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[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost @ReeseJCrockett @ThoughtfulSaint This reply implies rich by itself was his fear, I’ve been arguing it wasn’t this whole time. If you agree then you’re denser than I thought for arguing against what you believe.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost @ReeseJCrockett @ThoughtfulSaint Says the person who’s been demonstrating an inability to comprehend the written word.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost @ReeseJCrockett @ThoughtfulSaint I don’t grasp how you can be this dense. Getting rich, and following God wasn’t his fear. Rich by itself is irrelevant.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost @ReeseJCrockett @ThoughtfulSaint You really don’t know how to read.. A sentence contains the full context, not just one word.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost @ReeseJCrockett @ThoughtfulSaint It’s ok that you claimed irony when there wasn’t any. I’m done pointing out the obvious, enjoy your life. Praise God.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost @ReeseJCrockett @ThoughtfulSaint He didn’t fear the results of a wealthy church, wealth is expected when you live righteously. The fear was people falling away, Young didn’t. No irony.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost @ReeseJCrockett @ThoughtfulSaint Its a little better, and removes what you consider ironic. You're locked in on Young being rich, as though his fear was Mormon's becoming rich. It wasn't, it was the falling into sin as a result of being rich.

If Young did everything he feared, then it would be ironic.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

@ScipiosGhost Hilarious. You make a myopic claim of irony, I point it out, and you reference an execution order. Christ-like.

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

“Mormons turned a swamp into a metropolis. Then they turned a desert into an empire. It’s the most American story.”

Their religious beliefs take them to Missouri. Neighbors learn they are anti-slavery and violently drive them out.

They go to Illinois and turn a swamp into a city that rivals Chicago. Only to have violent mobs run them out.

They walk toward Utah. Hoping to find a safe place to gather.

Jim Bridger mocks them. He bets $1,000 they can’t grow crops in Utah. They continue anyway.

The Utah soil is so hard it breaks their plows. So they engineer a way to water a desert.

Their crops grow. Salt Lake City sprawls. They expand. Latter-day Saints settle 500 towns across the West. A network of farms, commerce, and faith.

Their women become the first women to vote. They elect America’s first female state senator.

Their women organize themselves. With very little training, they create a system that lowers infant mortality to among the lowest rates in the country.

When the Depression hits, Latter-day Saints implement the most effective welfare program in the country. Decades later, Ronald Reagan studies it and calls it a model for the country. Its impact is seen today as Utah has the lowest usage of federal food assistance in the country.

The pursuit of knowledge and science becomes a hallmark. They start universities. They send their smartest men and women back east to learn the latest ideas and bring them back.

They are innovative. Technology that changes the world emerges from their culture. The television. The artificial heart. The weapons that won WWII. The beginnings of the internet.

The work ethic and cooperation that propelled them to develop the American West continues today. Their outsized influence on the world is famous.

They know religious persecution better than most. So they champion religious freedom for all, even those they disagree with.

Sociologists are obsessed with their outcomes. A Princeton researcher studied teens in America. She concluded that “Mormon teens are faring best.” Harvard data recently found that kids who grow up in Latter-day Saint homes are the most likely to say they feel loved by both parents. Other national studies consistently find them to be the happiest people in the country.

Gallup finds they are the most observant Christians in the country, a dedication to their faith that is unrivaled. Pew Research finds they know many Bible stories better than any other Christians.

A swamp became a metropolis. A desert became an empire. A persecuted people became the happiest in America. That’s the most American story ever told.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

Happy 250 🇺🇸

[Christopher @CoffDim]

Everyone was made beautifully in the image of God. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so behold.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

God is so good He let the Word have the extra “o”.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Why does no one care?

In Africa, Arab Muslims are enslaving black African Christians.

The media, progressives, Palestinian protesters, the UN, and even the Pope remain silent.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

The hero’s journey is not valuable because dragons literally exist.

It is valuable because dragons exist.

[Christopher @CoffDim]

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[Thomas Stevenson @RealTStevenson]

Ben Shapiro today on his podcast:

“There is no category of humans that are entirely good and honest…

…maybe the Mormons come close.”