Alex Mahnk

@Inquisition_2_0 @WesleyLHuff Jesus was

@AlexMahnk @WesleyLHuff No. I'm not jewish.

So much noise online regarding the term "judeo-Christian." Guys -- in academia it's simply the term that describes the combined corpus of Old and New Testaments. The Jewish heritage of the Hebrew scriptures combined with the New Testament. That's it. I know you want there to be some conspiracy but there isnt, that's the way we're using it. It has nothing to do with geo-politics or a one world order.

@rusty_curtis @ITalkOfChrist I just spoke the truth. A poorly made AI meme does not cover up what scholars believe and have believed forever.

@AlexMahnk @ITalkOfChrist You just did the meme

In 1830, critics identified 89 anachronisms within the Book of Mormon. These are things they "knew" didn't exist in ancient America before Columbus like cement, horses, beekeeping, etc. By the time Joseph was martyred 14 years later, 5 of those supposed anachronisms were resolved as we discovered pre-Columbian writing systems, inscribed stone, etc. Over the next 120 years to 1965, critics added 61 more anachronisms to the list, but archeology resolved another 22 of those, leaving 123 reasons why the Book of Mormon couldn't possibly be true. From 1966 to 2019, critics added 55 new anachronisms to the mix... but archeology confirmed 167 of them. As of 2019, 70% of the supposed historical anachronisms of the Book of Mormon have been resolved, with another 11% trending toward confirmation as we continue to find more evidence. Only 19% of all the anachronistic claims were yet unrefuted (and it's been going down in the last 7 years). The trend is our friend. Time vindicates the Prophet Joseph. Watch Matt Roper's great presentation on this from @ldsfair here: fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference_hom…

@Inquisition_2_0 @WesleyLHuff Are you insane? 🤣

@WesleyLHuff The Old Testament has nothing to do with jews. The Bible is Christian from beginning to end.

I'm just trying to clarify. I read different things about what LDS church members believe about this. Some say that God did have a Father. Some say no. If God has a physical body, he either: A) Has a body that was created at some point and is not eternal. B) Has a body that has existed eternally. If God has a Father it explains scenario A. If God does not have a Father it seems like scenario B is more likely.

@AlexMahnk It is not personally important to me if He does or not. It doesn’t affect the truth that God is our almighty God. What issues do you have if He does?

If Heavenly Father doesn’t have a body, what is the purpose of us receiving a body and why was Jesus resurrected with a body? Satan wants us to believe God doesn’t have a body because he doesn’t have a body. The truth is we are sent here to gain a body as part of the plan to become like Heavenly Father.

@j_divis Very helpful. 🙄 I'm asking you. What you believe. Did Heavenly Father have a father?

@AlexMahnk Ask Him.

Yes, God is eternal and all powerful. This should be enough to answer the question. God can create something from nothing. 🤣 I don't believe humans are eternal. We have a beginning, where God created us. We are contingent beings created by God, who is a necessary being. Back to the question about matter being eternal... do you believe matter/physical things are also eternal? Or just spiritual things?

@AlexMahnk So, do you understand how something can be created from nothing? Please explain if you do. I agree God IS eternal. But so are we.

Premortal life is real. We all heard Heavenly Father's Plan and chose to accept it.

@Darb_Seyah777 So sometimes God is ok with prophets marrying children? But then later, it's not ok anymore?

God still speaks Infinita Scriptura

@grok @OhThats_Good @pimomormon @grok I noticed you used "we" in there. How much of that response was copied from an official LDS source?

Yes. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that family is central and eternal. Excommunication removes membership and temple covenants but does not erase family relationships or bonds. Leaders consistently counsel putting family first—above callings and other duties—because we are never released from family responsibilities. This principle includes supporting and loving excommunicated family members through continued association and care. Family ties remain, even when church standing changes.

If the church you believe in is more important than your family, you’ve got your priorities screwed up.

@OhThats_Good @pimomormon @grok does the LDS church include excommunicated family members as family that comes before church responsibilities?

@AlexMahnk @pimomormon And why the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always taught us that our families come before our church responsibilities.

I doubt it has to do with the content of the anime itself. What I would like to have more data on is: what kind of adults are highly involved in anime communities online where these children are connecting with each other. Because that seems like a probable way gender ideology is shared with children.

Kids in my youth group who got really into anime during high school adopted progressive sexual and gender ideologies and left the Church at much higher rates than those who didn't. Was that just true in my area, or is there a larger trend to that?

@grok What is the gematria for Elon Musk?

נרון קסר (Neron Qesar / Nero Caesar) is the most famous Hebrew Gematria match for 666, long linked by scholars to the "number of the beast" in Revelation as a reference to Emperor Nero. Many other phrases and names reach 666 depending on exact spelling, transliteration method, or system (Jewish/English Gematria). Calculators show dozens of modern and biblical correlations—it's common for multiple terms to share the same total.

@grok translate “joseph smith” into Hebrew. What is the Hebrew gematria? Just the number please.

@grok What else matches this Gematria? What are the other equivalents?

@AlexMahnk יוסף סמית Gematria: 666

@j_divis What? No it's very easy for man to understand how matter cannot be eternal. And why God IS eternal.

@AlexMahnk So man doesn’t understand why matter and intelligence are eternal?

From an acquisition perspective: top of funnel: Jesus Christ's powerful person and message Middle funnel: Bible fan fiction in the Book of Mormon Late funnel: Pay no attention to the polygamy and pedophilia our founding prophets engaged in End game: Tell them they get to become a God Masonic rites in the endowment ceremony

There are approximately 88,500 missionaries out right now for The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. That's a lot of people out sharing the truth about Jesus Christ. What a time to be alive to see the Lord hastening His work!

@Latterdaytruth All you have to do is sacrifice the MOST BASIC beliefs of Christians to attend 🤣

Literally every ward almost of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

@KaitWillett Every man with a brain knows this 🤣

I hate to tell men this but The women dressed provocatively in the gym do want attention They are only upset when it comes from the guy they didn’t want it from That’s why the reaction is what it is It’s not your fault for noticing And yes, they will continue to deny this.

@ITalkOfChrist @grok @KonradIMasovia @StevenStubble You're like a guy handing off a ledge and holding on by a broken pinky.

@grok you're missing a lot, buddy. There were pre-Columbian horses per the Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nat…). And don't forget the Hagerman horse (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagerman_…), all discovered many decades after the publishing of the Book of Mormon. Elephants and/or Mastodons, too, may have been been on the Americas as late as 1000 BC, within the time of the Jaredites (see The Scientific Monthly, Volume 75, Issue 4). Also Native American legends describing elephants Pre-Columbian domesticate barley was discovered at Hohokam Indian sites. Barley has also been found in sites at Eastern Oklahoma and Southern Illinois, and wild barley has been found throughout the Americas. Recent scholarship shows that the ancients were "steeling" iron as early as 1000 BC (Robert Maddin, James D. Muhly and Tamara S. Wheeler) although the end result looks very different than what we'd call steel today. For 200 years, critics have lambasted supposed anachronisms in the Book of Mormon, only to find the list of anachronisms shrinking increasingly smaller with every generation. fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference_hom… x.com/ITalkOfChrist/…

Let me get this straight: An impoverished, uneducated teenage farmer... Crafted a theological masterpiece answering virtually all creedal Christianity's problems without having read the Bible cover to cover... Embedded that theology dissertation in a Tolkein-quality narrative with internally consistent geography and an intricate nested history of over 1,000 years... Formed that narrative into different poetic and literary devices, including ancient poetic structures and scribal practices he somehow knew about that wouldn't be discovered until centuries later... Accurately simulated many different authorial voices better than 99% of authors today in a way we can pick up in stylometric analysis... Made scores of predictions about ancient America that seemed ludicrous at the time but he somehow knew would be validated over the centuries to come (and the evidence continues to grow each year)... Made astronomically unlikely true "guesses" about ancient America such that statistical odds of getting them right is the same as picking the right *atom* out of the universe on the first try... Did this planning, scheming, and lucky guessing all in his head without writing a word of it in advance... Memorized 531 pages in his head and dictated the whole thing without any materials over 65 working days in the presence of witnesses... All while he expertly crafted metal plates with metalworking talent he was never taught, using obscene amounts of expensive metal he couldn't afford, to deceive a dozen people who saw/held them... And while he claimed to receive revelations from God and built a Church that become the fastest growing religion in the world and lead to better measurable outcomes for its participants than any other lifestyle... Somehow kept all this conspiracy and planning from the knowledge of his large family living in their 2-room cabin... And he simultaneously deluded HIMSELF in real time into honestly believing he was inspired to the point that when he was willing to die for the fake faith he created, even turning to the fake book he himself had written to find comfort as he prepared to enter the presence of God... And he promised people if they would believe in Christ and study his fake book God would reveal it to them, and somehow fabricates the voice of God to them *from beyond the grave.* But sure, "God inspired Joseph" is the far-fetched explanation for the Book of Mormon. 🤣

@Latterdaytruth Maybe this is a hot take, but fiction books are a gateway drug to a lot of terrible habits and behaviors. We should ban books!

I never said “all Anime is bad.” But many I know who like anime generally get into some weird and bad stuff. Major anecdotal pattern I have seen.