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Exploring Mormonism, Utah, and other things that interest me. Occasional photos.

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Visiting F-22 catching the setting sun about an hour ago.
USAF F-22 Rapter, from Alaska
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Sorry, did that in a hurry and pulled up the wrong verses:
26 Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to my word, and they are sealed by the "Holy Spirit of promise, according to mine appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the new and everlasting covenant whatever, and all manner of blasphemies, and if they "commit no murder wherein they shed innocent blood, yet they shall come forth in the first resurrection, and enter into their exaltation; but they shall be destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto the buffetings of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God. 27 The "blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which shall not be forgiven in the world nor out of the world, is in that ye commit murder wherein ye shed innocent blood, and assent unto my death, after ye have received my new and everlasting covenant, saith the Lord God; and he that abideth not this law can in noise enter into my glory, but shall be damned, saith the Lord.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Verses 40 on? Women regarded as property. I don’t think that comes through in the first part. And why ignore the worst two verses among all that Joseph Smith produced. JS is using the “Lord” to intimidate his wife to do something she doesn’t want to do. Straight up spiritual abuse.
64 And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife, who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God; for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my law. 65 Therefore, it shall be lawful in me, if she receive not this law, for him to receive all things whatsoever I, the Lord his God, will give unto him, because she did not believe and administer unto him according to my word; and she then becomes the transgressor; and he is exempt from the law of Sarah, who administered unto Abraham according to the law when I commanded Abraham to take "Hagar to wife.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Verse 19 - calling and election? Get out of jail free card. Not discussed elsewhere
19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man "marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priest-hood; and it shall be said unto them-Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths —then shall it be written in the Lamb's $Book of Life, that he shall commit no hmurder whereby to shed innocent 'blood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eter-nity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their 'exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Those specific verses are skipped by the manual. I didn’t choose them.

They do make a difference:
Verses 3-4 state polygamy is a commandment for everyone receiving the law. Sort of contradicts this part of the lesson:
churchofjesuschrist.org L November 10-16: "I Have Seen | @0 Doctrine and Covenants 132:1-2, 29-40 Plural marriage is acceptable to God only when He commands it. Many people who read the Old Testament wonder about Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and others marrying multiple wives. Were these servants of the Lord committing adultery? Did God approve of their marriages? Joseph Smith had similar ques-tions. Look for the answers God gave in Doctrine and Covenants 132:1-2, 29-40.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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This is what happens when white people see helicopters not normally in their area
Texas • This article is more than 10 years old Texans monitor Jade Helm military training amid fears of government plot Chuck Norris thinks it's likely more' than a US army exercise and Ted Cruz and the governor of Texas counsel caution. Some citizens plan a counter-operation Tom Dart in New Orleans Mon 13 Jul 2015 07.30 EDT
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Whoever composed this is a sexist asshole:
Doctrine and Covenants 132 Doctrine and Covenants く 64 And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife, who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God; for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my law. 65 Therefore, it shall be lawful in me, if she receive not this law, for him to receive all things whatsoever I, the Lord his God, will give unto him, because she did not believe and administer unto him according to my word; and she then becomes the transgressor; and he is exempt from the law of Sarah, who administered unto Abraham according to the law when I commanded Abraham to take Hagar to wife.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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BTW, verses 3 and 4, which are not addressed in the manual, seem important:
Doctrine and Covenants 132 Doctrine and Covenants 3 Therefore, "prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same. 4 For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting "covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can Creject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 this week. IYKYK

Verses not covered in the manual:
3-4
6-12
24-28
Everything past 40
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Dallin Osks
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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She’s not wrong
White Supremacy graphic used by the lecturer. Pyramid with Overt White Supremacy actions at the top and Covert White Supremacy actions at the bottom 3/4s
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Meanwhile, in northern Idaho, a suspected drunk is arrested for allegedly destroying a house with an excavator.
Photo of East wing of the White House being destroyed.
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The aurora providing a backdrop to Pleiades, and Aldebaran
Aurora, providing a backdrop to Pleiades, and Aldebaran. Mount Ogden barely is seen in the bottom left
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Northern Lights over Mount Ogden, Utah.
Northern Lights over Mount Ogden. Photo taken from South Ogden UT
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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“Court recognizes that the 2011 congressional map was legally repealed, is malapportioned, and no one has presented a valid argument that it has been or should be revived by operation of law. For this reason, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment”
CONCLUSION OF LAW AND ORDER For the foregoing reasons, the Court orders as follows: 1. Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Count 16 alleging that S.B. 1011 violates the people's fundamental right to alter or reform their government under the Utah Constitution, is GRANTED. The Court hereby ORDERS the enforcement of S.B. 1011 is preliminarily enjoined. 2. Because the Court grants the Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Count 16, the Court declines to address Plaintiffs' claims on Counts 17 - 21. 3. The Court finds that S.B. 1012, Map C, fails to abide by and conform with the requirements of Proposition 4, and therefore, the Court preliminarily ENJOINS its use or implementation by Defendants; 4. Based on the parties' oral stipulation entered onto the record during the November 4, 2025 hearing, the Court recognizes that the 2011 congressional map was legally repealed, is malapportioned, and no one has presented a valid argument that it has been or should be revived by operation of law. For this reason, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on Count 8 but does so without prejudice. Plaintiffs may ask the Court to reconsider if the circumstances represented by the parties change; 5. The Court APPROVES Plaintiffs' Map 1 as the judicial remedy to meet the Lieutenant Governor's November 10, 2025 deadline to have a congressional plan that complies with both federal and Utah law in place in time to prepare for the 2026 elections; 6. The Court hereby ORDERS that Map 1 be implemented for use in Utah's congressional elections. The Court ORDERS the Lieutenant Governor, as Utah's chief elections officer, to implement and administer all future congressional elections in Utah in accordance with Map 1 as the judicially approved congressional plan, until another validly enacted legislative plan takes effect or as otherwise ordered by an appellate court. DATED: NOVEMBER 10, 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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“How is that not representative of American workers? Not one of them is stuck in a cube farm behind a screen, all are doing productive, important work.”

Comment in my FB from a white LDS man and retired USAF pilot, thinking people are having an issue with the jobs depicted.
FB post with 12 Department of Labor posters all featuring a young white man (two include a white man’s wife and two kids) The Department of Labor is pushing a theme on its Instagram page that is not representative of US workers.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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This comment 😆
Ant Murdering She-Devil/Shelley @shelleyel... • 40m The Odyssey, famously written in 1880, best listened to as read by Alvin the Chipmunk. Much alpha
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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"To all the young people of America and Gen Z, I want you to know President Trump is going to deliver for you. So that you could be able to own a home, have big families, believe in this country," he said.”
vpm.org In short remarks at Capital One Arena, far-right millennial activist Charlie Kirk singled out young voters, a group that Democrats lost serious ground with last fall.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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27 people at Camp Mystic died.

Also, having lived in this area what the hell was Eastland thinking?
The camp's supporters have characterized Mr. Eastland as a hero who died trying to save children during what the camp has called a "1,000-year weather event." The lawsuit calls him "grossly negligent" for loading children into a vehicle in waist-deep, and then neck-deep, water and then attempting to drive. Driving through floodwaters violated the advice of experts including the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, a state agency on whose board Mr. Eastland was serving at the time of his death.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Dude.
But Mr. Watts, who represents the family and the camp, discussed the events in late October in an appearance on CNN. He called the evacuation of the camp "orderly" and mostly successful.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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“…the single largest man-made release of greenhouse gas on record”

Ukraine screwed up on this one.
Still, senior officials have suggested, the diplomatic fallout of the bombings might have been easier for Germany to navigate if the detectives hadn't so effectively built a case against Ukraine.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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1 Nephi 11 v Book of Mormon 11 And I said unto him: To know the "interpreta-tion thereof-for I spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the 'form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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See also Ether 3 and Modalism.
Change my mind meme: “Spirit of the Lord” means Father/son in 1 Nephi 11 change my mind.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I spent an extended amount of time with my daughter’s LDS father-in-law. At one point he said “She must have been difficult to raise.” A strange remark I thought, because she wasn’t. Then I remembered he’s an ass like the FIL below but she pushes back at that crap.
During a family photo shoot with her in-laws, a dress she wore rode up slightly, exposing the white hem of her garment. Her father-in-law made a scene about it: "He said, 'Caitlin, you need to pull that down!" Family members rolled her eyes at her, as if to say, Why couldn't she just wear something that would fully cover it? The whole incident humiliated Cahoon. She remembers thinking: I'm so shameful.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I’m not sure what traction Tim Ballard will have with active LDS overall but here is an LDS TikTok apologist platforming Tim’s complaint that the church did not follow its procedures in excommunicating him.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM