LDSGator

Lol. Of course.

The thing I admire most about people/groups is when they try to right wrongs. It’s always interesting when someone/a group never apologizes, and it’s never a good sign.

That’s understandable. If the roles were reversed I’m almost certain white people would be whining and demanding the same.

Perfectly said.

it saddens me that people still call LDS “racist.” Like I said before I can’t imagine anyone here being an actual racist. I also like how the church is releasing essays and trying to make amends from it’s past mistakes/misunderstandings. Totally fair.

I’m not sure those of African descent care what word is used.

The big picture is that the church no longer practices the teachings they once did, and that’s a wonderful thing. Not that it comes up in casual conversation, but I have zero issue with using “reject” and will continue to do so if the situation comes up

Ok.

The racial issues can still be a bitter/uncomfortable pill to swallow. From my experience, the leaders seem more “open” to discussing it and admitting the past wrongs that the church did on this issue then they were in the past.

I highlighted an important part of the essay. The modern church has no problem with members marrying outside their race, and rejects that they did something immoral in the pre mortal world.

You are being fine bro. It’s a topic that members are used to discussing. As NT said, the church is getting more open to discussing it to.

Hearing our German exchange student talk about what is and isn’t allowed there is chilling,

Exactly. It’s also a work of fiction-not everything is going to “real”. If you want truth in movies, documentaries might be more up your alley.

She was also rumored to run for governor and probably would have won, but she didn’t do so for….reasons. She might have more skeletons in the closet than we know. She’s been married and divorced twice.

Sure. Bondi is most notorious for asking Rick Scott to delay an execution which he did that was ultimately carried out but Bondi asked the execution be delayed because Bondi needed to attend a political fundraiser that was scheduled the same day. She got some slack for that, and not just from liberals.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-11-12/heretic-a24-hugh-grant-election Politics makes strange bedfellows. This writer is hardly sympathetic to LDS, but she attacks the movie from a feminist perspective. Contains spoilers

Florida republicans outside of his district view him as a perverted clown. I sort of doubt it.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-slide-as-nvidia-earnings-loom-large-121829929.html last one. The s&P is also down at this time .

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/rfk-jr-hhs-nomination-sparks-224902677.html And Pharma stocks.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/20/target-tgt-q3-2024-earnings.html Except for Target-ironically another conservative boycott “target”, lol.

https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/257409/disney-stock-soars-as-earnings-reveal-streaming-strength.aspx disney stock is booming now.

It’s complicated. You had some liberals who were vocally opposed to transgenderism before Trump. JK Rowling comes to mind, but there are others. Having said that, I do think a lot of people have been silent about who they voted for this election cycle. They’ll say Kamala but they secretly voted for Trump for many reasons.

Good advice if you want to get better at anything, really.

It’s already a big horror movie, but I agree it’s no where near South Park/BOM musical levels in terms of influence right now. Ignoring it would have been the best choice but the church already released statements about it. Twice. We need some way to tell our side-I’m optimistic people will Google the church name and find out more about us. Especially my fellow horror junkies.

I’ll bite. Why?