A Biblical Defense is Easy
"Having a 'biblical' defense for anything is easy. You can have a solid biblical defense of slavery, genocide, war, polygamy, nationalism, sexism, and racism. What's …
“We Hold at the Center”
I thought this was a statement worth pondering: "As a citizen of Sevier County, I'm not the least bit worried about how my people will face this challenge. We will first …
The Lord's Anointed
There is a command that prohibits "evil speaking of the Lord's anointed." Some have claimed this refers to church leadership. Others have said this refers to anyone who …
Dig Deep
"Yes you do risk losing your faith if you dig deep. It has happened to lots of people. But that does not mean you should not dig. You don't want to feel that if you …
Unity and Complexity
I believe the concept of God is very simple. Yet because those simple concepts are incomprehensible, scriptures writers, or those who know God, create a vast array of …
The Glory of God is Intelligence
A friend put these scriptures together: "The glory of God is intelligence." (D&C 93:36) "For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and …
A Projection of Their Own Ego
"No One understands the true nature of God and no mortal’s understanding of God is exactly true. We know only our limited perspectives gained from the limited information …
Representatives at Christ's Birth
I wonder if at Christ's birth there was a representative of all of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and if that's part of why the wise men were there, to show Christ …
Will Baker's Testimony of Christ
The Only True and Living Church Upon the Face of The Whole Earth
"the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased." (D&C 1:30) You cannot read that, divorced from this: "Behold, …
From the Gospel of the Holy Twelve
"And as they were speaking Jesus appeared in their midst and said, Truth, one and absolute, is in God alone, for no man, neither any body of men, knoweth that which God …
Democracy
Democracy: late 16th century: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek demokratia, from demos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule.’ Fallen man ruling fallen man. …
A Giant Mob
People participate in government like giant mob. If the majority thinks you should be ingesting fluoride, guess what? If the majority wants to indoctrinate your children …
Masturbation and Slaughter
"It irked me," McCluskey acknowledged. "Questions flooded my mind. How is it that you can be put on [church] probation for masturbation or reading a copy of Penthouse …
“I know not, only that I was blind, and now, I can see.”
"How can this man, who we know is a sinner and an apostate open the eyes of the blind?" "I know not, only that I was blind, and now, I can see." We may not know from …
A Catastrophe
"Yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost there shall be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours, and the earth shall shake and tremble; and the …
Triggered
Trigger phrase for the day: "The Lord has a clear pattern for..."
The Least
A 16 year old juvenile delinquent armed with a toilet seat attacks a corrections officer and roams the streets of a small town. Police armed with guns engage in a manhunt …
Living
"Do not murmur, my son, for it is wisdom in me that I have dealt with you after this manner. Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto …
A Type
There is a parental saying that is sometimes heard when a child is about to do something risky or naughty. The parent, with one hand on his or her hip and a pointing …
A Child is Born!
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, …
Symbiotic Hebrew
"The words and letters of the Hebrew language form a dependent symbiotic relationship. If this is true, then it means the Hebrew vocabulary and alphabet were formed …
The Lost Child
Why is it when people get old, they feel they know all the answers to any question, on any subject? Why is it that they feel their experience is the only right way, and …
Respect My Authoritah!
Oops! Cartman just lost whatever priesthood he thought he had!
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