In a land of sudden rains and roaring floods, the authorities were charged with supervising dams, baffles, culberts, channels, and so on to prevent the worst of the floods.

The flood authorities were troubled by some who ignored their advice and plans. These people built culverts or filled channels to suit their own convenience.

Where the authorities were most ignored was when they asked people to manage their own property in specific ways to cut down on run-off or to make individual houses more flood proof.

The authorities often had to remind the people of the need for obedience and not doing their own thing. The more public-spirited among the citizens encouraged each other also to heed the flood authorities.

One day there was a horrible storm. (more…)

Brother McConkie did a deep dive into the story of the man sick with the palsy. The story is not a parable but this talk felt similar to Elder Bednar’s.

Let’s talk about the story. But first, let’s give one answer to the question Brother McConkie starts off with.

How do you show God you love him?

Answer: you spend time with him. Most of all in prayer when you pray in such a way that we can call “talking to God.” Sometimes you just need to talk to God. I love it myself when my kids come to me and say, Dad, I just want to talk to you, I don’t care what about.

And now for the story.

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Owen Broadcast give the longest possible variation of the correct answer to the question, “Are Mormons Christians,” which is

Yes, but . . .

its been a minute since we had a thread about a nice semi-electric topic. therefore, it is time for another

?? american theology thread:

ARE MORMONS CHRISTIAN

[and why. an actual poking into this that isnt just fishing for likes and in group pat on the backs] pic.twitter.com/IJnoMdvm5D

— owen cyclops (@owenbroadcast) January 24, 2023

(This is a guest post from ~lagrev-nocfep)

There’s an uncomfortable secular truth which many of us have striven to understand or avoid or explain away. One way of stating it is Darwinian: “the survival of the fittest,” necessitating a violent and tumultuous natural world brim full of death. Another is Nick Land’s phrase, “everything of value has been built in Hell.” (more…)

Today is Betsey’s dying day.

The more masculine I am, the more people respond to my compassion.  They eat that up.

How He made you-

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Every man  a holy pirate king.

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Every woman  a necessity and a luxury.

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(from Admin:) two related posts–

Relish Greatly, Yearn Greatly

Ambition and Contentment

A man will always be judged, full stop. A person will always be judged, full stop. You will always be judged for everything you do for every second you are doing it.

–thus Donovan Greene

The judges are God, everyone else, and yourself.

Thing is, you want it.  You want to be judged and found worthy.

Good riddance. Kids can learn what they need to know on Twitter.

Potemra thinks its President Romney in 2012. From his lips to God’s ears. (more…)

Every right-thinking man mourns the stillbirth of this, this, this, and this.

American blacks, hispanics, lesbians, women, and cripples aren’t really analogous to Aryan Germans after all. That’s a relief.

Bed.