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1. Slowing growth has nothing to do with Church history & everything to do with sexuality & gender
The Church is finally outside the Overton, an impolite topic of conversation, & members of the Church moralize politeness
Thence embarrassment, thence cogdis, thence apostasy
The Church is finally outside the Overton, an impolite topic of conversation, & members of the Church moralize politeness
Thence embarrassment, thence cogdis, thence apostasy
2. Primary programs are much worse than they need to be because Primary presidencies have horrendous taste
3. Related: many problems in the Church would be solved if men would stop abdicating all aesthetic decision-making
4. Talmudic scriptural legalism is not "orthodox" & is evil
5. Expect white membership to collapse in the next 20 years
It's a Latino movement
It's a Latino movement
6. Tribal patriarchy is the government of heaven & should be the government on earth
Higher organization than the family or clan is by common consent but *this is not democracy*
Viewing BoM "judges" as a stand-in for modern senators or presidents is a colossal misreading
Higher organization than the family or clan is by common consent but *this is not democracy*
Viewing BoM "judges" as a stand-in for modern senators or presidents is a colossal misreading
7. You need to see visions & dream dreams or you're not gonna make it
8. Lifting will refine your spiritual intuitions & scripture study will bless your lifts
Brother Joseph understood this well
Brother Joseph understood this well
9. The gospel isn't "magic" but tithing is
10. Biggest obstacle to missionary work is that you're a miserable exhausted whining cuck & nobody wants to be like you
11. The biblical patriarchs were all raiders & warlords, & now sit on the right hand of God
God hasn't changed
God hasn't changed
12. Joseph was despised for his very best qualities
13. Biggest obstacle to raising your teenagers is that you're a miserable exhausted whining cuck & nobody wants to be like you
14. Joseph said every man is entitled to a seer stone, but are kept from it by unrighteousness
Maybe for you this means porn or whatever, but the even more universal sin is lack of vision
Maybe the only reason you can't have one is that you're unwilling to pray & dig holes
Maybe for you this means porn or whatever, but the even more universal sin is lack of vision
Maybe the only reason you can't have one is that you're unwilling to pray & dig holes
15. Easy to think that if you knew God existed, life would be so much simpler
I know people who know God exists - their struggle is that life is still savagely difficult & they're not sure if they like him.
I know people who know God exists - their struggle is that life is still savagely difficult & they're not sure if they like him.
16. Back half of the cultural hall should have a bench, a squat rack, and dumbbells
Churchball big gay lmao rt
Churchball big gay lmao rt
17. Every argument about scripture or Church history that begins with "God wouldn't do that" is hilariously wrong
God made parasites whose life cycle involves infesting children's eyeballs & blinding them
You have no idea what God wouldn't do
God made parasites whose life cycle involves infesting children's eyeballs & blinding them
You have no idea what God wouldn't do
18. The idea that "if you wouldn't let your kids watch it, you shouldn't watch it either" is badly mistaken
19. The idea that your 16yo needs the same protection from globo propaganda that your 6yo needs is also catastrophically wrong
Stop doing this
Stop doing this
20. Cain's first sin was sorcery - transactional religion, propitiation
Every prayer that insists "I've held up my end" contains the same sin
Every prayer that insists "I've held up my end" contains the same sin
21. Solar male & feminine earth are to be found in the scriptures
The extent to which this is symbolic is not obvious!
The extent to which this is symbolic is not obvious!
22. If more missionaries understood themselves as explicitly in the monastic tradition they would be happier & more successful
23. America has magic dirt
24. The Book of Mormon *explicitly endorses* running subversives out on a rail & I don't understand why no one wants to talk about it
25. I've belabored this point but all subjects discussed as "philosophy" - ethics, epistemology, & metaphysics - are premises that must be supplied by revelation
Reason & observation come after
Reason & observation come after
26. The greatest mitzvah available to IT professionals today is to fix the Gospel Library app & I'm only like 20% joking
Great power locked up
Great power locked up
27. The gospel was given to Adam in fullness & there is great beauty & truth latent, encrypted in degenerate traditions
Brigham taught that the elders have a duty to gather all these things from the ends of the earth & bring them to Zion
Brigham taught that the elders have a duty to gather all these things from the ends of the earth & bring them to Zion
28. Creation ex nihilo was invented to satisfy a bunch of catamite Greek philosophers, & renders the entire plan of salvation incoherent
http://www.oldlampsfornew.net/2016/01/more-mormon-heresy-god-is-not-great-old.html?m=1
http://www.oldlampsfornew.net/2016/01/more-mormon-heresy-god-is-not-great-old.html?m=1
29. Atheists are right that "elevation" occurs across religions & in nonreligious contexts
But imagine being so unimaginative as to say "I felt the Spirit listening to a Tool album, must not be God after all"
Instead of trying to figure out what God likes about Tool
But imagine being so unimaginative as to say "I felt the Spirit listening to a Tool album, must not be God after all"
Instead of trying to figure out what God likes about Tool
30. Get u a wife who can do both https://twitter.com/getfiscal/status/1163527329295024138?s=19
31. The spirit and the body are the soul of man
Get off your ass
Get off your ass
32. Every living thing is ensouled & intelligent
Your every waking moment is a churn of birth & death for billions of these
Is all this life conserved, individually? Or is there transmigration of amoeba souls?
Your every waking moment is a churn of birth & death for billions of these
Is all this life conserved, individually? Or is there transmigration of amoeba souls?
33. For most teenagers, "the Church" is whatever their parents define it to be
There are families in which that Church is false & evil, & must be rejected
(Ofc some lie about their upbringing to justify apostasy, but I am personally aware of enough cases to know it happens)
There are families in which that Church is false & evil, & must be rejected
(Ofc some lie about their upbringing to justify apostasy, but I am personally aware of enough cases to know it happens)
34. The prophet's job is not to tell you what God wants
His job is to make you a prophet
His job is to make you a prophet
35. If Joseph or Brigham came back today most of us would find them offputting to the point of rage
36. Language is a priesthood
Available language utterly defines available cognition
Might even be the breath of life that made man a living soul
The confounding of tongues at Babel was so devastating you could call it a second Fall
Available language utterly defines available cognition
Might even be the breath of life that made man a living soul
The confounding of tongues at Babel was so devastating you could call it a second Fall
37. A few of y'all really like the idea of patriarchy, but still whine about the fact that women need it
Recognize that the present state of things is a leadership failure - not necessarily your fault, but 100% your responsibility
Recognize that the present state of things is a leadership failure - not necessarily your fault, but 100% your responsibility
38. Many spooky/"demonic" apparitions - especially reported by teenagers after occult/drug experiences - are actually angels sent to scare them straight
39. God judges nations, not only individuals
You can see on Twitter how consciousness is not wholly individual - continual feedback between individual & collective
This is why nations can be spared "by the prayers of the righteous", & why it is so dangerous to expel them
You can see on Twitter how consciousness is not wholly individual - continual feedback between individual & collective
This is why nations can be spared "by the prayers of the righteous", & why it is so dangerous to expel them
40. Modesty & appearance have moral significance - your choice of signals is an act of self-creation
How you present yourself determines the tribe you will draw around you, & that tribe will change your identity in ways you can't predict or prevent
How you present yourself determines the tribe you will draw around you, & that tribe will change your identity in ways you can't predict or prevent
41. Theosis is the only coherent justification for human existence & Christian religion in particular
Creedal Christians dunking on us about "getting your own planet" should stay awhile & listen
Creedal Christians dunking on us about "getting your own planet" should stay awhile & listen
42. Tolerance is a virtue but most of what is called tolerance is cowardice
43. Boldness is a virtue but most of what gets called boldness is incontinent malice
44. The false definition of hypocrisy as "failing to practice what you preach" is spiritual AIDS
If you can't have ideals & fall short, you can't have ideals
If you can't have ideals & fall short, you can't have ideals
45. What Christ said to 1st-c. Jews is not necessarily what he would say to you - not because truth is relative, but because you are
General counsel is insufficient, reconstructed algorithms from ancient texts are insufficient - most have living, personal revelation
General counsel is insufficient, reconstructed algorithms from ancient texts are insufficient - most have living, personal revelation
46. The light of Christ is in the sun, moon & stars, & the light thereof, & the power by which they were made
Which means that the hydrogen bomb is a nightmarish blasphemy
Notice we can only steal that fire for evil purposes? How fiercely it resists domestication?
Which means that the hydrogen bomb is a nightmarish blasphemy
Notice we can only steal that fire for evil purposes? How fiercely it resists domestication?
47. It is impossible to be a Christian & a deontologist, because God's ends clearly justify his means
48. "This is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints: that the poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low. For the earth is full, & there is enough & to spare."
This will be much gentler if it is voluntary but it will happen one way or another
This will be much gentler if it is voluntary but it will happen one way or another
49. Related: globohomo is the scourge of God
Marxism, feminism, the sexual revolution, the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the ascendant counter-culture - all powered by the sins of the "wholesome" cultures they consume & displace
Clean houses don't get roaches
Marxism, feminism, the sexual revolution, the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the ascendant counter-culture - all powered by the sins of the "wholesome" cultures they consume & displace
Clean houses don't get roaches
50. The mid-South is under a heavy curse because of the way they treated the elders
Arkansas in particular is a jewel of unspoiled natural beauty - kept poor & obscure so that it will stay that way until we inherit it
(I have said too much, never visit Arkansas)
Arkansas in particular is a jewel of unspoiled natural beauty - kept poor & obscure so that it will stay that way until we inherit it
(I have said too much, never visit Arkansas)
51. Conscientiousness is not righteousness
There will be many box-tickers dutifully ticking boxes in hell
There will be many box-tickers dutifully ticking boxes in hell
52. Global capital markets have turned you into the mob boss's wife who doesn't ask questions about where the money comes from
You were never meant to be this safe or comfortable, & God is going to burn it down
You were never meant to be this safe or comfortable, & God is going to burn it down
53. 2-hr church is a rebuke - if elders quorums & relief societies performed their intended function, it wouldn't feel like a colossal waste of time & you wouldn't be so relieved to get away from them
54. Proposition 8 has forestalled the destruction of California
God respects the choice made, even if the state did not
God respects the choice made, even if the state did not
55. In less than ten years, you will have to be a conspiracy theorist to remain a member of the Church in good standing
56. (Edited for specificity) either the Church will abandon full-time missionary assignments in the West (unlikely) or they will become service/online assignments
Main limiting factor is the quality of Western elders, which will regrettably not get any better until the boogaloo
Main limiting factor is the quality of Western elders, which will regrettably not get any better until the boogaloo
57. Your mortal probation is God's insurance against turning you into an evil superintelligence
This is why the things of the Spirit can only be spiritually discerned, through great patience & moral effort
This is also why he hides himself from view
This is why the things of the Spirit can only be spiritually discerned, through great patience & moral effort
This is also why he hides himself from view
58. Related: not literally true that "no man can see the face of God and live" - in other words, that God *cannot* show you his face
More accurate to say "if he showed you he'd have to kill you"
More accurate to say "if he showed you he'd have to kill you"
59. Barrier b/w you & visionary experience is not fastidious obedience - such experiences routine among your ancestors, who were not obviously more obedient & certainly not more fastidious
(Obedience important, but not for this)
(Obedience important, but not for this)
60. When it goes down, conservative Christians will be among our most implacable & bloody-minded enemies
We get along right now for the same reason zoo animals do
We get along right now for the same reason zoo animals do
61. All moral disagreements are settled by mutual revelation or by force
There are two churches only
There are two churches only
62. The fact that Corporate America & the feds love to recruit members of the Church should give us deep misgivings
63. The Spirit doesn't leave, ever
64. We're too apt to define ourselves in opposition to evangelicals re: "works"
You're saved by grace through faith in Christ and on no other terms
You're saved by grace through faith in Christ and on no other terms
65. The Canaanites had it coming
66. We should bring back dances in the temple
67. We should bring back our image as dangerous foreigners out to seduce Christian women
68. We should bring back colonization missions
Mexico could use a firm hand right about now
Mexico could use a firm hand right about now
69. We should bring back weird general conference
Maybe we can have a weird one in parallel with the normal one, with no cell phones & no notes, in a Faraday cage
Maybe we can have a weird one in parallel with the normal one, with no cell phones & no notes, in a Faraday cage
70. Someday there will be a great cattle drive from Deseret Ranches to feed besieged saints in Independence
It will take months
Many of you will die of typhus
It will take months
Many of you will die of typhus
71. Mormies love to post articles about how "actually scientists say wine isn't that good for your heart" or "actually coffee causes a 0.3% elevated risk of oral cancer"
You are missing the point and beclowning yourselves
These are *spiritual* plagues
You are missing the point and beclowning yourselves
These are *spiritual* plagues
72. The Church hoovered up all the good Brits & brought them to Utah
From striding the planet like a colossus to TV loicences & literally getting your scissors confiscated
We did that & we could do it again
From striding the planet like a colossus to TV loicences & literally getting your scissors confiscated
We did that & we could do it again
73. Absolutely no disrespect to Brother Joseph but Brigham is the most fun
74. Wanting the Brethren to speak more plainly in your favor so you can dunk on your ideological enemies is the definition of "seeking a sign to consume upon your lusts"
We would receive a lot more if we could be counted on to not be insufferable about it
We would receive a lot more if we could be counted on to not be insufferable about it
75. Pretty wild that your parents get to pick your appearance, your strengths, your vices, the color of your internal psychological universe, just by deciding who to sleep with
And then that choice gets hardcoded into the structure of the universe & you exist forever
And then that choice gets hardcoded into the structure of the universe & you exist forever
76. The Aztecs very extremely had it coming
77. We're definitely headed for a deep collapse but no reason to assume it ends with Jesus coming back
Might just be a regular old collapse and we starve & suffer for a long time & then slowly pick up the pieces until the next one
Might just be a regular old collapse and we starve & suffer for a long time & then slowly pick up the pieces until the next one
78. No archaeological evidence of crucifixion anywhere in the Roman Empire, despite the fact it went on for centuries & we know exactly where to look for it
People who claim that *anything* is "ruled out" on the basis of archaeological evidence are probably just porn addicts
People who claim that *anything* is "ruled out" on the basis of archaeological evidence are probably just porn addicts
79. You probably don't have a "guardian angel", but everything on the other side is organized in families & bonds of stewardship do not terminate in death
If you need help it will come from your own near kin
If you need help it will come from your own near kin
80. Avoid obsessive moral outrage against huge, distant evils that you're powerless to fighr
Instead, turn your obsessive moral outrage on your family & community
Call in noise complaints
Run for school board
Ask to speak to the manager
Instead, turn your obsessive moral outrage on your family & community
Call in noise complaints
Run for school board
Ask to speak to the manager
81. The great & spacious building hangs in the air, groundless
No laws in an atheist culture except remembered taboos - unsupportable w/o the God that gave them, crumbling to dust at the first examination
You can't imagine how bad it's going to get https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1164031903382552576?s=19
No laws in an atheist culture except remembered taboos - unsupportable w/o the God that gave them, crumbling to dust at the first examination
You can't imagine how bad it's going to get https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1164031903382552576?s=19
82. "The sound of war is dreadful in my ear - but any man who will not fight for his wife & children is a coward & a bastard"
We're more comfortable with violence if done by a soldier or a cop, but this is backward
Need less institutional violence, more personal violence
We're more comfortable with violence if done by a soldier or a cop, but this is backward
Need less institutional violence, more personal violence
83. Who taught Adam to hate?
84. When the books are opened we will be stunned to find what portion of the paid clergy deeply loathe God & would crucify him afresh
& since they're not going to learn to code, they maintain their self-respect by framing themselves as saboteurs
https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2019/08/21/god-is-a-tourist-attraction-anglican-bishop-says-on-cathedral-carnival-ride/
& since they're not going to learn to code, they maintain their self-respect by framing themselves as saboteurs
https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2019/08/21/god-is-a-tourist-attraction-anglican-bishop-says-on-cathedral-carnival-ride/
85. Sexism, racism, x-phobia, etc are not sins & God does not care about them
Pride is a sin, cruelty is a sin
Globo shows you petty cruelty, calls it "racism", & thereby maps your correct moral revulsion to their construct
This is literal mind control
Pride is a sin, cruelty is a sin
Globo shows you petty cruelty, calls it "racism", & thereby maps your correct moral revulsion to their construct
This is literal mind control
86. Trees unambiguously have souls
More interesting question is how/if tree soul is like man soul (or ant soul, or chimp soul)
God sees the death of the sparrow, but you are better than many sparrows (what did he mean by this?)
https://twitter.com/LandsharkRides/status/1165012327269318658?s=19
More interesting question is how/if tree soul is like man soul (or ant soul, or chimp soul)
God sees the death of the sparrow, but you are better than many sparrows (what did he mean by this?)
https://twitter.com/LandsharkRides/status/1165012327269318658?s=19
87. What happens on psychedelics is real & can be powerful, but extreme spiritual hazard
Tears open an aperture that is meant to open in response to spiritual growth, often infected or blinded in the process
"Psychonauts" are largely to be pitied https://twitter.com/JAEbberts/status/1165016450328866817?s=19
Tears open an aperture that is meant to open in response to spiritual growth, often infected or blinded in the process
"Psychonauts" are largely to be pitied https://twitter.com/JAEbberts/status/1165016450328866817?s=19
88. Islam has no special immunity to poz - they're safe now bc they're useful, not so forever
in fact, when eye of Sauron falls on them, collectivist ethos will make them fold up like a cheap tent
The final battle will be with Coca Cola
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/07/25/how-the-west-was-won/
in fact, when eye of Sauron falls on them, collectivist ethos will make them fold up like a cheap tent
The final battle will be with Coca Cola
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/07/25/how-the-west-was-won/
89. Signs & wonders are everywhere but noticing them would make you weird & you are afraid to look weird *even to yourself*
90. God intentionally conceals material facts - & conveys factual information, knowing & intending that it be misinterpreted (by some)
The confusion & scattering abroad is not accidental, it's a feature
What ramifications for our understanding of honesty?
The confusion & scattering abroad is not accidental, it's a feature
What ramifications for our understanding of honesty?
91. Prog apostasy is not about the Church
Inequities that enrage them most are inequities of nature - sex, IQ, disability, etc
"tikkun olam" = setting right of a flawed/broken creation
This was how Lucifer saw himself when he stood before the throne of God
Inequities that enrage them most are inequities of nature - sex, IQ, disability, etc
"tikkun olam" = setting right of a flawed/broken creation
This was how Lucifer saw himself when he stood before the throne of God
92. Leave the gun
Take the cannoli
Take the cannoli
93. Pretty unlikely that the Brethren have lots of weird crypto-politics that they counter-signal in public for PR reasons
Still less likely that, if they have such politics, they correspond to yours
This is sad and boring but true
Still less likely that, if they have such politics, they correspond to yours
This is sad and boring but true
94. Sodomy is a sterile mockery of the relationship between man & woman
"Dog mommies" & "fur babies" are the same for the relationship between mother & child
"Dog mommies" & "fur babies" are the same for the relationship between mother & child
95. In honor of my 95th Thesis: if you accept the teaching that the Protestant reformers were inspired of God, but you're still mad about members of the Church being autistic & foul-tempered online,
Hoooooooo boy do you need to read Martin Luther
Hoooooooo boy do you need to read Martin Luther
96. The average progmo in a Primary or Youth calling cares way, way, way, way more about catechizing your kids than the average normie believer in the same calling
Kids aren't great at evaluating logic or rhetoric, but they're pretty good at detecting who gives a shit about them
Kids aren't great at evaluating logic or rhetoric, but they're pretty good at detecting who gives a shit about them
97. Factory farming is an abomination & Christ will destroy it when he comes again
(Side note, chicken & eggs are relatively easy to raise yourself, & a fine way to revolt against the modern world &/or your HOA)
(Side note, chicken & eggs are relatively easy to raise yourself, & a fine way to revolt against the modern world &/or your HOA)
98. You should never, ever lie to your kids about matters of faith or the unseen
Santa Claus is a massive op
Santa Claus is a massive op
99. Homemaking isn't "the hardest job" - it isn't a job, & there are kids burning e-waste for traces of cobalt & tin in West Africa
All jobs exist to sustain homemaking - it's an end, not a means
All jobs exist to sustain homemaking - it's an end, not a means
100. "I believe the gospel is true, but I'm not sure if I *know* it"
Most people never think carefully about what it means to "know" something, & the first time they try, they find themselves hanging in the air like Wile E. Coyote
Can't know things with your brain, sorry
Most people never think carefully about what it means to "know" something, & the first time they try, they find themselves hanging in the air like Wile E. Coyote
Can't know things with your brain, sorry
101. The appeal of patriarchy is explicitly sexual
"thy desire shall be to thy husband, & he shall rule over thee" - that juxtaposition is *causal*, not accidental!
Can't govern effectively if your wife doesn't like the way you put it down
"thy desire shall be to thy husband, & he shall rule over thee" - that juxtaposition is *causal*, not accidental!
Can't govern effectively if your wife doesn't like the way you put it down
102. Our people suck at art because they're afraid to tell the truth - ultimately, because they don't believe the truth is on their side
Not true of everyone, but true of everyone who tries to make a career through Deseret Book
That's why the ones who make it always apostatize
Not true of everyone, but true of everyone who tries to make a career through Deseret Book
That's why the ones who make it always apostatize
103. When the fire comes, many of the righteous will be tempted to question its justice - surely *all* those people didn't deserve it, what could they have done that was so terrible?
The wicked will be stunned that it took so long https://twitter.com/jcbonthedl/status/1168245594118328322
The wicked will be stunned that it took so long https://twitter.com/jcbonthedl/status/1168245594118328322
104. Come out from among them
Be separate
Touch not the unclean thing
We are way more normal than we ought to be, & not despised nearly enough
Be separate
Touch not the unclean thing
We are way more normal than we ought to be, & not despised nearly enough
105. people should marry young and have children young
if landlords and laws and sciences are against it, landlords and laws and sciences must go down https://chesterton.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/a-little-girls-hair/
if landlords and laws and sciences are against it, landlords and laws and sciences must go down https://chesterton.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/a-little-girls-hair/
106. Death is alienation of the spirit from the body, not only separation
In the resurrection you won't have "the flesh lusting against the spirit & the spirit against the flesh"
In other words you are already dead
In the resurrection you won't have "the flesh lusting against the spirit & the spirit against the flesh"
In other words you are already dead
107. Parenthood is a fundamental human experience & people who haven't done it are not adults
108. It is still very possible that the Church will experience a schismatic apostasy that draws away general authorities
They are just as free as anyone else to lie, err, & break faith
They are just as free as anyone else to lie, err, & break faith
109. It's also (extremely) likely that you'll see one or more of them die of non-natural causes in your lifetime
110. The creedal Christian understanding of the flesh is deeply evil, which is why so much prog rage (& Christian institutional dysfunction) gathers there
Obviously they overcorrect & make the opposite error
Good sex belongs entirely to Zion
Obviously they overcorrect & make the opposite error
Good sex belongs entirely to Zion
111. Freedom of religion requires a common religion https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/1178303823720456192?s=19
112. You can't obey the commandment to love your enemies if you insist on pretending you don't have any
113. There is no conflict between marital equality, & the patriarchal submission of wife to husband
Christ is one in power & glory with the Father, & submits in all things
The head of the woman is the man, the head of the man is Christ, & the head of Christ is God
Christ is one in power & glory with the Father, & submits in all things
The head of the woman is the man, the head of the man is Christ, & the head of Christ is God
114. The apostate Church was co-opted by effeminates *very* early on & all of Western Christianity & philosophy carry the taint of their influence
Their loathing of the body, of women, of sex, it's all cope
Heaven is like this & it owns
Their loathing of the body, of women, of sex, it's all cope
Heaven is like this & it owns
115. Eternal nature of gender suggests you will eternally partake in a communion as a part rather than a whole
Theosis is collective *at least* in that sense & probably much more broadly
In what sense will you be 'you' when you obtain the mind of Christ?
Theosis is collective *at least* in that sense & probably much more broadly
In what sense will you be 'you' when you obtain the mind of Christ?
116. If you really 'knew' the gospel was true empirically, obedience would be an investment decision & the plan would be frustrated
Everybody has to choose to do right because it's right, with no expected return
Knowledge comes only *after* that choice is made
Everybody has to choose to do right because it's right, with no expected return
Knowledge comes only *after* that choice is made
117. Capitalist graveyards & mortuaries are a towering ugliness
Family should prepare the corpse, & bury it in the churchyard
This is a giant slice of archetypal & spiritual experience & we just pay a stranger to do it
Like paying someone to walk your daughter down the aisle
Family should prepare the corpse, & bury it in the churchyard
This is a giant slice of archetypal & spiritual experience & we just pay a stranger to do it
Like paying someone to walk your daughter down the aisle
118. The Bible does not condemn slavery for two extremely important reasons
119. Pachamama, Santa Muerte, & the Ashtaroth cult infesting our own tradition are not separate phenomena
They're not the "divine feminine" either; Satan is a trap
They're not the "divine feminine" either; Satan is a trap
120. Just as women are "saved in childbearing", men are meant to be saved by thorns & weeds
Clearing & taming wild places is what you're designed to do - every hyper-addictive video game has this premise
Stop spilling your seed in the dirt, metaphorically or otherwise
Clearing & taming wild places is what you're designed to do - every hyper-addictive video game has this premise
Stop spilling your seed in the dirt, metaphorically or otherwise
121. Adam could have stayed in the garden - he wasn't out of ribs
It was for the love of a particular woman that he fell - the first act of heroism
This story is a Rorschach test
It was for the love of a particular woman that he fell - the first act of heroism
This story is a Rorschach test
122. "The curse" is real & I don't see how anyone who is familiar with the last 500 years of African history could possibly dispute it
Of course that doesn't justify the slave trade any more than it justified Pharaoh, but of course it's a curse, what else would you call it?
Of course that doesn't justify the slave trade any more than it justified Pharaoh, but of course it's a curse, what else would you call it?
123. Related: you have to believe in literal miraculous magic to not be racist, & you should
124. Imagine what an envious evil spirit would want you to believe about life & your body & creation, & you can practically reverse-engineer Buddhism
The fact that the Buddhist mindframe can be simulated with very high fidelity on psychedelics should be a major warning sign
The fact that the Buddhist mindframe can be simulated with very high fidelity on psychedelics should be a major warning sign
125. Calvinists literally & technically worship Lucifer
126. Esoteric RW spooky stories about Mitt Romney are laughable
He hasn't been "read in", he's just impossibly conventional & incurious
In fact his innocence is useful - he'll go along just to be polite, & they don't have to invite him to the orgies where they get things done
He hasn't been "read in", he's just impossibly conventional & incurious
In fact his innocence is useful - he'll go along just to be polite, & they don't have to invite him to the orgies where they get things done
127. This will be the fate of every post-Christian ethical principle
They're held together for now with words of power like "baby-killer" & "racist" & "pedophile", but people are starting to realize that words are just words & there's nothing underneath https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1193639984382631937?s=19
They're held together for now with words of power like "baby-killer" & "racist" & "pedophile", but people are starting to realize that words are just words & there's nothing underneath https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1193639984382631937?s=19
128. 50-year growth projections where the Church consumes the Western US are pure cope
We're not going to breed our way out of this
We're not going to breed our way out of this
129. America has cursed dirt https://twitter.com/alemolina/status/1192970736966615040?s=19
130. These verses usually quoted in isolation but they are linked
You stress about your kids because you think it's all on you but that's vanity - God builds the house, God keeps the city
Neuroticism definitely isn't righteousness https://twitter.com/markallanbovair/status/1195717186381324288?s=19
You stress about your kids because you think it's all on you but that's vanity - God builds the house, God keeps the city
Neuroticism definitely isn't righteousness https://twitter.com/markallanbovair/status/1195717186381324288?s=19
131. Cain and Satan are canonically, doctrinally in a gay relationship
Satan is a bottom
Satan is a bottom
132. BYU is doomed because it refuses to stand apart from academe & tell them they're wrong
They won't reject materialist premises, so the faculty are locked in a constant losing argument with academic consensus
If anything, it's remarkable that it isn't *more* openly apostate
They won't reject materialist premises, so the faculty are locked in a constant losing argument with academic consensus
If anything, it's remarkable that it isn't *more* openly apostate
133. Progmos & mormies were taught that the Spirit always feels gentle/peaceful/warm
Then they had to defend an unpopular principle exactly once, went "wait this feels hot & tense & icky" & never did it again
Now they literally believe their avoidant neuroses are sacred
Then they had to defend an unpopular principle exactly once, went "wait this feels hot & tense & icky" & never did it again
Now they literally believe their avoidant neuroses are sacred
134. You really can't read the scriptures without acquiring a respect for the power of reformatory slavery
This is why most young men want the boogaloo - not so they can be masters, so they can be slaves
This is why most young men want the boogaloo - not so they can be masters, so they can be slaves
135. Like nicotine & alcohol, gaming is wholesome & will be found in heaven, but is best avoided because of evils & designs of conspiring men in the last days https://twitter.com/LatterdayDoofus/status/1212782150426083328?s=19
136. The Christian duty to forgive is unbounded, but the duty to "turn the other cheek" is not the same thing & is not unbounded
LW Christianity & RW anti-Christianity almost entirely founded on failure to understand this
LW Christianity & RW anti-Christianity almost entirely founded on failure to understand this
137. scripture says every knee shall bow & every tongue confess - we will all be reconciled
consider how much we're going to have to suffer so that we repent & become friends again
consider how much we're going to have to suffer so that we repent & become friends again
138. If the prophets & seers could show you their "process" you would almost certainly be disappointed
139. Likewise if you could pull back the curtain on what the interdimensional psychic pedophile vampires are up to, you would see very little that was obviously supernatural
There is no CGI budget for any of this
There is no CGI budget for any of this
140. The perfect man lived in 0 AD Roman Judea & it is wild to think of all the things he *didn't* criticize about that society
Obviously the progs don't know what to do with this information but neither do you & neither do I
Obviously the progs don't know what to do with this information but neither do you & neither do I
