powerlock9502
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@ferrell_travis No one cares about the story. They care about the church posting it.
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I’ve tried to stay out of this little controversy, but I will say this:
Every criticism I’ve seen of this particular story appears to be based on projection. People are filling in the gaps in this short story with personal biases.
Let’s respect this couple and the choices they’ve made. Let’s give them the grace we hope for. Let’s applaud them for striving to live their covenants in the best way they know how in their unique circumstances. Let us love them as Christ does.
That is all.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints@Ch_JesusChrist
“I grew up in Arizona, served a mission in Mexico, and went to college thinking I had a pretty clear path for my life. Then I met my now wife Victoria, and everything changed in the best way. “She always knew she wanted to be a doctor. Pediatric neurology isn’t an easy road, but it’s who she is, compassionate, steady, brilliant, and drawn to help kids and families through the hardest things life hands them. When she got into med school in California, we packed up and moved. “Stepping into her dream together was an easy choice. I wanted to support her the way she has always supported me. And honestly, watching her work and sacrifice and love people like she does has strengthened my faith more than anything else. “My path hasn’t been as clear. I’ve tried different directions, learned a lot, prayed a lot. Some days I still feel like I’m figuring it out. But I do know that God doesn’t measure timelines. He measures love, humility, and the way we show up for each other. “Supporting her doesn’t shrink my purpose—it expands it. Our callings from God can look different, and that’s beautiful. I’m building my future too, but I’m grateful that right now, part of my purpose is cheering for the person I love most as she steps into hers. “There’s not one 'right way' to build a family or a future. For us, this is ours. And it’s sacred.” — Nate
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@PurpleKoya21 To be fair, if the pr department didn't predict this, they aren't very good at their jobs
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@SocialistMormon Says the poster who named himself socialist Mormon
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I am disappointed by the number of members who are upset with this. It's like they're screaming, "If you have a non-traditional family structure, don't bother learning about our faith. You're not welcome here."
Christ would have given this man a hug and called him faithful.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints@Ch_JesusChrist
“I grew up in Arizona, served a mission in Mexico, and went to college thinking I had a pretty clear path for my life. Then I met my now wife Victoria, and everything changed in the best way. “She always knew she wanted to be a doctor. Pediatric neurology isn’t an easy road, but it’s who she is, compassionate, steady, brilliant, and drawn to help kids and families through the hardest things life hands them. When she got into med school in California, we packed up and moved. “Stepping into her dream together was an easy choice. I wanted to support her the way she has always supported me. And honestly, watching her work and sacrifice and love people like she does has strengthened my faith more than anything else. “My path hasn’t been as clear. I’ve tried different directions, learned a lot, prayed a lot. Some days I still feel like I’m figuring it out. But I do know that God doesn’t measure timelines. He measures love, humility, and the way we show up for each other. “Supporting her doesn’t shrink my purpose—it expands it. Our callings from God can look different, and that’s beautiful. I’m building my future too, but I’m grateful that right now, part of my purpose is cheering for the person I love most as she steps into hers. “There’s not one 'right way' to build a family or a future. For us, this is ours. And it’s sacred.” — Nate
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@Cougmandu @1Eyed_ShihTzu Deporting immigrants has become the religion of the church?
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@1Eyed_ShihTzu Unfortunately MAGA has become the religion of too many in the Church.
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Wow, LDSX has completely lost the plot. It’s honestly depressing to be associated with people attacking him, his wife, or the Church over a genuinely uplifting story.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints@Ch_JesusChrist
“I grew up in Arizona, served a mission in Mexico, and went to college thinking I had a pretty clear path for my life. Then I met my now wife Victoria, and everything changed in the best way. “She always knew she wanted to be a doctor. Pediatric neurology isn’t an easy road, but it’s who she is, compassionate, steady, brilliant, and drawn to help kids and families through the hardest things life hands them. When she got into med school in California, we packed up and moved. “Stepping into her dream together was an easy choice. I wanted to support her the way she has always supported me. And honestly, watching her work and sacrifice and love people like she does has strengthened my faith more than anything else. “My path hasn’t been as clear. I’ve tried different directions, learned a lot, prayed a lot. Some days I still feel like I’m figuring it out. But I do know that God doesn’t measure timelines. He measures love, humility, and the way we show up for each other. “Supporting her doesn’t shrink my purpose—it expands it. Our callings from God can look different, and that’s beautiful. I’m building my future too, but I’m grateful that right now, part of my purpose is cheering for the person I love most as she steps into hers. “There’s not one 'right way' to build a family or a future. For us, this is ours. And it’s sacred.” — Nate
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@MormonNational You’re an Apostate who thinks the Lord’s Apostles are unaware of the public statements made by the Church.
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"The national declines in marriage and childbearing are understandable for historic reasons, but Latter-day Saint values and practices should improve—not follow—those trends."
Dallin H Oaks, Oct 2025
Someone in the social media department is a feminist loser
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints@Ch_JesusChrist
“I grew up in Arizona, served a mission in Mexico, and went to college thinking I had a pretty clear path for my life. Then I met my now wife Victoria, and everything changed in the best way. “She always knew she wanted to be a doctor. Pediatric neurology isn’t an easy road, but it’s who she is, compassionate, steady, brilliant, and drawn to help kids and families through the hardest things life hands them. When she got into med school in California, we packed up and moved. “Stepping into her dream together was an easy choice. I wanted to support her the way she has always supported me. And honestly, watching her work and sacrifice and love people like she does has strengthened my faith more than anything else. “My path hasn’t been as clear. I’ve tried different directions, learned a lot, prayed a lot. Some days I still feel like I’m figuring it out. But I do know that God doesn’t measure timelines. He measures love, humility, and the way we show up for each other. “Supporting her doesn’t shrink my purpose—it expands it. Our callings from God can look different, and that’s beautiful. I’m building my future too, but I’m grateful that right now, part of my purpose is cheering for the person I love most as she steps into hers. “There’s not one 'right way' to build a family or a future. For us, this is ours. And it’s sacred.” — Nate
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The LDS Church has 265 BILLION dollars. The population of earth is 7 billion people. They could give every person 1 BILLION dollars and end poverty and still have 258 billion dollars left over but they'd never do it. This is what capitalist greed looks like!
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Fun fact: Despite the Libertarian theology claiming otherwise, parents have a human right to the care and labour of their children when they get older.
Apex Imperialist@ApexImperialist
Fun fact: Despite the Libertarian theology claiming otherwise, babies have a human right to the care and labour of their parents.
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At a certain point you simply have to say to the libertarians "no, wrong." An orphaned baby does in fact have the human right not to starve to death in the street. Any form of society that can't guarantee that right is bad.
edelnougat 🐿️@edelnougat
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I'm genuinely confused
What the fuck was the point of the Iran war?
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@zapatas_mom Let's talk about the guards with rifles in the broadcast booths of TV stations
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If Americans knew how middle class Chinese lived, they would riot.
The best quality of life is in China.
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@KyleIgnatius @_CoryBowen No. It means reality is complicated
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@_CoryBowen Within Mormonism it is unclear who God is and if he is the only God. Especially if we take Joseph Smith and your earlier prophets seriously. The fact that its unclear undermines Mormon claims to the uniqueness of God.
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James White kept insisting that LDS believe God was an exalted man. It's speculative doctrine; there's plenty of debate and no official position.
But, do you know what is official doctrine? Plenty of LDS scriptures which indicate one God, who is eternal.x.com/HwsEleutheroi/…
𝔚𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔅𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔡@HwsEleutheroi
Quick note on the debate last night against Jacob Hansen, neo-Mormon/Oslerite. I used one term during the debate a number of times, and repeated it with almost every person I talked to afterward while greeting folks: reprehensible. “deserving censure or condemnation.” Irresponsible. Dishonest. And in this case, based upon a clear and obvious prejudice, bias, and animosity, not so much toward me, but toward “Calvinism.” His opening statement was, quite honestly, below Dave Hunt. Seriously. And for those who listened to the debate review we did with Joe Heschmeyer, that was truly surprising. Hansen is smart. He was prepared to address the Papacy. But last night? Nothing but emotional mud slinging. All the standard heart-string pulling “oh its about the babies” tripe that you can find in any corner of YouTube. And the entire night the man did not raise a single verse that I had not addressed, fully, in _The Potter’s Freedom_ a quarter century ago. Yet he did not give the slightest evidence of knowing what I had written, though he quoted from the book. I am convinced Hansen’s “crew” put most of his notes together. At one point he “quoted” Aaron Shafovaloff (who was seated in the back row) and Aaron literally interrupted him, “I never said any such thing.” Before the cross ex Hansen asked to have time to apologize and admitted the quote was “second or third hand.” Then, during cross, he “read” me a quote from _The Potter’s Freedom.” I was sitting right next to him and I asked, “Are there any dots (ellipses) in that quote?” and asked for a page number. I watched him scanning his computer screen like he had never even seen the citation before. He admitted there were ellipses. I said, “Of course there are.” And he never gave me the citation. A kind young lady in the first row happened to have TPF with her, and she handed it to me. So he decided to go on to the next question. My conclusion is others “quote mined” the book and gave him a file with “good quotes to use.” As I pointed out, he never even attempted to refute the exegesis in the book because he lacks the capacity to do so. And he clearly did not read it seeking to understand the position. When he presented what “Limited Atonement” meant in his opening, it wasn’t even close. Jack Chick level silliness. So, I gave him no quarter. I was not going to play “buddy buddy” with someone who showed so little respect for simple honesty as to behave and speak as he did. He is not an orthodox Mormon on any level, and that came out when I tried to get him to at least admit that his god became a god by obedience to gospel ordinances and principles. I wanted to make the point (and did) that a finite god who became a god is insufficient grounding for transcendent principles and morality, hence undercutting the claim of his thesis. Oh, and the first question from the audience to him was whether God had killed every man, woman, and child in Noah’s flood. Not exactly surprising, he rejected the flood story on the basis of “science.” (Joseph Smith accepted the flood story as history). I am looking forward to the video coming out. If you think the cross-ex with Heschmeyer or Austin was “hot,” well…nothing compared to last night. But if you were hoping for a really thought out presentation from the LDS side…nothing. Think of the 1 million “John Calvin was a heretic” videos done by KJVO fundies on YouTube: same stuff. So when you see how I let him get away with nothing in cross-ex, the reason is simple: I knew he was capable of serious interaction, but had chosen the cheap way of dishonesty and misrepresentation, joined with emotional appeals to the audience. I have zero respect for such behavior. None. When I wrote TPF, I showed Geisler the utmost courtesy in researching his position, accurately representing it, etc. Hansen showed me, and the position, and the audience, nothing but smarmy condescension and disrespect. Finally, it is truly enlightening to watch neo-Mormonism, or maybe Oslerism, developing. Why the GAs are not only allowing this, but seemingly, promoting this, is beyond me.
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@john_mortal @_CoryBowen Christ was like the father. Christ resurrected himself. We can't do that. So he wasn't a man like us in the literal sense. So it must mean something else.
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@_CoryBowen Its not speculative at all. It is 100% the truth. We have it from Joseph Smith in plain language. If you call Joseph Smith's plain teachings "speculative" & "not doctrine" you need to get out of this church right now, for you are poison to it, like Achan, who did not perish alone
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@DavoustBaldPate @_CoryBowen LDS aren't afraid to say "We don't know" unlike LDS critics.
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It’s hardly ‘speculative doctrine’. Smith laid it out explicitly during the King Follet Discourse (while he was speaking under the power of his Holy Spirit, making it scripture. Scripture.) and repeated it again at the Sermon in the Grove.
Mormons just love to ignore their prophets (*cough Adam God Doctrine *cough). It’s because your church is false.
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Wanna hear some hard truth that will make somepeople VERY MAD that I speak it?????
Jesus didn't say, "Stop drinking and come to me."
He didn't say, "put down the needle and come to me"
He didn't say, "Stop being gay and come to me."
He didn't say, "Stop sleeping around and come to me"
He didn't say, "Stop hurting yourself and come to me"
He didn't say, "Stop hating yourself and come to me."
What did he say then?
In Matthew Chapter 11 he made it clear as day...
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Notice his FIRST WORDS were "COME TO ME".... these rest of it happens after that.
If you are trying to fight your battles to become perfect before coming to Christ, you will never get there. And he knew that.
He is telling you to bring it all to him. All of it. Lay it at his feet and he will help you. He will help you put that needle down. He will help you pour that bottle out. He will help you learn to love yourself and heal that emptiness that you need to fill with whatever vice it may be. He will help you deal with terrible sin from you past. He will help you learn to love yourself.
Modern religion has twisted his words to make it feel as though you have to be perfectly clean to enter his house, and maybe you do to entire THEIR house...
But Jesus spoke those words for you to hear. Plain as day.
Do not fear bringing it to him. He is waiting for you to give but a single ounce of faith. He will take the rest.
I drove a few miles and walked into church without even a dollar store Bible in my dirty hands, and he grabbed ahold of me and took it ALL away. He hasn't let go since. I wake up thinking about him and what has happened. I go to bed thinking about him and what has happened. I took one step, and he took the WORLD off of me. I gave an inch, and he gave me his KINGDOM.
Take that step, if you feel you need it. A better life is on the other foot.
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Your kids are going to grow up in a world where China will be their model society in terms of technology, commerce, culture, and even governance.
They will idolize and idealize the place as a fantasy wonderland and society.
They will want to study there, visit there, and even move there(sadly for them, most aren't getting in.)
You see how crazy the Japan simping is right now? 40 years past Japan's economic peak?
The China simping will be 10X that level by 2040.
Because China has won the end of history.
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@hotiiofficial Assisted pull-ups aren't even a good way of getting stronger. Just do eccentric only pull-ups.
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They are doing assisted pull-ups because they are too big and find it difficult to lift their own body weight not because it’s better than normal pull-ups
Dean Turner@DeanTTraining
All the biggest dudes are doing assisted pull-ups This means they are more beneficial for muscle development than regular pull-ups Very simple, folks Doesn’t take an expert to figure this out
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