mormon
Non-religious:
The first trilogy of Red Rising
The Madness of Crowds
Basic Economics
I don't mention the Stormlight Archives but only because I don't think they are for everyone.
@DrJulieHanks
It's so sad and despicable that you aren't using your influence to encourage people to draw closer to Christ. You'll be partially accountable for the people you are leading away from hearing God's word. Stop pandering to the mental hypochondriacs who need the world to be
So.... Do we talk about how bad The Oath was, or do we just pretend it didn't happen? I don't mean any disrespect against Darin Scott or the people who worked on it, but man... I can at least say my friends and I were entertained 😂😭 There were a few parts I wished had been the
Would like to wave pride month a relieved farewell with this quote from the late great Neal A. Maxwell:
"Alas, gross, individual selfishness is finally acculturated. Then societies can eventually become without order, without mercy, without love, perverted, and past feeling (see