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  1. FBI Tips for US and international threats. Submit details and screenshots at tips.fbi.gov. The FBI handles international cyber threats, hate crimes, and violent threats online, liaising directly with foreign law enforcement (like the German Bundeskriminalamt) when necessary. Make sure to have solid records in case the post gets taken down. Screenshot the exact threat, the account handle (StephanDarioAmmann), the other alias (OrangeNero), profile page, and time/date stamp. File a Tip because the statement involved explicit threats of lethal violence against children. I can't right now. My device doesn't take snapshots.
  2. Did you see when he said, "You are Arians from Persia... You claimed europe when the ice subsided", isn't that actually an anti-European, anti-white statement? A "we were here first" Afrocentric-Indigenous Nationalist attempt to argue that Europe was originally populated exclusively by non-white peoples, and that modern white Europeans are "invaders". Or online trolls on unmoderated platforms routinely absorb scraps of fringe pseudo-history and conspiracy theories. They remix these concepts simply to shock and provoke. But when someone's statements rapidly escalate to threats of violence against 4-year-olds, the primary driver is often severe psychological paranoia or psychosis rather than being part of a coherent ideology. You could be right. The narrative that Persian invaders who stole Europe from someone else after the ice age is relying on old Nazi propaganda to make their seemingly anti-white point.
  3. This is an explicit, violent threat of extremism child murder. This post should be reported to local law enforcement authorities immediately, as statements involving explicit harm to children and targeted violence are unlawful threats.
  4. Again, outdated. Bible Hub is useful for quick interlinear word lookups and comparisons, but their other sections like its commentaries or concordances rely heavily on public-domain works from the 1800s (such as the original Strong’s Concordance published in 1890). James Strong did not have access to the massive archaeological and linguistic discoveries that revolutionized modern Old Testament scholarship today. Concerning Current Facts The Ugaritic Texts (1929) proved beyond doubt that terms like adat El (assembly of El) and bene elim (sons of the gods) in the Bible was taken directly from the language of other older Semitic cultures, all of which are always referring to a divine council of real gods. Thus, in Psalm 82 and Psalm 89, the elohim are in the clouds (shaḥaq), presiding over nations, because they never were "human judges". The Dead Sea Scrolls (1947) proved the Qumran manuscripts preserved older Hebrew readings, like the bene Elohim in Deuteronomy 32, that had been erased in the later Masoretic Texts after the advent of Christianity in 70 AD. They corrupted scripture to hide from Christians that the divine sons of God exist. If God has no divine sons, Jesus couldn't be the descension of a divine Son of God. And because old lexicographers lacked these Near Eastern texts, they frequently forced word usages into categories that fit their own theology, creating a whole new, artificial definition for elohim as "human judges." Sorry, but modern scholarship has moved on. Today, Hebrew scholars, regardless of whether they are Evangelical, Jewish, Latter-day Saint, or secular agree that the "human judges" translation of elohim in Psalm 82 and Exodus 21/22 is linguistically unviable. Concerning Categories Category #2 (Heavenly Beings) is Category #4 (Demons) & #5 (Pagan Gods). You listed Deuteronomy 32:17 under Category #4 ("demons / not deities"). But look at what Deuteronomy 32:17 actually says "They sacrificed unto demons [shedim], not to God; to gods [elohim] whom they knew not..." When the Bible explicitly calls Baal and Chemosh elohim, on what authority do you have to turn around a reclassify them as "not deities"? The Bible says they are elohim; you are overriding the text to say, "No, they aren't." Category #2 (Heavenly Beings) is not Category #4 (Human Judges). You list Psalm 82 under two mutually exclusive categories, "heavenly human judges" is not a category. Are you claiming an elohim are simultaneously both a non-human heavenly being and an earthly human magistrate? Psalm 82:1 forces Category #2, Elohim is presiding in the "midst" of other elohim, in the adat El (divine assembly) which we know is in the clouds (Psalm 89:6). Verse 8 forces Category #2, Yahweh is told to "inherit all nations" owned by other elohim. Israelite human judges were never assigned to govern or inherit Gentile nations (that was given to the bene elohim at Babel in Deuteronomy 32:8). Verse 6, therefore, must be Category #2. But because you cannot allow heavenly beings under God to be called elohim ("gods") is why you claim them to be "human judges". The Galatians 4:8 proof-text is pointing out that whatever gods he meant, either idols made of wood/stone, or imperial rulers claiming divinity, do not possess a divine nature, not that other divine entities do not exist or lack real divine authority over their lands Elyon gave to them. The exception proves the rule. Moses is explicitly stated to be placed in the position of elohim to Pharaoh ("See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh"). The text specifically framed this as a functional delegation to a good human. You are imposing your new definition of "deity" onto ancient Hebrew terminology and then declaring anything that doesn't fit your invented definition isn't a "true god." By saying the Divine Council members are "real spiritual beings, but not deities," you are introducing a category that does not exist in the Hebrew Bible. Yahweh, Baal and the bene elohim (sons of God) are all elohim. The Bible does not reserve the word elohim only for Yahweh and then use it "metaphorically" for everyone else. Your non-Biblical definition that an entity must be equal to other Gods like Yahweh to be a "true deity," means then true polytheism never existed in human history. After all, in Greek, Canaanite, and Norse mythology, Apollo, Baal, and Thor were lower gods subordinate to a higher god, Zeus, El, and Odin. By your definition, ancient Canaanites never worshipped "other gods". That is historically and linguistically unviable. Do your non-deity elohim; wood idols, human figures, or demons reside in the heavenly vaults and rule the nations with God given authority? Those seem to be your only options, and each seem heretical in some way to you, so it should be interesting how you square this.
  5. There isn't much evidence he had sex with anyone but his wife Emma. You believe everything you are told?
  6. I'm fairly certain you are not sharing true information. Joseph Smith wasn't a Jew, nor was Moroni. It seems you make it a habit to shoehorn anti-Jewish rhetoric into topics where it makes no sense. I think The Jehovah Witnesses' ideas are outdated. Jehovah is not the correct name of God, therefore how important must it be to call Him by that name, and not by Lord, if both are not his name? I say it's not, but they invested too much into that name in their branding to change now. Jehovah/JHVH is more accurately Yahweh/YHWH. Jehovah's Witnesses and Messianic Jews promote Sacred Name Theology, where you must say the correct sacred name, and shouldn't say Lord. The Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) supports Ineffable Name Theology. The Holy Ghost inspired Luke to translate the Hebrew name YHWH into Greek as G2962 κύριος (kurios) - Lord (Luke 4:8), exactly as the Septuagint does it. If God was interested about how we pronounce His Hebrew name, He have done better to actually preserve the Hebrew language, which he didn't. Spoken Hebrew eventually became a dead language for centuries; Israel revived it, but no one today truly knows the correct way to say it. It's an educated guess, so building an entire theology around need to know and say an unknown name is a bit strange. Furthermore, contrary to their outdated beliefs, Yahweh is not God the Father. El Elyon, the Most High God, is the Father of Yahweh/Jesus, the Son of God/El. Jesus is never called the Son of the Lord (Kurios/Yahweh/Jehovah), rather he is called the Lord and Son of the Most High God. There are rich, evil ethno-Jewish, individuals influencing things with their money. Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and George Soros are not being guided by any religious framework, they are secular or non-practicing people with merely a Jewish heritage. But each are driven by their own unique causes. Thus, there are rich conservative megadonors, such as the Koch family, Richard Uihlein, or Timothy Mellon, which exposes the opposite of a Jewish conspiracy. It's actually the evidence they are not all politically aligned. There is no Jewish pyramid in the North Pole that I'm aware of to be concerned with it. The North Pole is an ocean covered by shifting sea ice with no landmass. The South Pole sits on an ice sheet over 9,000 feet thick. The "pyramids at the poles" idea stems from viral internet conspiracy theories, often fueled by satellite images showing nunataks (natural, pyramid-shaped mountain peaks carved by glacial erosion) in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains. But did he make "billions" as profit? No. The property was totally destroyed, leaving Silverstein with billions in financial obligations to rebuild while continuing to pay rent to the Port Authority. The insurance payout $4.55 billion went toward the multi-billion-dollar cost of rebuilding the complex. Silverstein spent years in court cases, lost vast equity, and ended up surrendering control of One World Trade Center back to the Port Authority due to construction costs. People have been claiming the end of days for millennia, usually by pointing out the mild escalation of events. I'm certain it could get much worse, so as always, there is no telling the day or the hour. Modern genetic and anthropological research places the origin of Western Steppe ancestry north of the Caucasus in the Pontic-Caspian steppe rather than inside ancient Persia. Your theory combines unrelated historical facts, geographical regions, and linguistic terms in an incorrect way. Linguistically and historically, Aryan applies strictly to the Indo-Iranian subgroup (peoples of ancient Persia and northern India), Ayrans are not the ancestors of European populations. Indo-European language speakers expanded out of the Pontic-Caspian steppe (north of the Black and Caspian Seas). One branch moved west into Europe, while a separate Indo-Iranian branch moved south and east into Persia and India, not from Persia into Europe. Oh, so you don't condemn all Jews. That's good, I guess. Bytheway, are you a fan of Candas Owens?
  7. Doing well?
  8. Here leaving a door unlocked is a huge no-no. Like, bringing your calling into jeopardy at the very least. The keys are controlled and they are all on point. Though most of the Bishopric here also work for Pop-a-lock, so maybe we're just lucky it's never left unlocked. Hopefully insurance will cover it?
  9. Idaho, Pocatello Stake Center Vandalized https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/crimes_court/police-young-children-extensively-vandalize-pocatello-lds-stake-building/article_46dd379d-86e1-4e38-ac85-8e0d0c9c1693.html According to Police, Friday, August 14, 2026, at the Pocatello Stake Center on Bartz Way, located adjacent to Idaho State University’s Stephens Performing Arts Center. Sometime between 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM, three neighborhood children, two girls and one boy, ranging in age from 8 to 10, entered through an unlocked door and caused several thousand dollars in property damage. A case that may have begun as opportunistic trespass but escalated into very methodical destruction. What Went Down They found an unlocked exterior door and entered the unattended building. Once inside, the children spent many hours moving through the facility. Rather than a quick hit-and-run, the physical evidence pointed to sustained activity. The children deliberately stuffed materials into multiple toilets to clog them and left the water running to flood restrooms and spill into adjacent hallways. They located paint cans inside the building, tipped them over, and poured or smeared paint across carpeted areas. Beyond simply tipping items over, the children systematically broke numerous glass objects, decor, and internal fixtures, leaving shattered glass and debris scattered across rooms. The Cost A church member discovered the disarray Friday evening and called local law enforcement. Pocatello police officers who responded noted that the interior was in severe disarray, stating that while the damage easily topped the $1,000 threshold, the full restoration cost would be significantly higher once carpet cleaning and drywall/water remediation were evaluated. How They Were Caught The investigation proved short-lived due to physical evidence left at the scene. Officers arriving at the stake center noticed footprints leading away from the spilled paint and liquid inside the building. Patrol officers literally tracked the wet footprints out of the building and down the street directly to nearby homes in the immediate neighborhood. All three children (ages 8, 9, and 10) were identified later that evening. Because of their age, police released them directly into the custody of their parents, who officers noted were fully cooperative with the investigation. Each child was formally cited with misdemeanor malicious injury to property. Their identities remain protected under juvenile privacy laws. Not Targeted? While breaking glass and clogging drains can look targeted at first glance, investigators concluded it was an extreme case of unsupervised escalation, three young kids finding an empty, unlocked building, upon realizing they were unmonitored, and then progressively testing how much damage they could cause until they were finished.
  10. You've moved the goalpost from 'Are other gods are mere idols?' to 'Are these non-idol other gods truly gods?' Define what true deities are. Like, hypothetically speaking if multiple real gods did exist, what would it require for there to be other true deities? Do they have to always be good, or equal to God to be a true deity? Or according to some sort of philosophy there can only be one, therefore there are no others? Then you are shifting the meaning of a god away from what the Bible means by a god. So, you admit gods like Baal are not merely idols. Is Baal not also a genuine supernatural entity that truly exists, with true spiritual power, with true territorial authority, that the Bible is truthful when it calls him a deity, that heaven truly is populated by a hierarchy of non-human entities such as him, and so is indeed among the doomed gods in Psalms 82?
  11. I'm not very old but I'm getting there. I attend a physical therapy gym. It's a very cheap membership and they are open to 8pm. So, I've been going at random times when I'm free 3 or 4 times a week for an hour. I use the weight machines because it keeps me engaged but I should do more easy but long duration aerobics and keep taking fish oils. You see, my trygliserids are high by genetics and because most foods have bad oils in them. You can only absorb so much fat, so picking to consume a good, easy released, fish oil will compete with other oils to be absorbed in a day. You can only get rid of the already stored trygliserids is slowly after 30+ minutes of aerobics, ideally 1 hour on a treadmill or bike. My ADHD often rebels against it at 10 minutes, but I'll do all the strength training machines too, so maybe it adds to keeping my heart rate up.
  12. Both of those things are ideally received by the Laying on of Hands rather than just a prayer.
  13. Aren't demons real? Doesn't the Bible refer to these other gods as demons? Or are demons just idols with names? You can't have it both ways. Pick one. Deuteronomy 32:17 says Israel sacrificed to "demons" who are also "gods." Psalm 106:37 similarly says they sacrificed their children to demons. 1 Corinthians 10:19–20 says an idol is nothing in itself, but that pagan sacrifices are offered to demons rather than to God. The "gods" can refer to spiritual beings or objects of worship depending on context. Demons are depicted as real, and as gods, who have idols. If gods are just idols, then demons are just idols.
  14. The Church is going to pwn Mormon Stories, and now the ACLU and EFF. Keep digging that hole.
  15. On basis of its location in the Bible. Job is placed directly inside the Ketuvim (the Writings), alongside Proverbs and Psalms, encompassing poetry and wisdom literature. On the basis of its structure, Chapters 3 through 42 are written in structured Hebrew verse. There is a stylized, symmetrical rhythm to it. Like the repetitive messengers bringing bad news, or the very precise numbers of livestock. I believe there was a Job, and there was a council of malicious sons of God, and there were people and territory under the protection of one son of God while off limits to the other sons of God, unless given permission by that son of God. Or they'll go to war. If this "adversary" was Baal, or one of the other sons of El, he would not be allowed to destroy Job's property, livestock, servants, and even kill his children, unless the Lord of Israel first gave him permission. Whether literal or poetic liberties were taken, the boundaries described do have a real theological basis. The phrase in Job 1:6, the sons of God came "to present themselves before the LORD," can be understood as taking a position before or even against the Lord. It is like a courtroom with an accuser "among" them raising a challenge to Yahweh's judgment concerning Job.
  16. Yes. Your assertion that LDS women in Gilbert wear workout gear specifically to deceive their bishops out of laziness or hypocrisy, that is an assumption about their internal motives, not a verifiable fact. I cannot "disprove" your cynical interpretation of another person's heart because motives aren't visible. You treat your cynical guess as a fact and then demand we disprove your guess. That isn't truth. Full of loaded phrasing ("what all the cool kids do") and hostile framing, you construct a deceptive narrative. You certainly don't know why every individual wears what they wear, so asserting they are all lying isn't 'truth', it's just your preference to assume the worst. We don't have to disprove your bad-faith interpretation. The fact that you always frame everything in the most hostile way possible speaks to your bias. It’s interesting how you demand strict literal proof from everyone else but expect everyone to accept your unprovable assumptions about Church members as absolute fact. People who operate this way rarely want an honest dialogue. They want to score points.
  17. Your "gotcha" attempt relies on a false equivalency between literary framing/genre and theological truth claims. Who even wrote the Book of Job and when? Job himself? Did he himself enter the council of the sons of God to witness Job 1 happen? No. Mainstream biblical scholars generally agree that the Book of Job is a piece of wisdom literature and dramatic poetry, not a transcript of the event. Latter-day Saints recognize Job himself as a real individual who suffered immensely (Ezekiel 14:14, James 5:11). Thought to be a patriarchal era figure, but the "book" of Job seems to be penned by an anonymous scribe after the fall of Jerusalem to answer why bad things happen to good people. Come Follow Me seems to be trying to help readers look past a somewhat jarring image of God making a "bet" with Satan, and instead focus on the doctrinal takeaways. To your question, if the prologue is poetic, then God speaking in chapter 42 must also be poetic (i.e., made up)? No, you can use a dramatic literary device in the beginning to set up a real spiritual resolution at the end. Concerning truth, even a made-up story can teach the truth. Is it not true that Satan and the rival sons of God are our adversaries*, and suffering is not always a direct punishment for sin? Are Jesus' parables "true" stories? No, Jesus' parables were not literal, historical events. He made them up to teach spiritual principles. * Job 1:6 "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them"). The "to present themselves" (yatsal contextualized in council settings) is the exact same root used in places like Psalm 2:2 "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord". That the assembly wasn't just a peaceful, harmonious meeting of angels standing at attention. Instead, imply a scene of confrontation, rivalry, or dissent, where heavenly beings are taking counsel against or challenging Yahweh.
  18. Well, the restriction is intended to simply ensure that, first and foremost the sacred marks sewn in remain intact and positioned correctly and to stop people from shortening hems or lowering necklines to fit modern fashion trends, but the rule itself is written as a blanket instruction. Officially, the instruction is to let the Church handle fit and medical needs through specific official channels. If standard off-the-rack garments do not fit, the Beehive Clothing department provides custom orders for sizes or fabrics, or you can request a special size or custom tailoring directly through Church Distribution Services rather than altering the items at home.
  19. Does a TBM wear them while swimming, bathing, contact sports, or intense physical exercise? No. Yet, when asked, "Do you wear them?", in an interview, answering "Yes" is an honest assessment of following a rule within its reasonable bounds. The church leaves decisions about when to remove it to individual conscience, prayer, and common sense rather than cultural trends, nor having leaders act as daily wardrobe auditors.
  20. I feel for you. Having recently realized I'm an autistic person, I hate tight fitting clothing (touch sensitivity), yet I do like many layers of cloths (pressure seeking). I don't suppose you are open to tailoring it?
  21. Correct, bishops do not get a dime. It can be hard to follow for non-members, but we are talking about full-time General Authorities who have to quit their jobs to serve. And to keep them from going bankrupt, they get a living allowance to pay for food, travel and lodging... and taxes... and his immediate family... and insurance... a car and sometimes a driver, and maybe certain Church-related expenses, etc. depending on the particular General Authority and circumstances. $170k sounds like a lot, but perhaps most of it disappears into ordinary expenses of Eyring.
  22. They are the Sons of El who were allotted the nations as the lot of their inheritance from their Father, El Elyon, the Chief God of all the Semitic nations, El Baniyu (the Begetter), or as we would call him, God the Father. Deuteronomy 32:8 "When Elyon gave the nations their inheritance … he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But Yahweh's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance." What is "the number of the Sons of God"? The Sons of God divided the people of Babel into 70 nations in the days of Peleg. Genesis 11:7-8 "And the Yahweh said, ... look... let us go down and confuse their language there... So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth" The number of nations created after Babel are the 70 listed in Genesis 10, because that is the "number" of divine beings. The Bible repeatedly identifies specific gods by name, and each associated with specific peoples. The Bible speaks naturally about Chemosh, Milcom, Dagon, Baal, Ra, Marduk, and the "sons of God" without any need to pretend that these were merely fictional characters. Other gods are in Haazinu (Deut 32:17). "They shall sacrifice to demons, gods which they did not know". Then they are named in 23-24 "They shall be) wasted with Hunger, fought by Reshef, and Qeteb (and?) Meriri." Resheph is a known name of a Canaanite god, who is known in the Bible as a demon shooting arrows of disease (Hab 3:5, Job 5:7). The others appear again in the Bible (Hosea 13:14, possibly also Job 3:5). I can go on, like how Gad and Asher are named after Canaanite deities, or Jesus acknowledging Baal exists. Who specifically is being unjust to the Gentile nation's fatherless people? Certainly not the judges of Israel. A deity’s primary responsibility was maintaining mishpat / justice in their assigned region. Failure was to allow that foreign nation's human king under their jurisdiction to prey on the weak, the orphan, and the widow rather than protecting them. Baal, after all, is a spiritual entity, how exactly can he harm human fatherless children? The spiritual rulers and human kings rule in tandem. Baal can dictate a nation's legal system, trade practices, or military conquests. By endorsing, inspiring, or ignoring greedy tyrannical human regimes the gods were actively failing their job or even rebelling. We see Yahweh who fights these cosmic battles and subdues sea monsters and sea dragons to establish order. In Daniel 7, the nations dominating the known world are depicted as four terrifying beasts emerging from the chaotic sea. In apocalyptic code, these are them. The rival sons of God in Job 1, are them, with as desire to tempt and test humanity, but couldn't try Job without Yahweh's permission.
  23. Ancient Near Eastern scholars are specialists focused on context, what the words meant to the ancient audience who original wrote and heard them, using surrounding cultures, archaeology, and historical languages as a decipher key. Theologians focus on application, how that text fits into a broader or modern religious doctrine or system of faith. The ANE scholars are going to be better at interpreting Psalm 82 because it uses imagery common across the ancient Near East, like the divine council. Near Eastern scholars analyze the language of psalm using surrounding Ugaritic and Akkadian texts from that exact era. This helps untangle what phrases like "bene elohim" meant in the Bronze and Iron Age Near East, rather than filtering those words through centuries of later doctrine and imposing later theological assumption onto it.
  24. Attempting to mediate here. Your pattern recognition of gang activity within a specific demographic risks generalizing an entire ethnic demographic. What you seem to be proposing is racial profiling, and for entire communities to be treated as security threats, all based on the actions of specific criminal groups or individuals. If threat management is the goal, applying heavy security solely based on ethnic attendance creates significant legal and social friction without necessarily stopping targeted acts of violence. Like many non-Tongan gangs, gangs sometimes utilize neutral community venues, such as funerals, weddings, or religious services for targeted retaliation, knowing the targets will be present and off-guard. This is an issue seen across various cultural gang networks. Rather than targeting Tongans, look for specific high-risk events, such as funerals involving individuals with known gang affiliations or recent violent conflicts. Your critique of church leadership assumes potential institutional apathy or a hesitation to act due to public relations concerns. The Church, like many organizations, generally relies on local law enforcement for active security threats rather than maintaining armed private security forces. Local leaders typically coordinate directly with local police. Working directly with local police gang units to identify high-risk events prior to scheduling, allowing for discreet or visible law enforcement presence during services. I believe there are more Church policy updates coming, like evaluating security guidelines for facility access, off-duty officer hiring for special events, and local leader training for threat de-escalation.
  25. I stand corrected, living allowance is taxed. The only part of a minister’s living allowance that can be excluded from income tax is a designated parsonage (housing), the portion meant to cover food and transportation is taxable. But you are still wrong, taxability does not equal a corporate salary. Paying taxes does not turn a non-profit cost-of-living stipend into a commercial wage. The 'parsonage' designation exists exclusively for religious ministers receiving housing support. You are taking a sociological definition of 'paid clergy' and trying to judge it using corporate terminology. When scholars, historians, and leaders say the Church has 'no paid ministry,' they mean we do not have a professional clergy class, there is no leader hired to make a career out of preaching. 99.9% of all ministry in the Church is run by unpaid volunteers. The 0.1% that receive a living allowance do not receive a wage. In that sense, nobody in Church leadership receives financial compensation for their service. The allowance is sustenance, not pay, is fundamentally different from being paid. It aims for a zero-sum, break-even outcome rather than accumulation.
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