Bruton Gaster @fig_tebye

@JS_StrngstSldr He’s a pretty smart guy. The retard-maxing must be a facade.

@NotYourBishop I’m not proud of it, but I never liked him. I always got weird vibes from him. Maybe because his faith seemed performative. My wife had tickets to that Christmas concert with him. I had no desire to attend .

@Bearskillz247 @Primary_Pianist They all got the same reward and they all did the same work that they were commanded to do. If someone comes to Christ at their deathbed or after, their reward is the same. Sounds like Christ to me.

I've waited a few days to say anything about the recent Department of War (DoW) decision to not list The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a Christian religion. I wanted to make sure my opinion wasn't being driven by an emotional response. I think it's a good thing. Initially, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was listed as a Protestant Christian religion when it was recognized by the US Military. The way that religions are listed have a few second and third order of effects, specifically manning requirements for Chaplains and Chaplain assistants across the force. When The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was listed as a Protestant Christian religion then, from the DoW standpoint, any Protestant Chaplain can meet the religious needs of LDS Service members. When it comes to manning requirements, an LDS Chaplain and a Protestant Chaplain become interchangeable, meaning that if an LDS service member is in an area that has the required number of Protestant Chaplains then there is no need and potentially no positions for LDS Chaplains at that location. Even if the majority of Christian-affiliated service members are LDS, as far as the DoW is concerned, their religious needs are being met by the Chaplains already assigned to that location. Listing the LDS Church as a non-Christian religion means that the DoW now needs to ensure that they have a minimum number of LDS Chaplains among their ranks to meet specific religious needs. This opens up opportunities for promotion and advancement for LDS Chaplains currently serving, as well as a potential increased need for LDS Chaplains across the force. Plus, and this is my opinion, Church leadership probably also had a say in how the LDS Church was listed by the DoW. The Government would have consulted Salt Lake, just like they would have consulted the Vatican and major Protestant associations, in ensuring their religion was accurately listed with the DoW. Otherwise it opens the government and DoW to lawsuits related to religious freedoms.

@TheGermanicist He mentions children dipping fruit in it. I didn’t see where he said adults do it. I have seen each of my children dip everything, including fruit, in ranch. Not just once. Repeatedly. They grew out of it eventually.

Phones, watches, doorbells, cars, factories and energy grids are increasingly becoming connected, all collecting and communicating information to be interpreted, analyzed and acted upon. Noting this trend, Elder Gerrit W. Gong (@GerritWGong)  of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will discuss how to safely navigate artificial intelligence in a 60-minute gospel workshop video titled “Faith, Dignity and Human Flourishing: Hearing God’s Voice in an Age of Artificial Intelligence,” available on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Learn more on Church Newsroom. newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-…

There are rumors in war. And there are lies. My brother @LeifBabin exposes some recent lies in this article in @TheFP … thefp.com/p/how-do-i-kno…

@plasmarob I have a soft spot for Soviet propaganda. I used to look at the left over statues and murals in small towns in Russia and it was almost like looking at the ruins of an ancient culture that no longer exists.

The E. Jean Carroll case against President Trump is one of the strangest civil cases in American history. The foundational problem is this: Carroll could not identify when the alleged incident occurred — not even the year with any precision. That should have killed the case as dead as a skunk on the road right there. Without a temporal anchor, no defendant — regardless of guilt or innocence — can mount an alibi defense. Trump, who has maintained detailed calendars and staff records for decades, was denied the most basic tool of self-defense: the ability to establish where he was. That is not a technicality. It is a due process violation at the constitutional level. Then Carroll produced the one piece of physical evidence she claimed corroborated her account — the dress she wore during the alleged incident. It was subsequently established that the dress was designed after the incident could have occurred. The sole corroborating evidence falsified her timeline. The case proceeded anyway. The resulting verdict was then weaponized in a defamation suit — where Trump was held liable for denying the allegation, while being procedurally barred from defending against it, because it was already "proven" in another court, regardless how flawed the procedure was. He was punished, in effect, for asserting his own innocence. Compounding everything: coordinated professional and physical threats so thoroughly intimidated the legal community that attorneys refused these cases regardless of available fees. When you systematically destroy a defendant's ability to retain counsel of choice, you forfeit the right to a legitimate verdict. An allegation is not evidence. Process without substance is not law. And a verdict produced under these conditions carries no legitimate authority — whatever its formal status. Not only is it the right move to investigate Carroll, but every other person involved as well. Trump is owed serious damages here, and there may be a few people who belong in prison for their roles in the case.

@Latterdaytruth I agree. There’s bound to be some changes after treating it with chemicals for so many years. It does look suspicious though.

Today, my counselors in the First Presidency and I were grateful for the opportunity to visit the Salt Lake Temple, which has been undergoing a significant renovation since 2020.   We look forward to welcoming people from throughout the world during the Salt Lake Temple Celebration and open house, to be held from April through October 2027.   Above all, we look forward to teaching about the sacred purposes of temples throughout the world. In the temple, faithful men and women receive divine instruction, sacred responsibilities, and spiritual power.   It is in the temple that eternal covenants are made that bind us and our families to our Heavenly Father and to one another for eternity.

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@monsterhunter45 Banged out by this weekend? Was that on purpose?

@dustinharding This is what is mentioned in the scripture library. I think it’s fun and possible that they were really giants, but it is a better lesson to think that they may have been fallen former spiritual “giants”

@NathanielGivens Or, perhaps he struggled in brute force attacks and saw Moroni as a model for preserving his forces over a long term, so he studied those tactics more closely.

@NathanielGivens Valid point. Perhaps Mormon valued the deception over brute force because it preserved life. It might have contrasted with Mormon’s time serving as a general.

@SandyofCthulhu Russians told me the wanted Alaska back in 2005. It’s not new. My response to them is the same as it is now: “Come and take it.” We bought it, it’s ours. They talk a big game, but they don’t actually want to fight with us. The problem is we have a habit of giving up prematurely.

“Lamb of God” — a sacred oratorio by Rob Gardner about Jesus Christ’s death, Atonement and Resurrection — made its New York City debut at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center on Monday, March 30, 2026. The concert, conducted by Gardner, was held in collaboration with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is focusing this Easter season on the “greater love” of Christ, a phrase from John 15:13 in the New Testament: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Read more by visiting the link below: newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/lamb-o…