BYU President did a 70 minute Q&A with a Church apologists group. Here are my takeaways: 1- 70% of BYU’s budget is funded by sponsor (LDS Inc). 2- BYU = University of Prophecy 3- Want to connect students to temples. Ecclesiastical questions are geared for that purpose. 🧵

This hotel is where I'd expect Stephen King villains to live when they're out of work. Randall Flagg rents the top floor. Jack Torrance is in the basement. Annie Wilkes and Margaret White fight in the stairwell. If it's October, Leland Gaunt will greet you under the green awning

“Somewhere along the way we [Mormons] stopped using the word ‘covenant’ (singular) to describe our sweeping relationship with God & our loved ones & instead started using ‘covenants’ (plural) to describe a transactional interaction with an LDS bookkeeper.” bycommonconsent.com/2024/05/30/cov…

A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich. The barman looks at him and says, "Hang on! You're a duck." "I see your eyes are working," replies the duck. "And you can talk" !! Exclaims the barman. "I see your ears are working, too," Says the duck.

In Salt Lake City, Olena Olena Zelenska / Олена Зеленська and I met with the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I spoke about the spiritual toll that Russian terror has had on Ukraine and Ukrainians, specifically the 170 ruined and hundreds of damaged religious

what kind of shithole party boos Zelensky and cheers the Tate brothers

As a child learning about the history of my LDS faith, I sometimes wondered what kind of twisted psychopath would want to tar and feather their religious or political opponents