Part 2:
- my qualm w/ polygamy isn’t the non-monogamy, it’s the patriarchy + systemic inequity it theologically creates for women.
- be like Joseph Smith and cultivate whatever sincere religious encounter and relationship with Deity you are called to, Heavenly Mother included.
AMA about my Mormon beliefs, heterodoxies, or hot takes.
To start:
- Adam-God, despite being out-of-vogue w/ LDS orthodoxy for over a century, has brilliant gems to thoughtfully consider
- there are many true “prophets” outside of the LDS faith
- spirit birth is bad theology
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He has been baiting leftists into explaining why sometimes you have to moderate for political reasons; too lazy to find the tweet where he says so.
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Economic populism is a winning strategy for democrats, depending on what you mean by that term.
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New piece at the Globe! Property tax deferral and exemption programs get more generous every year, and a growing movement is pushing for a full exemption for seniors. But...
If homeowning seniors pay less property tax, who will pick up the bill?
theglobeandmail.com/investin…
Once we all agree that the mod electability advantage is real, albeit smallish, we can move on to the real debate which is about the electoral benefits of trying to pivot the whole national party brand in a more moderate direction rather than running outliers in key races.
What is the democratic version of Trump being against Medicare/SS cuts in 2028 though? Leaning into anti-trans stuff doesn't buy you much, so immigration or climate?
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1. Forgive me for screenshotting a paywalled newsletter, but can’t resist sharing Matt Yglesias’s take on Democrats, affirmative action, and the Moderation that Dare Not Speak Its Name.
Just my fellow co-religionists saying very reasonable, normal things when confronted with the reality that faithful Latter-day Saints can affiliate, vote for, and support the Democratic Party and that the LDS Church totally supports their ability to do so.
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Instead of picking low-hanging fruit, why not reply to my question about abortion from last week?
I agree it isn't murder, or at least shouldn't be treated as murder in the criminal law, but in the same RMN talk you quote, he says that abortion sheds innocent blood, at least after 26 days. Even before then, abortion involves intentionally killing innocent offspring. Agreed?
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States all having state-level elections on the same day keeps things simple, but it leads to people always voting based on national vibes. Last month BC had an election and it was a whole thing with its own, strange story. The parties aren’t even the same as the federal ones.
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Some states like VA and NJ have odd year elections. We elected a new governor last year. The Dems were helped by a anti-GOP feeling in VA, but not as much as they would have this year.
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Does this mean doubling down on too-clever-by-half government by executive action that gets reversed on day 1 of an Ossoff administration?
The thing about Trump is he can actually make deals if he wants to. If anybody could strike an insane grand bargain with Dems, Trump could.
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I bet Dems could do a deal with Trump involving full support for whatever he wanted to do with the ballroom, plus multiple other building projects he can visit and pose in front of for the next two years.
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The problem with Republicans controlling Congress was he just doesn’t respect them (because they suck up to him and thus seem weak). Dems he sees as worthy opponents.
But Miller is a schemer, not an operator, which bodes of two years of maneuvers but no buy-in; no deals.
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Having lived in both systems, you definitely get better and more prompt care in the US. The Canadian system is fine if you have acute/emergency problems or if you are healthy. It sucks if you are somewhere in between and end up waiting 2 years for back surgery or whatever.
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The only denomination I'm aware of that can legitimately say according to it's doctrine that God the father is biologically male is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I get why Christian-identifying conservatives don't like the framing of "non-binary," but they 1/
Even though I think there's lots of issues that arise when we say things as simple as "god can't lie but he's also all-powerful", I think we take it to a whole new level when we say God is all powerful but necessarily has skin color HTML color code #613416 and cannot change it.
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...seems to deny him his omnipotence. Is God's physical form simply a preference for him or something true about him? If God wanted to say, change his skin color, could he do that? What about his gender? If not, why?
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I think a lot of young people are sincerely confused about this, but it's just not the case that Bernie Sanders invented the idea of campaigning on economic fairness themes — this is the common currency of ~all Democratic Party campaigns.
