NEWS: With the Eyes of Faith!™ 2024-08-10

Harris VP: VP of the VP of the VP. I'm grateful for an orderly system where this can happen.
53% of people think Firts Amendment goes too far. https://nypost.com/2024/08/07/us-news/majority-of-americans-believe-the-first-amendment-goes-too-far-poll/
Remember in General Conference when Pres. Oaks talked about the Us Constituion?
Moroni hit by lightning, Star Valley, WY. Is this why they aren't putting them on any more? https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/08/06/lightning-strike-causes-angel-moroni-replacement-to-step-in-atop-a-latter-day-saint-temple/
Deseret News
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/08/06/londnr-profile-on-latter-day-saints/
What surprised a British journalist after spending time with Latter-day Saints
Simpler and less controversial lives than media outlets portray
A sincere love for Jesus Christ
A community welcoming of meaningful diversity
Valuing big families and traditional marriage doesn’t require judging others harshly
A nurturing community
Behavioral boundaries, not dissimilar to those any communities have
Genuine commitment born from individual experiences of God’s goodness
Socialized in a certain direction, like all communities do
No! That's not what the CES Letter said--we ostracize and brainwash people. We want women barefoot, pregnant, and chained to the stove, even though BYU-Provo was coeducation from Day !
Denialism
BYU Magazine article on interfaith dialogue: https://magazine.byu.edu/article/byu-interfaith-leadership/
Place of a university to have guest lectures, and interfaith dialogue.
Can be understood is a bad way.
Andrew Reed: "Reed says interfaith interactions can be transforming for Latter-day Saint students: “They begin to recognize that we’re not the only set of people searching for God.”
Searching for God? don't you have a testimony?
Quotes:
A. McKay Bowman (’25), an interfaith-leadership class teaching assistant. “To love others as a disciple of Christ,” he says, “I need to take learning from them seriously.”
If I can learn to sit with someone who sees the world radically different than me and be patient and learn from them,” explains Reed, “that’s where I think growth happens.”
Which way is your head facing?
Doctrine:
"Ye are not sent forth to be taught, but to teach the children of men the things which I have put into your hands by the power of my Spirit; And ye are to be taught from on high." D&C 43:15 - 16
But with some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide the talent which I have given unto them ... Wo unto such, for mine anger is kindled against them. D&C 60:2
"Contend thou, therefore, morning by morning; and day after day let thy warning voice go forth; and when the night cometh let not the inhabitants of the earth slumber, because of thy speech." D&C 112:5
Not just learn, but dialogue, mutual learning. There to love
6 June 2019, QLC “It is a time to listen to one another and learn from one another,” "https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/jerusalem-elder-cook-encourages-interfaith-listening-learning
Dialogue--two way street, not meet for elders to sit down and shut up.
Degrees of proselytization
FT Missionary
Member Missionary
Member
Utah bans 13 books: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/books/utah-public-school-book-ban.html
Is this censorship or
Do you want elementary school kids reading porn? 50 Shades of Gray at drag queen story time?
Reminder from 2021, SF Gay Mens' Chorus
"we'll convert your children"
https://youtu.be/ArOQF4kadHA?si=n0JFBai6gacXy04L
And that's the News: With the Eyes of Faith