Look, the fact that the Mormon church began in the 1800's is all anyone needs to know it is a counterfeit religion. It is as valid as the Church of Scientology, also invented by a man, but about a 100 years later than Joseph Smith invented Mormonism. It's also as valid as Islam, invented by Mohammed a few hundred years after Jesus. Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega. He came in bodily form the first time, and will be coming again. Keep on believing what you do at your own peril. I'm confident, based on the words of Jesus, the teachings of His disciples, and the prophecies of the Bible, that my salvation is secure. You can be sure of your own salvation but you MUST repent of your allegiance to the Mormon church.
Did you know that Treasury Agents responsible for investigating counterfeit currency don't study various examples of counterfeit bills? They learn to recognize counterfeit money by spending hours and hours studying genuine U.S. bills, so that when they encounter counterfeit currency, it immediately stands out to them. I have studied the Holy Bible for the past 30+ years, having read through it more than 12 times. As a result, I recognize false religions posing as Christianity. Some day you will be held accountable for succumbing to the false teaching of Mormons. I'll pray that God can help you to break free from that cult. This is my last post on this.
I guess it's all a matter if you believe the story of the golden plates. Amazing how not a trace was left behind, isn't it? Satan has used cults to fool people since the time Jesus walked the Earth. As I said, God isn't going to have his Son born, live, and die, only to have it mean nothing for the next ~1850 years. Do you believe in the divinity of Jesus? Pretty interesting to consider that the Jehovah's witnesses, and Mormons, both were begun in the mid 1800s.
It would be nice if instead of having the twitter link as the only source of information, to just include a comment such as "Owen Shroyer the ______ who was jailed due to _______, will be released this Friday". Many of us do not know the name of everyone who might be mentioned at GAW.
can you post a link to the law in regard to first amendment rights and Israel? I could only find an article about it and it just mentioned "hate groups", so I can't tell what effect it would have on regular free speech.
Charity navigator used to be a good way to tell if a non-profit was corrupt, but I think the "charities" got wise about it, because now, even ones known to be corrupt, look ok when viewing the stats on that website; the clinton foundation being a good example. Red cross may still be obvious, based on percent of donations that actually go toward the organizations mission, but I haven't checked in a few years. (the red cross, American Cancer Society, and others, used to have a ridiculously high percentage allotted for "fund raising") Of course, any non-profit can pay their executives whatever they want, because the organization isn't "making a profit", even if the executives are getting wealthy from it. Too bad someone doesn't push for a law that would limit executive salaries at non-profits.
I don't know if anyone's money will be safe. If you have gold, how do you redeem it? Crypto - could be devalued. And of course, any bank money. I guess the best long-term solution would be to buy a self-sustaining farm, but not too many people can do that.
I rented a car several years ago that had the mpg reading while you drive, and an average. I slightly over-inflated the tires and if going 38 mph, It would show ~60 mpg. (I never drove enough at that speed to do a true test, but a few years later, when I owned a car with that feature, it only over estimated by about 2 mpg). What was interesting was how much difference a rough road and smooth road made; a few miles per gallon less on a rough paved surface.