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Father | Arabic linguist | Lawyer | Veteran. لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّٰهِ Enjoy politics, philosophy, music, and chess.░F░U░S░S░Y░ ░I░N░ ░B░I░O░

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@fugitivemama @davidfrum What the hell happened to people like Frum?? Is he seriously on drugs or something?
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Baptisms up. Church haters in tears of rage.
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@GovInslee Pretty bold for you to mention Martin Luther King when his vision was for people NOT to be judged by the color of their skin.
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To my LDS peeps: This is the almost 99 year old prophet of God, Russell M. Nelson, speaking yesterday, July 28, 2023. If you think this man is leading the Church astray, then I invite you to repent immediately. He is doing exactly what the Lord wants him to do.
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@VigilantFox We are witnessing two things, both deeply disturbing. 1. A shift to totalitarianism. 2. The collapse of the classical liberal order in the West. Buckle up, and prepare. What happens in the UK and Canada usually gets here soon after.
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@Schwartzesque News flash: Justices' spouses are allowed to have careers.
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"On another occasion, Dad [Bruce R. McConkie] suggested to me that all scripture is given with sufficient ambiguity that those desiring to misconstrue or misuse it will be able to do. This, he held, was very deliberate on the Lord's part, for the way we interpret scripture
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@Cernovich Americans love abortions because Americans love consequence-free sex.
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@9mm_smg I'm a divorce attorney (part-time). Those folks who think women haven't leveled up in their vindictiveness are sorely mistaken. I've seen some awful stuff. Word to the wise: protect yourselves.
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@fugitivemama @GeraldoRivera @GeraldoRivera Your take on this is terrible, my dude.
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People who met Elder McConkie in person were often shocked at his personality while not at the pulpet. He took preaching the Gospel extremely seriously, but in private life he was quite warm and humorous. Once, while on Church assignment, he and his wife Amelia were staying in a
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I'm tangentially involved in random audits of the local finances of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A few observations: 1. The auditing standards are rigorous. 2. Accountability is built into every aspect of the system. 3. Violations, if any, are reported.
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For my LDS folks: Due to the nature of where we're headed culturally, you're going to have to get used to church meetings & activities getting weirder. And policing every little doctrinal issue is too much of a full time job for the bishop. This is one reason why we're
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@Rach_IC Cool thing about this. NIXON was the VP who made the substantive decision on electoral votes from the 1960 election. People forget that it was an extremely close election with some states too close to call. Kennedy even slated alternate electors in Hawaii.
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I've been an open and unabashed Trump supporter since 2016. Never hid it. Never pretended otherwise. I've taken a lot of abuse over the years for it, too. I still support him, for various complicated and personal reasons. But, it's important for me to point out, Trump won't
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Based Joseph Smith. And the ONLY time, in dozens of cases, he was ever adjudicated guilty in a criminal proceeding.
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@BillKristol Bill Kristol parodies himself at this point.
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A truth I've learned here recently: post anything remotely positive about Joseph Smith, and the demons are summoned in opposition. So, I'm gonna post it a little harder: Joseph Smith restored the Gospel and he's a prophet of the living God. Eventually the entire world will know
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For my Latter-day Saint peeps: There are going to be massive tests of loyalty ahead. Just because you fancy yourself "conservative" or on the right doesn't mean you will be exempt from having the foundation of your faith rocked and tested.
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My dear LDS Sisters: Stop reading trashy romance novels. It's cheating on your husbands. There.
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Here's something I feel inspired to share. It involves both Melvin J. Ballard and his grandson, M. Russell Ballard, both Apostles and both of these stories involve the Kirtland Temple. In July 1935, Elder Melvin J. Ballard was invited to speak and he chose as his topic "What
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Speaking about his father, Bruce R. McConkie, his son Joseph Fielding McConkie said: "If you were to ask my dad where he learned the gospel he'd say, 'I learned it at the dinner table after Sunday School when my father would review with us what we'd been taught, and correct it."
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I was just informed this afternoon that baby #6 is on the way.
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@BradRTorgersen It's almost like there is an entire era of our culture that people are choosing to ignore or pretending doesn't exist. I have solid memories of the 80s. Lots of problems, but we were marching toward a more just, colorblind society, not this sick twisted ideology nowadays.
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I've actually read the entire Bible (including in Hebrew and Greek). I believe it to be true. I also believe the Book of Mormon is true. As do millions.
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@thecjpearson Wife and I voted for you today, CJ.
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You all might not know this, but the Church actually gives special swearing dispensations to veterans. Particularly to former Navy. Just thought I'd pass it along.
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Simply one of the most astounding statements I've ever read by Joseph Smith: "These are the first principles of consolation. How consoling to the mourners when they are called to part with a husband, wife, father, mother, child, or dear relative, to know that, although the
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"I fear that some of us are going to be greatly surprised to see in the Celestial Kingdom a number of people that we would have assigned to a far lesser kingdom." J. Reuben Clark personal letter to Milton H. Ross, 28 March 1951, J. Reuben Clark Papers.
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From Bruce R. McConkie's military intelligence service during WWII: "It is also known that he wrote something of book length, which was classified as top secret. When he was later asked why he never received any Church assignments in Eastern Bloc countries, he replied, 'Are you
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I've never seen it this insane geopolitically: China inching closer to taking Taiwan; North Korea making more noises about destroying South Korea; Sudan in the grip of an ugly civil war; unrest throughout Africa, with South Africa about to lurch into a race war; folks still
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I sustain Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks, and Henry B. Eyring as prophets, seers, and revelators. Real ones. Not fake, not just titles. They are doing exactly what the Lord wants them to do. We need to stay true to the prophets. Any other course is spiritual destruction.
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A Question Regularly Asked: Why doesn’t the Prophet/Church openly and directly condemn sin/organisations and call them out for their unrighteous purposes? An Answer: Joseph Smith taught *one of the many reasons* was to protect the Church in order for it to continue its
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@Not_the_Bee Lesbian until graduation. It's a thing.
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@fugitivemama @GovChristie If Christie were to be indicted, it would have to be four different jurisdictions due to his girth alone.
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For my LDS peeps: Pres Oaks taught many years ago that "our strengths can become our weaknesses" which is a very delightful and counterintuitive way of warning us to be careful, even in those areas where we feel we are strong. One area where I have been majorly blessed is my
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Church of Christ-Temple Lot church leaders right now...
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During the next 14 months, you and I are going to witness unprecedented things. Stuff we'd never though we would see happen in the United States of America. Buckle up. And keep the faith.
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@JonathanTurley Those same people were foaming at the mouth anytime Trump wanted to exercise his legitimate constitutional executive powers. I'm weary of the constant hypocrisy.
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Jesus said, “Whom do men say that I am?" And the disciples answered “Some say that you are John the Baptist returned from the dead, others say Elias, or one of the old prophets." And Jesus answered and said, “But whom do ye say that I am?" Peter answered and said: “Thou art
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This may be a difficult post. Please be kind. Early this morning I read a not-so-flattering account of John Steinbeck. He of Grapes of Wrath fame, among other works, such as East of Eden, etc. He won the Pulitzer and is considered, of course, to be one of America's greatest
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Regardless of how the Church legal department comes up with a trans attending RS policy, the Sisters -- at least 99% of the ones I know -- won't put up with it. We'll have a full scale rebellion. I'm sorry, but I call it like I see it. The Sisters don't want men in RS.
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It's almost like there is a... pattern emerging. Can't quite put my finger on it but I know there's something to this...
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BREAKING: Prominent LGBTQ activist Trey Farmer arrested on child p*rn charges. Trey is an alumni of Princeton and is President of the “Queer Princeton Alumni” organization.
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Time for some Real Talk with my LDX folks. Some of you might take exception to what I'm about to say. I am not presenting anything for the sake of being argumentative. But I have seen a lot of fuzzy thinking lately.
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@RandyEBarnett I'd love to see an actual 3A case finally.
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This applies to us conservatives just as much, if not more, as it does to progressive members.
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I've been wanting to post this and crystalize some thoughts I've had for a long time. The agon between the sexes rests upon a false dichotomy. The contours of the debate are unfortunately filtered through centuries of misunderstanding and bad ideology. It serves no purpose to
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The face of contemporary fascism. It's almost always a white, affluent, progressive female at the root of it.
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@TRHLofficial @kdg1000 Not only that, but the ones who were part of the fabrication fessed up to it. They lied to the judges all the way up to the Supreme Court. Roe was always a fraud, perpetrated by fraudsters.
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Literal recovered footage of Laman receiving the skin of blackness.
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@theatomicmom @realchrisrufo High soy content. Low T.
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@TRHLofficial I'm old enough to remember when the US military stayed the hell out of politics.
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@TheMikeIsenberg @ewarren All Pocahontas does is pander and demagogue this stuff. Can't stand her. She's the ultimate phony.
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It's depressingly apparent to me that many of my fellow parishioners' testimonies are built on sand. Folks, read and reread JS-Matthew. If current events are shaking you up, you aren't going to make it through the next ten years.
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Dear IRS, I'm writing to you to cancel my subscription to your 'service.' Please remove my name from your mailing list and do not contact me in the future. Sincerely, Michael
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A bit of a 4th tradition of mine: posting this quote from an incredible speech by our 30th president, Calvin Coolidge. "About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that
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@elders_quorum I don't mean this disrespectfully, and I'm honestly not trying to start something. But . . . who really cares? I don't understand the issue or the concern.
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@thejackhopkins Navy vet here. And your take is pure garbage, just virtue signaling for likes and attention and to bask in the rainbow crowd's adoration.
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I know exactly what I witnessed election night 2020. And more and more, the truth is coming out.
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Once Upon A Time ... A crazy man claimed that voter data for every American was in China and The CCP had used secret illegal U.S. election computer privileges to switch votes in 2020. And the crazy man was mocked & sued. But times changed. And new data arrived …
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@realmfoster Totally disagree. Physical books are superior.
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@FriedScones @RepBrianKing It's almost always terrible to make policy based on exceedingly rare exceptions.
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Every other Christian denomination that has watered down doctrine or secularized has actually accelerated their decline. The churches that are growing are the ones that make huge demands of their members. This is counterintuitive, but true when you look at the data. Churches
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Guaranteed to be hate speech in five years.
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@dadmann_walking My wife just told me that every single one of these are true.
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"Have you read the Joseph Smith papers, Michael?" trills the supercilious exmo, thinking he's scored a lazy gotcha. This dude reeks of exmo arrogance. And no clue who he's talking to, either.
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Two biographies of Hugh B. Brown, an apostle and former member of the First Presidency virtually unknown today. The night before he was called as a General Authority, the devil paid him a visit. Riveting experience.
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@CallMeK1123 @harryjsisson He seems to always be on vacation.
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The Constitution is, in fact, hanging by a thread.
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My SIX year old daughter keeps asking me questions like: "When God was a man, what was his God doing and where did He come from?"
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Me almost every day.
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Just from a legal perspective: it's fascinating to me that someone can be adjudged guilty of "insurrection" without ever being charged or convicted in any court of law anywhere in the United States. We are an absolute JOKE of a legal system in this country. We've fallen so far,
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My translation: "Last Sunday, I attended a random ward and here's everything they did wrong. Also, here's me shaming them and holding myself up as some sort of paragon of tolerance." Sheesh, bro. Stay in your lane.
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I remember telling folks that this was the logical endgame to "love is love" way back in 2011 and people screamed at me. Something about "slippery slope fallacy" and "parade of horribles." Welp. Guess I was right.
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Look at these women feeling sorry for pedophiles. They say pedophilia is a sexuality. One even says babies are born with it. We’re told to “overcome our negative feelings about pedophiles.” This is the cult of queer theory. This same trance-like ‘compassion’ they feel for
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The dripping condescension. The ignorant assumption that LDS folks have never done "some research" about Joseph Smith. I'm convinced these folks are just first class bigots.
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In 1865, Brigham Young went down to Fillmore and he had a message for the young unmarried males. "Ye Elders and young men, court up the girls and marry them and not let them go to the Gentiles. I cannot take them all."
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“You know, I believe that the Lord will help us. I believe that our Heavenly Father wants to save every one of his children. I do not think he intends to shut any of us off because of some slight transgression, some slight failure to observe some rule or regulation. There are the
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It is true that one can be a faithful Latter-day Saint and a Democrat. But to truly be the former, you absolutely must be a terrible Democrat.
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If I can use this account to convince even one person that you can be a Democrat and a faithful, Latter-Day Saint, it will have been worth it.
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@fugitivemama @SenSchumer Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson are now "MAGA". Noted.
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If only government agencies adhered to the same kind of standards. The Church gets heavily criticized for having wealth, but I'm quite certain that criticism would be harshly administered if the Church were insolvent. To its detractors, nothing is ever good enough.
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@SaveYourSons I was adopted at ten months. It saved my life. God bless this young man and his family.
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Hello everyone. This is the toughest thing I've ever been able to type out. So I apologize in advance. Please bear with me as I'm coming from a place of sheer, raw brokenness. Literally shaking here. Folks, you know I've spent a lifetime vocally (and vociferously) defending
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@JonathanTurley It's sad that we're at this point, but it bears pointing out one salient fact: the Supreme Court doesn't have an army with which to enforce its orders. So then the ball is back with Biden. Does he send in the military to force Texas to bend the knee? Not exactly a good look.
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The university is essentially an anti-church. That is why the church as an institution will almost always be in dramatic tension with the university. Remember what Nibley prayed 43 years ago? "Father we have gathered here in the robes of a false priesthood." He was right.
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A particular evidence that supports my faith is the sheer ugliness and psychopathy exhibited by those who passionately hate my religion. Demonic energy is quite real.
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Yes, you can. Allow me to illustrate. No new revelation will come and abrogate or deny the doctrine of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Continuing revelation may refine our understanding of it. But it won't change the fundamental doctrine. Many other examples.
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Some observations from my recent trip: The Marriott I stayed at was shabby, but I still paid over $150 a night. The front desk clerk had a nose ring through the septum. Flushing the toilet in the room reminded me of the toilets on the submarines. Triggered. And the walls were
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I'm starting to think that we really do have a cultural "received tradition" problem in the Church. Holding on to stuff that isn't doctrinal won't serve us well in the next couple of decades. We've got bigger fish to fry, folks.
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@Lew541207 It reduces the administrative burdens on bishops and stake presidents, and it makes it easier to minister to the one. Side note: nothing the Church chooses to do will please its critics. I've honestly stopped paying attention to the baying of the wolves. The caravan moves on.
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@FSU_Barstool I'm just insulted that FSU got crapped on by a joker named 'Boo'.
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@Not_the_Bee An absolute tragedy.
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I recently read Helaman chapter 5 again. Some thoughts: Deeply significant spiritual events take place during this chapter. To me, the absolute pinnacle is the voice of the Father proclaiming peace to the men gathering in the prison to kill Nephi & Lehi. Both men had been
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@BoSnerdley @nypost What a time to be alive. Getting lectured on what's appropriate by Howard Stern.
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