Scott “Drunch Punk” Johnson

Reporter: “Rocky, do you think you have brain damage?” Rocky: “I don’t see any.”

@stackerco The apologist playbook exposed.

30 Ways Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing False Things 1. Parallelomania Seeing “meaningful” parallels everywhere and assuming similarity proves connection. 2. Confirmation bias Looking for evidence that supports what you already believe while ignoring evidence against it. 3. Motivated reasoning Starting with the conclusion you want to be true, then building arguments to defend it. 4.Texas sharpshooter fallacy Shooting first, drawing the target later. You notice a pattern after the fact and act like it was predicted. 5. Cherry-picking Selecting only the facts, quotes, studies, or stories that help your case. 6. Post hoc fallacy Assuming that because one thing happened after another, the first thing caused the second. 7. Appeal to mystery Treating “we don’t fully understand this” as evidence for your preferred explanation. 8. God-of-the-gaps / magic-of-the-gaps Filling unknowns with supernatural, paranormal, or conspiratorial explanations. 9. Special pleading Creating exceptions for your belief system that you would not allow for anyone else’s. 10. Double standard of evidence Demanding strong evidence from critics but accepting weak evidence for your own side. 11. Apophenia Seeing patterns in random data: numbers, dreams, coincidences, symbols, dates, names, etc. 12. Availability bias Believing something is common or true because examples come easily to mind. 13. Survivorship bias Only noticing the hits and ignoring all the misses. Example: “This prophecy came true,” while ignoring 100 failed ones. 14. Argument from ignorance “You can’t prove it’s false, therefore it might be true.” 15. False cause Assuming a connection without proving causation. 16. Anecdotal fallacy Treating personal stories as stronger evidence than data. 17. Authority bias Believing something because a respected leader, scholar, influencer, or institution said it. 18. Sunk cost fallacy Continuing to believe because you’ve already invested too much time, identity, money, or relationships. 19. Groupthink Going along with the group because disagreement is socially costly. 20. Identity-protective cognition Rejecting evidence because accepting it would threaten your tribe, identity, family, worldview, or sense of self. 21. Pattern inflation Taking a weak resemblance and exaggerating it into a strong argument. 22. Conspiracy thinking Assuming contrary evidence is itself part of the cover-up. 23. Emotional reasoning “It feels true, therefore it is true.” 24. No true Scotsman Redefining the category to protect the belief. Example: “No real believer would do that.” 25. Ad hoc rescue Inventing explanations after the fact to save a failing claim. 26. Overfitting Creating a theory that explains every tiny detail so well that it stops being falsifiable. 27. Falsifiability failure Believing a claim that no possible evidence could disprove. 28. Equivocation Switching meanings of words mid-argument. Example: using “spiritual,” “true,” “know,” or “evidence” in different ways depending on pressure. 29. Base rate neglect Ignoring how common ordinary explanations are compared to extraordinary ones. 30. The “too many coincidences” fallacy Assuming multiple coincidences must mean design, while ignoring how many possible coincidences could have been noticed.

While Embiid (who gets a bum wrap for being soft) limped up and down the court in the fourth quarter?

And a softie (with the season on the line)? espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

Question for @UtahJazz/D. Ainge fanboys who insist he deserves credit for the @Celtics’ 18th championship 2yrs ago. How much of the blame is his for 2 straight earlier-than-expected Boston playoff exits? Has whatever championship window he helped open there already shut?

@DChadwickAuthor @dailywireplus @benshapiro 3D Chess: Having heard the church has an investment fund pushing $60Bn, is the long game to force a buyout? Once safely integrated into @Deseret, they’ll never ask tough questions or make challenging assertions again. Of course won’t they also lose their conservative edge?

What is going on at the @dailywireplus ? I supported this organization for literally years, and now they are pushing me away. Why are they doing this? @benshapiro

@stackerco @Bar_tolmi Meanwhile, on the other side of the veil, instead of accepting LDS proxy ordinances, are spirits of the deceased just slamming “Monster” ordinances? Nah, bro, I’m good; don’t need your proxies…got the goods over here!

@Bar_tolmi My wife just said this is the best thing she’s ever seen. Wants one.

Exmo proxy work for Mormons. #mormon #LDS #Humor #coffee

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Saw my first-ever @intlarenaleague Football game today in what may’ve been the battle of the league’s best- and worst-named teams. Pennsylvania Benjamins? 💯💶!!! Utah Great 8s, on the other hand? Wth are those supposed to be?!? Benjamins also beat the 8s on the turf, fwiw: 40-33

Interesting point: “Iran has been under all kinds of economic pressure and sanctions for 47 years. “None of them has managed to break the Iranians or force them to capitulate.” —Parsi Won’t even MAGA voters force Trump to cave over $5 gas first? apple.news/AsvCJ1nGNSOa23…

📍 Stetind, Norway 🇳🇴

Norway 🇳🇴

Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰

@MattTestifies @John_Stone_ Obviously posted by someone who’s either never attended or attended but didn’t understand an EO Liturgy…

@scrojohnson @John_Stone_ So you chumps don’t pray in all things as commanded? Yikes. That sucks. Might want to try harder to not… suck.

Praying the rosary while calling Latter-day Saints cultists is wild. My brother in Christ, you’re repeating the same prayer 50+ times with beads in your hand. Maybe sit this one out.

@John_Stone_ @MattTestifies Yes, the brownies and dirty sodas— Miraculously made nourishing by prayer’s power.

@MattTestifies I’m not a Roman Catholic, but praying the rosary makes far, far more sense than asking God to “bless the refreshments to nourish and strengthen our bodies.”

@stackerco @Thenameisal92 @Bless_ThisMess7 @tnsampson2 The pressure to maintain the pretense can be too great for many. They end up seeking release valves to maintain their integrity, avoid the cognitive dissonance.

@Thenameisal92 @Bless_ThisMess7 @tnsampson2 He’s a liar and now he has mental issue. Or it could be he couldn’t talk about his real beliefs with his family.

Guys I really need prayers 🥺. Yesterday, my son turned 18. I went to wish him Happy Birthday only to find his things gone & a 5 pg letter telling me he hates me & he's leaving the church. This came out of nowhere. He's been lying to everyone for over a year. I'm shattered. #LDSX

@JoeWilkinson09 @stackerco @BasicBaptistGuy Isn’t the issue speaking out too loudly or publicly? Isn’t it about allowing leaders the time and space to save face and claim inspiration when they finally get around to making a change agitators request?

@stackerco @BasicBaptistGuy The don't just excommunicate and sue everyone that speaks out. You're taking a single case scenario and creating a false equivalency to everyone else who verbalizes their doubts about the church. That's just not what happens and everyone knows that

RFM was right. Oaks was committed to handing out more excommunications.

@UteManJoe @jaromjordan @squeakyysteph87 x.com/scrojohnson/st…

@jaromjordan @squeakyysteph87 So that’s where the tithing money goes… 🥴

Elder and Sister Rasband are in the house for game six of the Utah Mammoth vs Vegas Golden Knights. How many Apostles have seen playoff hockey in person, ever?

@ReelinAllFight @utahmammoth *Series Up 2-1: Lost Gm4. At home. In OT … Game 5 Up 4-3: Gave up GTG 6:25 later. With less than 1min. to go.

@utahmammoth Team has corrupted oneupmanship the last two games w/ their failed “up-onemanship.” Their record when “up one”: Series Up 2-1: Lost Gm4 Gm4 Up 4-3: Gave up game-tying goal (GTG) 5:15 later Gm5 Up 1-0: Gave up GTG 4:57 later Up 4-3: Gave up GTG 6:25 later

Michael. Carcone.

@SnoopTodd78 @DiscipleFidei Oh, you mean like this guy?👇 x.com/lightofantioch…

@DiscipleFidei Why would you speak for all Native Americans and their culture?

Mormonism is a slap in the face to Native American culture.