The Folk Prophet

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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from Just_A_Guy in Updated CES Standards   
    Here's my latest family pic: Please note........WRONG!!!   

    But dang, look at how cute those stinking kids are!!!
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from Carborendum in Updated CES Standards   
    Yeah. I had a beard for a few years there. I took a shift as an ordinance worker at the temple though, so...
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Updated CES Standards   
    Here's my latest family pic: Please note........WRONG!!!   

    But dang, look at how cute those stinking kids are!!!
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from Carborendum in Updated CES Standards   
    Here's my latest family pic: Please note........WRONG!!!   

    But dang, look at how cute those stinking kids are!!!
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    The Folk Prophet reacted to Vort in Updated CES Standards   
    By the way, I have no objection to "missionary standards" that include a short haircut and a requirement to shave, or even the idea that CES institutions might have a grooming code including short hair and clean-shaven status. For missionaries especially, I think such a grooming code might be a very good idea. But as a general rule, I think that telling men they need to shave is probably anachronistic and, in most cases, not overly helpful.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from mrmarklin in Updated CES Standards   
    I'm legitimately surprised they're still asking for no beards to be worn. 
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from MrShorty in Updated CES Standards   
    I'm legitimately surprised they're still asking for no beards to be worn. 
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from maggiliz in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    Which, of course, is pointless because none of them have a shot. Which is unfortunate. (I'm currently favoring Ramaswamy, myself...had I the choice.)
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from maggiliz in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    “Merely voting a straight ticket or voting based on ‘tradition’ without careful study of candidates and their positions on important issues is a threat to democracy and inconsistent with revealed standards,”
    After careful study of candidates and their positions on important issues...I end up voting pretty much a straight ticket.
    I don't like the Republican party at all. So when and if I find a Democrat who supports positions of good and right....well....they wouldn't be a Democrat any more now, would they?


    As far as voting independent or other parties....sure... it could happen.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Technology Is Making Us Dumber   
    This implies serious problems in home and family. Which is really the primary root of most of society's problems.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from LDSGator in Technology Is Making Us Dumber   
    Every time new tech comes along people make this sort of claim. I don't buy it at all.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from LDSGator in Technology Is Making Us Dumber   
    This implies serious problems in home and family. Which is really the primary root of most of society's problems.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from Vort in Technology Is Making Us Dumber   
    This implies serious problems in home and family. Which is really the primary root of most of society's problems.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from zil2 in Technology Is Making Us Dumber   
    This implies serious problems in home and family. Which is really the primary root of most of society's problems.
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    The Folk Prophet reacted to NeuroTypical in Technology Is Making Us Dumber   
    I don't know my wife or kids' phone numbers.  Or our DL#'s.  Or even our license plate #s.  I only know my wife's and my SSN.  My daily life consists of checking my phone to see what reminder popped up so I'll know what to do that hour.  There is also a growing number of my passwords that I don't know, because I have Chrome just pick a strong password and rely on it to remember.    I'll regularly say "Hey Siri get me home", because it picks the shortest route and takes traffic into account.  Last month, just for nostalgia's sake, I decided to get myself to a new address without "Hey Siri get me to [address].  First time in probably 2 years I did it the old fashioned way.   
    That said, I don't believe I've become dumber or lost any ability to think.  There's still plenty of crap to remember and think about.  I use these tools as a performance aid, which frees up brain space for more important things.  (It is true that I have more leisure time these years than any other decade of my life.)
    Something else I believe: There are astoundingly clueless and stupid people out there.  A million TikToks of random folks on the street being interviewed, and not knowing how many states in the US or other basic questions.  I've lost track of how often I've seen a variation on: "If your car is going 40 miles an hour, how long does it take you to go 40 miles?"  "Um.... 40 hours?  Oh wait - 40 minutes!"   However, I have distinct memories of people being equally clueless and stupid in the 1970's.  
    What scares me more than the influence of technology aids, are the massive impact of closing schools for COVID.  Kids spent 2 years failing to learn to read/write/spell/speak/research/graduate/etc.  Everyone's numbers are lower.  Teachers are struggling, students have lower test scores and higher rates of mental illness and suicide attempts. 
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    The Folk Prophet reacted to Just_A_Guy in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    You’ve heard of the Benedict Option.  But are you ready for . . . the Lehi Option?
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from Just_A_Guy in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    I agree. And I also hope and pray for better. But it's without any real hope.
    Unfortunately, I'm afraid, the best case is we get 4 more years of Biden and progressivism, eventually losing the Supreme Court to the left, eventually losing religious and parental rights, etc., etc. That's probably the best case.
    The worst case is probably Trump getting thrown in jail, his faithfuls legitimately revolting (Here, Jan 6th...hold my beer...) and we're into full-on civil war, concentration camps for Catholics, etc., etc.
    Sigh. It's gonna be a rough ride until the Savior returns.
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    The Folk Prophet reacted to prisonchaplain in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    We're America. We're supposed to be better than this. So, if I really have a choice between being punched and being shot, wow, is this what we've come to? I'm still hoping and praying for better.
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    The Folk Prophet reacted to Vort in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    And to answer your question, @prisonchaplain: Yes, Latter-day Saint youth (and adults) struggle with the politics of their elders and their contemporaries. There is plenty of Trump dislike among Latter-day Saints, though to be sure he has his staunch defenders as well. It seems to me that many Saints fall on the political spectrum somewhere near the point where you hold your nose and vote for Trump, because he's the best of a bad lot.
    You may be aware that the Book of Mormon mentions a king named Morianton who arose among the ancient people of Jared. A descendant of a previous king named Riplakish who was tremendously wicked and led his people to destruction and ruin, Morianton again united the people through war, installed himself as king, and then ruled in a profitable and apparently just manner, so that the people anointed him to be king (that is, he was king not just by the right of warfare but by the consent of the people). But the tale of the Jaredite Morianton* includes an interesting observation: Morianton himself was a wicked man due to his "many whoredoms", and was cut off from the Lord. Ether 10:9-11 reads:
    And it came to pass after the space of many years, Morianton, (he being a descendant of Riplakish) gathered together an army of outcasts, and went forth and gave battle unto the people; and he gained power over many cities; and the war became exceedingly sore, and did last for the space of many years; and he did gain power over all the land, and did establish himself king over all the land. And after that he had established himself king he did ease the burden of the people, by which he did gain favor in the eyes of the people, and they did anoint him to be their king. And he did do justice unto the people, but not unto himself because of his many whoredoms; wherefore he was cut off from the presence of the Lord.
    I have heard many of the Saints, including myself, compare Trump to Morianton. Given the choice between Morianton and Riplakish, who would you choose? Morianton, of course. The Saints don't celebrate Trump's vainglorious rantings, but life under President Trump was simply better than under President Biden. If Trump is Morianton, Biden is Riplakish. The Saints, and Americans in general, don't have to love Trump in order to vote for him. They can be indifferent toward him or even dislike him and still conclude he is by far the best available option.
    Unless real evidence of deep corruption by Trump arises (and the current news stories about Trump are mostly hit pieces with lots of allegations, while the same news agencies studiously ignore the abundant, well-attested corruption of Biden and the Democrats), I will almost certainly vote for Trump should he win the Republican nomination. He's not my first choice, but after seeing what he accomplished as President when I didn't vote for him in 2016, I refuse to discount the man.
    Btw, Trump's idea to purchase Greenland was brilliant. He should have followed through. When the Netherland government so condescendingly told him that Greenlanders were in charge of their own destiny, he should immediately have approached them (the Greenlanders) with a buyout offer. The art of the deal and all that. It would have been the greatest acquisition since Alaska.
    *Note that the earlier Book of Mormon narrative (of a much later time period) mentions a Morianton among the Nephites who founded a city and created contention. The two Moriantons are separated by culture, language, and time (centuries, probably), so even though both were wicked, don't confuse them.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from prisonchaplain in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    I'm not sure it's "skill" that's the issue.
    I'm sure the "journalist" who wrote the article is perfectly capable of writing something that isn't entirely ignorant and ridiculously biased.
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    The Folk Prophet reacted to Vort in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    A deeply ignorant article. Unsurprising; it's not like we aren't used to that. But still irritating. You'd think that a journalist would be more careful, though endless experience has shown this belief to be naive.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from zil2 in Original Sin   
    I'd like to point out that the idea (upon which the humor of the comic is predicated) that upon eating the fruit that Adam and Eve immediately developed a perfect comprehensive understanding of good and evil is false. Rather, the idea of "knowledge" of good and evil for having eating the fruit stems from (no pun intended) a path that is chosen that would lead to knowledge of good and evil.
    We, being fallen as Adam and Eve became upon eating the fruit, are STILL dependent on obedience to God. We do not understand what is good and evil without God.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from Vort in Is Politics Driving Membership Down?   
    “Merely voting a straight ticket or voting based on ‘tradition’ without careful study of candidates and their positions on important issues is a threat to democracy and inconsistent with revealed standards,”
    After careful study of candidates and their positions on important issues...I end up voting pretty much a straight ticket.
    I don't like the Republican party at all. So when and if I find a Democrat who supports positions of good and right....well....they wouldn't be a Democrat any more now, would they?


    As far as voting independent or other parties....sure... it could happen.
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    The Folk Prophet got a reaction from Vort in Original Sin   
    I'd like to point out that the idea (upon which the humor of the comic is predicated) that upon eating the fruit that Adam and Eve immediately developed a perfect comprehensive understanding of good and evil is false. Rather, the idea of "knowledge" of good and evil for having eating the fruit stems from (no pun intended) a path that is chosen that would lead to knowledge of good and evil.
    We, being fallen as Adam and Eve became upon eating the fruit, are STILL dependent on obedience to God. We do not understand what is good and evil without God.
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    The Folk Prophet reacted to person0 in How "My Fair Lady" ought to have ended   
    Simpleton here:  I always just enjoyed the show and never considered the ending to be problematic in any way.  I also never read any of the source material.