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No they didn’t. True followers of God should advocate for a "different God". Which is contrary to teachings of all the world's denominations and creeds and religions. When Moses came down from the Mount with his face shining super glorious, the people could not tolerate that and requested Moses to cover his face with a handkerchief. A true follower would not allow himself to be afraid but to fully embrace the experience of gazing upon a glorious prophet and to be willing to exercise himself in living by every word spoken by God (whether by Himself or through His prophets). Jesus in His great intercessory prayer (John 17) emphasized the importance of becoming ONE with the Apostles, with Jesus, and with God the Father. The reason is to NOT only be able to abide the Celestial Kingdom but to be able obtain the TRUST of God to eventually preside over the next generation of the Gods for implementing another round of the Plan of Happiness for another host of intelligences (infinite number never ending Eternal Rounds) to become spirit children. To become ONE with God is to come to truly know God. If we live the Gospel for wrong reasons then Jesus would be forced to pronounce our unworthiness by saying "I never knew you" (Mat 7:23). During mortality we cannot be completely ONE with God or to fully know God but if we are striving to be ONE and to know God better and better and staying on the Covenant Path, then we will be better positioned in the next world with the power and grace of the Atonement.

The top hierarchy is already very nicely structured to deal with rapid expansion in any particular areas of the world. The Twelve Apostles preside over quorums of the Seventies which can acquire more and more leaders directly from local areas. I believe the Seventies will continue to add more quorums. I queried the AI:

There has to be a "Zion People" tried and tested and prepared (Five Wise Virgins) to meet the Savior at His Second Coming. Read Elder Bednar's magnificent talk of October 2022 on Isaiah chapter 52: “Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.”

It is wonderful that the Joseph Smith Papers has brought greater clarity to the histories. On the other hand, is it possible for some items in the journals to be mistaken due to imperfect recollections or other errors? Might it be necessary to do cross referencing to improve the accuracy?

Antifa claim to be anti-fascists but they behave in a very thuggish way just like the brown-shirts of the 1930's. ICE is upholding a long-standing law in removing criminal aliens but is subject to radical attacks despite that fact that the previous five presidents deported far more aliens than the current president is doing. Notice how antifa assaults and BLM riotings almost exclusively occur in democrat controlled areas (the police are forced to soft-pedal or ignore excessive or criminal behavior or vandalism or burning down establishments). Yet the Legacy Media had the audacity to call it a "peaceful protest". When Charlie Kirk was murdered, there was NO rioting in conservative areas (in fact nowhere, only quiet peaceful prayers and vigils). That makes you and me fundamentally different! These No Kings protests are merely tantrums by the LEFT to denounce the Trump administration. Conservatives and patriots are actually demonized for upholding the Constitution (especially for advocating original intent interpretations) and supporting traditional family values and morality. For this they are called fascists? Trump fully supports the separation of powers between the three branches of government. He is always cooperative in addressing court challenges. You need to show the actual reference about the "presidential claim". Most people know that it was Pelosi that orchestrated the "counter-revolution" against the patriots. Remember Ray Epps, Officer Byrd, and the 250 undercover FBI agents and many others desperately trying to make it look like a "for-real" insurrection. NONE of the patriots were carrying guns on that day!

You are WAY off base. There are NO assumptions to be made. Only unfettered competition. Then there would be less fear of incompetent air traffic controllers and pilots. Airlines naturally would want to have the greatest number of high quality personnel. If there is doubt of fairness in hiring practices, then records should be opened all through the elementary school grades and colleges and training facilities. Those records might be subject to independent auditing and testing organizations. Affirmative action is self-defeating when it rigs entrance standards such as SAT, unfair grades given to minorities, or threatening businesses with sanctions if certain QUOTAS are not maintained. Many minorities HATE the taint of affirmative action, especially when they are TRULY hard workers and talented and capable.

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Yes, there is a great deal of bigotry across the entire spectrum. Are you familiar with Thomas Sowell, the eminent scholar of Hoover Institute at Stanford University? He has done very extensive research on the unintended consequences of various policies put forth over many decades. How can it be justified for universities to rig admission standards to qualify "minorities" or certain "oppressed peoples" to enter with much lower SAT scores and prevent others that have higher or perfect scores from achieving their dreams? Mr. Sowell writes that too many of the "lucky ones" end up with a much more dissatisfying outcome. Some would have had a happier time enrolling in a more basic program or trade or a preparatory junior college. There are too many high school graduates with diplomas that are unable to read. I agreed with Charlie Kirk and others that too many of higher education have nonsense degrees that do NOT have value in the job market leaving many students with massive loan debts. For too many, college is a scam operation that charge ever increasing tuition that far exceeds that rate of inflation. It is strange that you would advocate for "freebies". THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE 'LUNCH'. Some poor sap is paying for it. Your use of the word equity is code for the communist demand that everybody become the "same" with the use of "cookie-cutter" socialism. Every time you make something "free" the quality tends to plummet and people become miserable. Do you know why the old Soviet Union imploded back in the nineties? It had to do with the saying: "I will PRETEND to work for as long as you PRETEND to pay me."

We understand from the New Testament that Peter was the chief Apostle. He received revelations for developing and guiding the Church of the Meridian of Time. That is the role of a prophet. Apostle Paul did defer to Peter as the presiding authority and also received a great deal of revelations.

This is strange since his face and appearance has been more public for the last several years. His "cover" is blown. Not safe for him to engage in any more undercover operations. His best option is to be a case officer away from the front lines. It must be tortuous for his wife, poor dear. He just needs to retire and go into a different career.

Keep in mind that CCP is VERY intolerant of the Falun Gong. This group is innocuous and focused on meditation and being peaceable. Not only are they heavily persecuted in China but agents go around the world seeking to undermine this organization. It is the publisher of the The Epoch Times. I have a subscription for it.

You have a strange perspective. The Steele Dossier was proven to be made up out of thin air by a former British secret agent and paid for by the Hillary campaign. Then it became an incessant and hysterical all out propaganda offensive falsely waged from 2016 all the way thru 2022. Aided and abetted by the legacy media that were fully aware that is was misinformation but did it anyway because the LEFT desperately wanted to keep bad orange man from carrying on his duty. NOW it is a time for a FULL and proper accounting. Justice will be served!

The people you support are chopping the constitution into pieces and overthrowing established norms, violating the law with impunity, wearing away the rule of law in general, and using government power and agencies to persecute and prosecute political opponents. Disagree.

We must FORCE the people to adopt our favored lifestyle! On the contrary, God gives YOU free agency. Heck, He gave Lucifer free agency! The "favored lifestyle" you are referencing is the BASIC template for choosing the top degree of the Celestial Kingdom. We must PUNISH the deviants!!! God commands it! God can’t punish sinners on his own! He needs us to do it for him! The ending state is for people to CHOOSE if they want to dwell with God for the Eternities. Pretty BASIC. Still afraid the commies are coming for you huh? Would it surprise you that the Colorado Education Association openly embrace some (if not all) marxist doctrines? That William Ayers, the 1960's "bomb thrower" was not fully prosecuted for his crimes but actually has a plush professorship at a elite college? Similarly for other murderous radicals? Here is an interesting article in the Washington Examiner that documents the activities of a Salt Lake City violent radical group. We are currently watching the Constitution get torn to shreds. Sadly this process began early and frequently. Consider the abominable Dred Scott travesty politically engineered by democrats of that time. BUT we must NOT give up restoring the TRUE intent (as described in the Federalist Papers) and getting rid of BAD precedences. The Constitution is a Heavenly Banner. God expects patriotic Americans to keep fighting for it.

This is a VERY vague post with NO specifics. I have no idea what direction you are going? The only thing I can go by is that you have expressed support for liberalism and radical social engineering. Do you support the Basic Unit, the Family in accordance with the Proclamation?

On the contrary, there is now a massive explosion of applications for Turning Point chapters across this nation and around the world. In the TENS of thousands ! ! ! God bless the memory of Kirk and his gracious peacemaker efforts. Up with sound education free of communist indoctrination. Down with surgical mutilation and chemical castration of children. Up with Constitutional principles. Down with demonization of the founding fathers and Western Civilization. Up with E Pluribus Unum. Down with fake divisiveness and the countless classes of oppressors and oppressed (all generated from the evil communist dialectical materialism, the false narrative of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis). Up with moral character and protection of the basic unit, the family. Down with anything goes, no hard truths, no restraints for hedonism.

Pres. Benson never was a Bircher. Do you know how many actual conspiracies were concocted in just the Book of Genesis alone? Does it surprise you how many conspiracy theories from 10 to 30 years ago have panned out to be proven facts?

No. I won't. You need to stop with the double standard here. If you are going to make demands like this - then you need to be willing to back up your claims in exactly the same way. Get to it ... You made a shocking post that implied that Charlie Kirk was an extremist. You are not playing fair. I am surprised by your demand. Are you NOT aware of the inscriptions Tyler made on his bullets? Ben is engaging in character assassination of a highly regarded peacemaker. His efforts were to invite as many of the students to have a sincere exchange of perspectives. His persona exuded graciousness and good will. Ben's shocking assertions of extremism is so baseless that it requires him to justify the slander.

Does this mean you sympathize with the elimination of the martyr Kirk? Please outline the "extreme" positions taught by Kirk that so offends you. You did not provide the reference for ADL and their reasons. Also provide sourcing for all of Kirk's teachings, both on college campuses and elsewhere. Much appreciated!

Tyler was fully versed in Antifa radical speech. So yes, he pretty much a lefty wannabe. He probably had to struggle against the teachings of his parents.

It is better to maintain minimum standards to some degree. Otherwise there is the potential for ever increasing levels of brute intolerance and bigotry among the liquored-up crowds that could lead to rioting or heaven forbid a lynching. That has been the case among fervent soccer fans in Europe. One video I will never forget showed a British hooligan with a screwdriver running down the stand and stabbing the "enemy" fan.

When I first saw the news, it brought to mind the various church shootings that occurred in Colorado for the last several years, a few of them were fortunate in having trained people with side arms able to stop the perpetrators rather promptly. Will the LDS church resort to using such people? Probably not, I think it will be years in the future as general societal violence keep increasing.

It was early this morning during my study on my gospel library app when I found the news on the HOME page. Interestingly the obit stated that the succession will NOT be formalized this week?

Tyler Robinson is a homosexual co-inhabiting with a man who claims to be transgendered. Just imagine the two getting themselves worked-up to a feverish pitch with their continual consumption of leftist propaganda with their vile and violent hate speech against conservatives and patriots and traditionalists. It looks like the partner is making "himself" scarce so "he" won't have to deal with the crush of reporters. In the wise words of @Stargazer found in his signature block: "Advocating for the punching of Nazis is in principle no different from shooting Charlie Kirk because you believe he was a homophobe, transphobe, fascist, racist, sexist, or some other -ist. He was none of those things, but because elements of one side decided to label him as such, it gave license to a "true believer" to eliminate him. Christ said love your enemies, not punch them." @The Nehor seriously needs to repent for advocating the punching of anyone. Especially if they are unjustly "mislabeled".