Benjamin Smith

Husband, father, defender of virtue, accountant, and lover of the outdoors.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

Jordan Peterson argues the crisis tearing the Western world apart isn't political or economic—it goes far deeper. When science stripped meaning from the world, it left something worse behind: suffering with no purpose and no story to make sense of it. In this lecture, Jordan explains why your values determine what you see, why stories carry a truth science can't, and what it costs a person—and a culture—when they aim at the wrong things. He also breaks down the psychology behind Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, and why those stories grip us whether we understand them or not. If your ambition keeps stalling, your relationships keep failing, or life feels like it's missing something you can't name—this one's worth your time.

This lecture was filmed in Miami, Florida, on March 24, 2025.

[Benjamin Smith @BenUtah]

@RGIII @OuttaPocketRG3 Thanks for coming!

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Dear people of Provo and the great state of Utah,

You are AWESOME.

[Benjamin Smith @BenUtah]

@FreedomMomUSA I second this.

[Stephanie Morgan @FreedomMomUSA]

From a 30 year married wife & mother, and a grandmother of 3; with absolutely NO REGRETS that I married young and didn’t delay childbearing; THIS IS MY BEST ADVISE to young 20s today:

Love is harder to find, than work; and family is more important to build, then career.

Don’t delay marriage in your youth!

Don’t delay children in your marriage!

[Benjamin Smith @BenUtah]

@FreedomMomUSA We morn the losses but are grateful beyond words for the water.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

Well played.

[Trevor Tomesh ☕ @realDrTT]

I would counter with this: nowhere did Christ ever command us to argue about the nature of His relationship between Himself, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. Paul actually commanded the opposite — "Avoid foolish controversies… and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless" (Titus 3:9), and "Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels" (2 Tim 2:23).

And it seems that many Christians on X spend so much time doing what Christ never commanded us to do that they never get around to doing what He actually commanded us TO do.

The LDS, in the meantime, are out there living what Christ commanded, each and every day. More than 70,000 full-time missionaries — most of them teenagers and young adults paying their own way — are knocking on doors on every continent, doing the Great Commission as a daily job rather than a debating topic. Their members fast two meals a month and give the money to feed the poor. Their bishops' storehouses, welfare farms, and humanitarian arm move well over a billion dollars a year in aid to people of every faith and none. Every member is assigned specific families to minister to and check on. Their local clergy are unpaid volunteers. They abstain, they tithe, they show up.

Christ gave us the test Himself: "By their fruits ye shall know them" (Matt 7:20). He did not say, "By their metaphysics ye shall know them."

So who is actually following Christ?

[BYUtv Sports Nation @BYUSportsNation]

Keanu Tanuvasa will be celebrating a big win by going to church tomorrow!

[Captain M'honri @CaptMahonri]

If you know, you know.

[Stephanie Morgan @FreedomMomUSA]

I've always taught my children that to be modest is to not seek attention but to reflect God's glory. This week I found this 1957 teaching on modesty from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It teaches the principle well. I especially like what is taught about our speech in light of President Oaks recent emphasis on peacemaking.

Modesty Is the Best Policy

Modesty, like honesty in the copy book adage, is the best policy. It is the best policy because it is best for you.

Modesty is a many-sided virtue. It applies to your manner of speech, your manner of dress, your manner of conduct. And thus it reveals the manner of person you are.

Take speech. One who is modest in speech talks with restraint, sticks to the facts, gives to others the right to their own opinions without compromising his own. His opinions are listened to, his advice is often heeded.

Modesty in dress is another virtue. Smartness of style and modesty can go together, and often do. On the other hand, to flaunt one’s figure, especially before persons of the opposite sex, may excite attention but not inspire admiration. Immodesty in dress is more likely to bring a “whistle call” of dubious compliment than a sincere proposal of honorable friendship.

Modesty of conduct also brings its own reward. In a day when vulgarity is sometimes commercialized to the tune of “off beat” dance steps, it may take restraint to be modest on dance floor or in parked car, but true modesty will pay off in the lasting trust and enduring friendships of your companions.

To these rewards of modesty you can add another – your own self-respect – and without self-respect you can never have the true joy of living which a loving Heavenly Father put us here to find and cherish. So – be modest –

BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF

*courtesy of my brother @BenUtah

#TheChurchOfJesusChrist #LatterDaySaints
#LDS #LDSX #LDX #SaintsOnX #modesty

[PRB 🇺🇸 @datanotion]

True BYU fan

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

This clip still lives rent-free in my brain

[Matthew Watkins @ITalkOfChrist]

Why are marriage and birth rates falling among Latter-day Saints young adults? Sure, culture plays a role, but there's one source you might not have thought of before: parents.

About 10 years ago, BYU professors started polling their students about their barriers in dating and marriage. They've noticed a sizable shift in the answers over the past 10 years: parents urging their kids to delay marriage. Many couples visit them in their offices, saying:

"We're in love, we can't stand being apart, we've even prayed about it many times and we feel so good about it, but our parents are saying no. And they don't even have a great reason for no other than 'we just need to wait.'"

One professor asks his class to "raise your hand if your parents have incentivized you to NOT get married." And "it's pretty consistently about a third of them" and "it's a higher percentage of women than men."

Somewhere along the line, in our desire to make sure our kids had a realistic picture of marriage, we also stopped teaching the blessings and duty of marriage like we once did.

Interview with the BYU professors below. Great resource. This whole series on the Family Proclamation is amazing 👇

https://t.co/JqqNhV2jjS

[Benjamin Smith @BenUtah]

It can be done.

[Stephanie Morgan @FreedomMomUSA]

@nicoraytruth My son graduated two years no. Was there as undergrad and masters — great education — got married and had their first two kids while there

[Adam Argyle @AdamArgyle]

In 1956, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ran a campaign called "Be Honest with Yourself". The one below, "Modesty is the Best Policy" is from 1957.

"Modesty is the Best Policy

Modesty, like honesty in the copy book adage, is the best policy. It is the best policy because it is best for you.

Modesty is a many-sided virtue. It applies to your manner of speech, your manner of dress, your manner of conduct. And thus it reveals the manner of person you are.

Take speech. One who is modest in speech talks with restraint, sticks to the facts, gives to others the right to their own opinions without compromising his own. His opinions are listened to, his advice is often heeded.

Modesty in dress is another virtue. Smartness of style and modesty can go together, and often do. On the other hand, to flaunt one’s figure, especially before persons of the opposite sex, may excite attention but not inspire admiration. Immodesty of dress is more likely to bring a “whistle call” of dubious compliment than a sincere proposal of honorable friendship.

Modesty of conduct also brings its own reward. In a day when vulgarity is sometimes commercialized to the tune of “off beat” dance steps, it may take restraint to be modest on dance floor or in parked car, but true modesty will pay off in the lasting trust and enduring friendships of your companions.

To these rewards of modesty you can add another–your own self-respect–and without self-respect you can never have the true joy of living which a loving Heavenly Father put us here to find and cherish. So — be modest — BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF."

[Stephanie Morgan @FreedomMomUSA]

🫣… Oh boy! We are in trouble. #TDS has violent ideation.

[Benjamin Smith @BenUtah]

The administration at the U of U are cowards.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

When University of Utah administrators tried to slap two conservative students with bogus "doxxing" charges for posting a photo of a liberal student holding a "Happy Kirkiversary" cake at their booth, they thought they picked an easy target.

They figured they could just bully these kids into expulsion over charges that weren't valid in any way.

Well, once Erika Kirk caught wind of the story, she stepped up and provided student leaders @Rylieparis05 and @rileybeesley with top legal counsel. The second they lawyered up, the university completely dropped the case.

[Benjamin Smith @BenUtah]

@DrWumbology What about this violates the Constitution? Before you answer you may want to read the Constitution.

[Benjamin Smith @BenUtah]

@FreedomMomUSA This is true!