Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Ezra Benson, and the Book of Mormon were my foundational red pill. The Book of Mormon establishes the Bible as scripture and those men were prophets called by Jesus Christ

No matter what the Church does or says now, I stand by my theological claims and find solace in the many longer-term, more experienced members who also recognize that something wrong is going on. I can't tell anyone, in good faith, to buy what Nelson or Church PR put forward on the matter, but I can assert one of his big pushes before the plandemic: Learn to hear the Holy Ghost, you will not be able to survive spiritually without Him.