Emmanuel Goldstein

Ether 9 1 And now I, Moroni, proceed with my record. Therefore, behold, it came to pass that because of the secret combinations of Akish and his friends, behold, they did overthrow the kingdom of Omer. 2 Nevertheless, the Lord was merciful unto Omer, and also to his sons and to his daughters who did not seek his destruction. 3 And the Lord warned Omer in a dream that he should depart out of the land; wherefore Omer departed out of the land with his family, and traveled many days, and came over and passed by the hill of Shim, and came over by the place where the Nephites were destroyed, and from thence eastward, and came to a place which was called Ablom, by the seashore, and there he pitched his tent, and also his sons and his daughters, and all his household, save it were Jared and his family. ... 12 And there began to be a war between the sons of Akish and Akish, which lasted for the space of many years, yea, unto the destruction of nearly all the people of the kingdom, yea, even all, save it were thirty souls, and they who fled with the house of Omer. 13 Wherefore, Omer was restored again to the land of his inheritance.

Can the Governor of Washington be that out of touch? Is this even possible?

Helaman 12 3 And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his people with many afflictions, yea, except he doth visit them with death and with terror, and with famine and with all manner of pestilence, they will not remember him. 4 O how foolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how quick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their hearts upon the vain things of the world! 5 Yea, how quick to be lifted up in pride; yea, how quick to boast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and how slow are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto his counsels, yea, how slow to walk in wisdom’s paths!

They kneeled longer than they ever have in their lives, for anything.

Some are even criticizing him because he had a bible that does not say "Holy Bible" on the cover. What a bunch of loons.

I’ll admit, it is curious

Where did you find that story? I want to read more about it.

I have a 20 year old daughter who has not had a spiritual confirmation of the truth of the gospel. She is not an enemy of the church, but she is struggling to gain a testimony. What can I do as her dad to help her have an experience that can help her? She is basically ambivalent toward the entire thing. I asked her why she does not join us for for the sacrament and she said, "I don't see the point, it is kind of silly." Also, she has no interest in the scriptures. In young women's she was kind of sidelined by a bunch of girls who are from the so called popular families, you know the type that had private parties that were gospel centered, but they did not invite the rest of the ward. She has felt left out of the social activities of the girls her age. I am at a loss, I have a firm testimony, but she just rolls her eyes when I share spiritual experiences that I have had. I just don't know what to do?

One of the stacks of bricks have been at the site since February, how is that placing bricks for violent use?

Yes, because I have never seen a pallet of bricks being used to I don't know, make a wall or build a facade. This is not a conspiracy no matter how much you want it to be. When the riots are all over the place then any stack of stone items can be seen as a planned event. Nope.

Am I the only one who thinks "What does the Bureau of Land Management have to do with this" whenever I see this acronym?

This will only make things worse. Pathetic actions that should not be tolerated.

"That same God who gave the revelations to his servant Joseph Smith in regard to these matters, will fulfil every jot and every tittle that has been spoken, concerning that nation. What then will be the condition of that people, when this great and terrible war shall come? It will be very different from the war between the North and the South, Do you wish me to describe it? I will do so. It will be a war of neighborhood against neighborhood, city against city, town against town, county against county, state against state, and they will go forth destroying and being destroyed and manufacturing will, in a great measure, cease, for a time, among the American nation. Why? Because in these terrible wars, they will not be privileged to manufacture, there will be too much blood-shed—too much mobocracy—too much going forth in bands and destroying and pillaging the land to suffer people to pursue any local vocation with any degree of safety. What will become of millions of the farmers upon that land? They will leave their farms and they will remain uncultivated, and they will flee before the ravaging armies from place to place; and thus will they go forth burning and pillaging the whole country; and that great and powerful nation, now consisting of some forty millions of people, will be wasted away, unless they repent. Now these are predictions you may record. You may let them sink down into your hearts. And if the Lord your God shall permit you to live, you will see my words fulfilled to the very letter. They are not my words, but the words of inspiration—the words of the everlasting God, who has sent forth his servants with this message to warn the nations of the earth. The Book of Mormon contains many of these predictions." -Orson Pratt, Delivered in the North Branch Meeting Room, of the London Conference, on Sunday evening, March 9th, 1879.

People like you and your wife should be first in line once the Covid does have a vaccine. Hope you are well.