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“Lots of factors involved here,” Latter-day Saint McKay Coppins, a staff writer at The Atlantic, wrote. “But it really seems possible that Donald Trump has single-handedly wrecked the Republican Party’s multigenerational stranglehold on LDS voters.”
Looks like Latter-day Saints got caught up in the blue wave as well. Do you think it's a generational shift or will they turn back to Rs once Donald Trump is gone?
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The @Ch_JesusChrist operating through two of its farming subsidiaries, has agreed to unlock thousands of acres located in the Texas Panhandle for the construction of a large data center.
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The British royal family has an estimated collective net worth of $28 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg's net worth is estimated at approximately $208.6 billion to $219 billion, ranking him as the 6th-richest person in the world.
Both do more charity than the Mormon church.
It is estimated that the @Ch_JesusChrist gives 1/2 of 1% of its tithes to humanitarian needs. Most charitable #LDS spending comes from members' donations for fast offerings and humanitarian work. The Church's wealth is estimated to be about $300 Billion+.
Thanks, again, to @floodlitorg, for their outstanding work! Please read this!
New lawsuit says a Mormon bishop was told Jared Harding Wilson had abused children, then Wilson allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl in a North Carolina stake center in 2010. The suit names the church, Wilson and 3 local leaders who were also sued in 2013.
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This story is wild. He broke up with his girlfriend. He was mad so he raped a child on the same day. Then, the same girlfriend married him while he was out on bail for child molestation. And he’s not serving any jail time. Unreal.
A Latter-day Saint missionary who tearfully admitted to sexually assaulting a teenage girl because he felt 'miserable and sad' after splitting from his now-wife has been spared from serving any time behind bars trib.al/fHdFY8N 🔗
When #LDS leaders tell impoverished members that paying tithing will break generations of poverty—and teach them to pay even when they cannot afford food—we need to ask difficult questions.
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Clergy sexual abuse is not an affair; pedophilia is not about struggling with difficult circumstances; molesting adolescents is not about a struggling marriage.
Such things must be called by their right names—the abuser needs to be held responsible for their abusive behavior.
#LDS youth need more training in consent. Its purity culture which sometimes blames females for being sexually abused contributes to a rape culture that too often protects perpetrators.
I think this is a pretty disgusting miscarriage of justice. I feel for the Zauggs, and I’m sure their heart has broken over their son committing such a heinous crime. That doesn’t excuse his crime though. Krew Zaugg, a 22 year old returned missionary committed a violent sexual assault against a 15 year old girl. It’s not just to be sentenced only to a rider that will have him imprisoned less than a year.
He’s traumatized this girl for years to come, while he has a trip to Hawaii on bail - to get married - all the while this girl is in counseling for her rape. She will have repercussions for the rest of her life. This sentence is too lenient.
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I went to church today. First time in a minute.
Come Follow Me was about Jeremiah. The lesson focused on doctrine about pre existence and following modern prophets.
But looking at Jeremiah more broadly, the most compelling theme of Jeremiah isn't LDS doctrine at all.
Jeremiah was fighting the established religious leaders and other prophets. His big thing was warning the religious community that their confidence in their sacred institutions was a dangerous substitute for confronting their actual behavior.
This is one more story showing a collision
between religious certainty and their own ethics.
Judah was about to fall and Judah possessed what its religious establishment regarded as legitimate sacred institutions, authority, temple, covenant traditions, and people who claimed to speak in God's name.
Sound familiar?
Jeremiah's message was that none of those things mattered and Judah would fall. That the people needed to reexamine their treatment of others, allegiance to YHWH, not their confidence in their system.
And Jeremiah faced tough opposition from people and leaders and even prophets who believed their own religious interpretation was correct.
There’s a big part of the OT that will not be taught in church. That’s the fact OT prophets were largely not church leaders at all but continually spoke against them and tried to correct religious leaders.
The #LDS Church leaders spoke out at Oct. 2026 General Conference about gambling but remained silent about genocide, child sexual abuse, global hunger, and other issues that harm and endanger more lives than gambling. Your thoughts:
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#LDS members rank very low in valuing empathy in this survey? Do you agree or disagree? Why do you think they might rank on the lower end of the religious spectrum regarding empathy?
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The war in tormented Ukraine continues to cause suffering far beyond its borders, especially in the poorest countries, where so many people depend on grain imports. I make a heartfelt appeal to the parties to the conflict to allow for the safe transport of grain through the Black Sea. The daily bread of millions of people cannot be held hostage by the war.
Apparently, the #LDS Church is testing out a plan to redo the seating in @Ch_JesusChrist chapels so that the sacrament table is in the center of the room. This will be an expensive renovation.
17 LDS MEETINGHOUSES SELECTED FOR MAJOR EXPERIMENTAL CHANGES… WHAT IS THE CHURCH BUILDING?
Something genuinely new—and surprisingly mysterious—is beginning inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A document sent through local stake leadership says 17 meetinghouses in the Utah Area have been approved for “major renovations and improvements” under something called the Christ-Centered Meetinghouse Initiative.
But this does NOT appear to be simply new carpet, paint, and pews.
The stated purpose is to create a more welcoming and inviting worship environment that helps members and visitors focus more fully on Jesus Christ.
And one participating meetinghouse is expected to be emptied for approximately AN ENTIRE YEAR.
Yet when members asked what was actually being changed, the document said:
👉 “A detailed construction scope has not been provided by the Church.”
So what exactly are these buildings becoming?
Could the chapel itself change? Could the sacrament become more visually central? Could entrances, artwork, technology, security, gathering spaces—or even the interior layout—be redesigned?
Then we found something remarkable. 🔥
In 2023, the Presiding Bishopric was already discussing “adjustments to existing buildings” designed to improve focus on “the Savior and ordinances.”
Now, three years later, 17 existing meetinghouses have reportedly been selected for major changes under an initiative using almost exactly that language.
And there is another clue.
Architectural plans circulating online appear to show the sacrament table moved to the CENTER of the chapel beneath the pulpit. We obtained the plans ourselves, although they have NOT been independently authenticated by the Church.
If genuine, the symbolism would be extraordinary—and there is historic LDS precedent going all the way back to Kirtland.
Temple Square is changing. Sunday worship is changing. Now meetinghouses themselves may be entering a new period of experimentation.
So I keep coming back to one larger question:
As the Church prepares the world for the return of Jesus Christ, are we beginning to see that preparation reflected in the very places where we worship Him? ✨
This could be much bigger than a renovation.
The discussion continues at the normal venue. 👀
What do YOU think a truly Christ-centered LDS meetinghouse should look like?
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It is not moral for the @Ch_JesusChrist to spend $1 million to restrict women's access to life- and health-saving medical care in Idaho, although it may be legal. Great post:
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A well-written review of some recent potentially helpful and harmful #LDS General Conference talks:
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A god who wants the government to live stream executions but gets furious about the government helping the poor, welcoming the immigrant, feeding the hungry, and protecting our planet is not the god revealed by Jesus Christ but a god invented by cruel and greedy men.
Less than a month before the November general election, the @Ch_JesusChrist has donated $1 million to the campaign opposing Idaho’s Proposition 1.
1/3 of OBGYNs have left Idaho & some have been lifeflighted to other states for life-saving medical help.
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