NeedleinA
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50 minutes ago, Carborendum said:
- Boys are girls and girls are boys.
- They're racist even when they've never even had a racist thought in their lives.
- They're being taught that homosexuality is superior to hetrosexuality. And "pansexuals" are the most tolerant of all.
- They're being taught that government running your life is the best way to live.
- They're being taught that the United States is the most evil, racist, oppressive nation that has ever been established on this earth.
Then they look at the parents and say, "What are you all so upset over!?!"
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On 6/21/2021 at 11:03 PM, mordorbund said:
Anyway, here in Loudoun County the superintendent didn't like all the hullaballoo around CRT so he released a statement making it very clear that it wasn't being used or taught.
Thought of your post @mordorbund when I saw this.
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13 minutes ago, person0 said:
Well, my wife and I took our kids out of the public school system and are homeschooling them, that is the action we have taken.
Bingo!
We sold our home and moved to a different school district 4 years ago.
We home schooled our kids until Middle-School. We have one home schooler left and the other two are in a very conservative school district for now.@person0 I hope my last post didn't come off as something directed at 'you' specifically... it was generic. I tried to edit/clarify it just in case.
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1 hour ago, person0 said:
the organizations and individuals who support and sustain CRT, they have established real and actionable institutional power
What are conservatives establishing as of late?
What 'action' are conservatives willing to actually do about issues facing us as a nation OR are 'we' (myself included) sitting on the sidelines neutralized simply watching things play out?
Every time I see a parent stand up at a School board meeting and voice their concerns over issues like CRT, I witness some glimmer of hope.
We need more of this, more action.
Are you (generic you), are we members of the Church?
Want a kick to the groin? (of course!)
President Ezra Taft Benson said:QuoteAnd now as to the last neutralizer that the devil uses most effectively—it is simply this: “Don’t do anything in the fight for freedom until the Church sets up its own specific program to save the Constitution.” This brings us right back to the scripture opened with today—to those slothful servants who will not do anything until they are “compelled in all things” [D&C 58:26]. Maybe the Lord will never set up a specific church program for the purpose of saving the Constitution. Perhaps if he set one up at this time it might split the Church asunder, and perhaps he does not want that to happen yet for not all the wheat and tares are fully ripe.
The Prophet Joseph Smith declared it will be the elders of Israel who will step forward to help save the Constitution, not the Church. And have we elders been warned? Yes, we have. And have we elders been given the guidelines? Yes indeed, we have. And besides, if the Church should ever inaugurate a program, who do you think would be in the forefront to get it moving? It would not be those who were sitting on the sidelines prior to that time or those who were appeasing the enemy.
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13 hours ago, Anddenex said:
(skip to 45 seconds and goes to 1:30 seconds).
Goes on to share her Paypal address to send her money.
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16 minutes ago, Just_A_Guy said:
Will a member of the general relief society presidency do a joint seminar with an avowed racist who proclaims that “being racist is how God made me, and of course I won’t act on it [yet], but I’m not going to change either because the Holy Spirit has revealed that God likes me this way”?
Inquiring minds want to know!!!
Zing-a-roo.
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29 minutes ago, Backroads said:
What is being taught?
This 15 year old shares some insight on what CRT looks like at his school.
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11 minutes ago, Anddenex said:
Official Church doctrine is that we are to call sinners to repentance. In our worldview, modern age, to call a sinner to repentance is an act of intolerance and a lack of inclusivity of a person's chosen lifestyle. This is also why I mentioned I am confused as to the boundary of inclusion within the Church, and in the world we live in. If we truly love our children we will do all we can to keep them on the covenant path. That means we call sinners to repentance, which isn't tolerant or inclusive according to the current worldview.
Amen.
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President Ezra Taft Benson from a talk from 1971 entitled, Satan's Thrust - Youth
QuoteA state of confusion is an effective environment for Satan. There is much confusion today. He employs several methods to create it. One is the distortion of definitions...
Tolerance is a word valuable in the service of Satan.
Alexander Pope warned 200 years ago that:‘Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
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3 hours ago, Backroads said:
But I don't know if I trust therapists.
I'm not saying always, but many times...
we simply just need someone (set of ears) outside of our circle of friends/family/associates that we can vomit our feelings/thoughts upon. No worries of it coming back to bite us. I struggle with X, I think about Y, I'm great at A but fail at B, I hate M and don't give a rat's behind about L, so on and so forth.
Over the years, I'm less and less under the illusion that the person needed to accomplish this needs to be a 'therapist'. Especially with the caliber of therapist I see more and more.
There is a great weight that can be lifted by simply verbalizing things out loud.
This in part, is a small reason, why I think Bishops are such a valuable tool to many members... they just need to share X with someone in confidence.- Backroads, Vort and Just_A_Guy
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7 hours ago, NeuroTypical said:
That said, empires last no more than a couple of centuries, and the US has lasted almost 250.
Just having fun for a moment...
In the Book of Mormon 3 Nephi 11-28 we read about the people enjoying about 200 years of peace and Enoch type bliss, after the Savior's visit.
The next 100 years, call them years 201-300, we are told they did “dwindle in unbelief and wickedness, from year to year”
By time we get to year 301, they have fallen all the way to:Quote4 Nephi 47
45 And it came to pass that when three hundred years had passed away, both the people of Nephi and the Lamanites had become exceedingly wicked one like unto another.46 And it came to pass that the robbers of aGadianton did spread over all the face of the land; and there were none that were righteous save it were the disciples of Jesus. And gold and silver did they lay up in store in abundance, and did btraffic in all manner of traffic*.
* I don't know what trafficking they are specifically referring to, but I have my guesses.
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2 hours ago, LDSGator said:
We obviously agree that clean water, poverty rates falling, and war declining is a good thing. No one would argue against that. I do think all those things show that we are getting better at “loving our fellow man” though.
(I'm just poking the bear for a moment... 😉)
Couldn't all of those things also be done without any love for your fellow man, but rather simply out of self interest/gain?
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1. To avoid a peasant revolution, the monarchy decides..."We better get these villages clean water before they come slaughter us in our sleep".
2. We better pass out free money or reparations to the masses under the flag of fighting poverty, only in an effort to secure their votes.
3. War can be avoided or halted out of self preservation, wiriness or blood shed... but not because they love their enemy.Love could be the 'cause'.
But...
So could self interest.
I think I'm getting old and pessimistic about govt. & organizations. I don't want to be this way and definitely didn't go looking for it, but I feel like they have brought this upon themselves. -
9 hours ago, LDSGator said:
Study after study says the world is getting better,
I suppose a lot of it depends on what we all define as 'better'. Is it:
1. Poverty levels dropping, clean water, living standards, access to goods, etc.
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2. Moral compass, desire to follow God, service to mankind, adherence to the commandments, loving your fellow man, etc.
OR
BothI believe #1 is better while at the same time believe #2 is unfortunately getting worse, namely here in the USA.
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Luigi Warren, currently the CEO and President of California-based biotech firm Cellular Reprogramming, and Derrick Rossi, co-founder of Moderna, are considered pioneers of mRNA technology.
Luigi Warren - Censored on Twitter for simply saying the following:Quote“I believe the ‘shedding’ idea is that the vaccinated shed spike protein, not virus. And, it’s certainly true that people vaccinated with mRNA vaccines shed spike protein, but in miniscule amounts that almost certainly can’t cause disease/malaise in others,”
Why?
Pfizer’s former Chief Scientist Mike Yeadon - banned on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Instagram. Why? (sorry don't know why the video is so huge).
Time and time again, any dissenting opinion of the jab is scrubbed off of the tech giant sites. -
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2 hours ago, NeuroTypical said:
what part of a full approval, that is missing
3 hours ago, NeedleinA said:This, among other reasons,
The EUA use vs. full FDA approval, is only one factor among several reasons why I will continue to decline the vaccine(s).
If EUA is synonymous with full approval, then they should label them as full approval and remove this obstacle for many hesitant individuals.
If they are not synonymous, then we can't pretend that EUA products are just as good as fully approved products that have had longer follow up periods for efficacy.Q: Anyone know if I got the jab today, how long would I be protected for?
In other news...QuoteThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered Johnson & Johnson to discard 60 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday.
The shots were made at a plant in Baltimore that had several health violations and ruined million of doses of J&J vaccine during an ingredient mix-up.
People familiar with the situation told The New York Times that the FDA said the shots have to be thrown away due to potential contamination...
...Earlier in the day, the FDA allowed 10 million doses to be distributed, which a source told Reuters will be to other countries, but with a caveat that there is no guarantee the J&J shots were made under good manufacturing practices.
Should those in a low-risk demographic risk Covid or risk injecting themselves with these exported doses of J&J?
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3 hours ago, Carborendum said:
All, so far, have only been approved for emergency use authorization.
This, among other reasons, is why many of us won't take it. I naively already thought everyone knew they weren't approved by the FDA. (Thanks Facebook, Twitter, Youtube for suppressing things.) This is the argument about being involved with the largest trial test ever conducted on humankind.
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11 minutes ago, Carborendum said:
Couldn't you tell by his accent?
Я не русский шпион
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45 minutes ago, Just_A_Guy said:
I never knew you were a Russian spy.
No point hiding it any longer.
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4 hours ago, hzdbl5 said:
She said I was very direct and businesslike in my asking of the questions.
Years ago there was a Stake Pres. Counselor, doctor, who: had every part of the temple recommend memorized, very direct and never broke eye contract... ever!
By time it was done I confessed to being a Russian spy and for stealing a lolli-pop in the 3rd grade.
AWKWARD to say the least.
He was a family friend too. Soon as the interview was over, poof! right back to being his normal ol' self. He did it with everyone and all of us jumped for joy if they got the other counselor instead.Good times.
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Has anyone else heard this story before? If so, was it recent?
I'm trying to figure out why it has come to my mind, and trying to rule out if 'we' all recently heard it for some reason like in a General Conference talk??QuoteBehind the Wall:
The Church in Eastern Germany
(Part 1: Saints in Isolation,Some members remained faithful despite years of isolation. Gunter Schulze, now bishop of the Dresden Ward, spent much of his time during that period finding and caring for isolated members—some in Poland, some in outlying areas of the German Democratic Republic. One of these was an elderly sister in Upper Silesia.
“We visited with her a long time. Finally she went behind the stove and brought out a knotted stocking and began untying the knots, several knots. Then she held out her two hands like a scale and weighed money from the knotted stocking. She said, ‘This is my tithing. I have been saving it for over twenty-five years now. I knew the priesthood would come into my home again someday!’”
Satan's little ironies
in LDS Gospel Discussion
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Great micro-essay @Vort. I didn't even realize it was an old thread but nonetheless exactly applicable to us right now. Thumbs up to the weirdo Latter-day Saints!!
P.s. Wasn't aware of the tattoo/piercing slave connection until now, cool fun info.