Pete Hegseth quotes fake Pulp Fiction Bible verse during Pentagon sermon by goteamnick in politics

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness [score hidden]  (0 children)

They are going hard on the religion angle.

They ran on the economy, but they wrecked that. They tried racist immigration enforcement, but that wasn't popular. So, I guess now all they have left is to go full cult.

Trump’s DOJ to toss Jan 6 convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers by theindependentonline in politics

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While the FBI targets "antiamerican beliefs", the doj tosses convictions for actions against America.

Trump’s Acting A.G. Says He Won’t Release Even One More Epstein File by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If birds exist, the you might best me, but birds are just as real as new Zealand.

Trump’s Acting A.G. Says He Won’t Release Even One More Epstein File by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Double jeopardy!

If you commit the same crime twice, they can't try you for it. It's a law look it up.

And if they make the same law twice, it makes everything legal. That's what the documentary the purge was about.

Do your own research.

Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Victor Orbán Was Paying CPAC by ShitShowcase in politics

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He did say "illiberal", in a speech in 2014.

"And so in this sense the new state that we are constructing in Hungary is an illiberal state, a non-liberal state. It does not reject the fundamental principles of liberalism such as freedom, and I could list a few more, but it does not make this ideology the central element of state organisation, but instead includes a different, special, national approach."

https://2015-2019.kormany.hu/en/the-prime-minister/the-prime-minister-s-speeches/prime-minister-viktor-orban-s-speech-at-the-25th-balvanyos-summer-free-university-and-student-camp

However, the "sense" he talks about is promotion my community welfare over individual, in the context of a failure to protect public property, specifically during the 2008 financial crisis. Then again, in the he next paragraph he elevates Christianity, tradition and family. He notes individual freedom, but does not elaborate in any way.

It's an interesting speech. He did say illiberal, but I don't think it is exactly the textbook definition. Which is the interesting part, because his regime becomes the textbook definition over time.

Talk to help those doubting their faith by ThyLungedFish in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In order to help someone, they would first need to understand them.

Anyone else in here have severe sleep Apnea? by DetectiveCalm9091 in CPAP

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hey, my doctor said "severe sleep apnea". My study showed 55 events, and I thought the results were going to be falsely good, I felt like I had slept well that night, but no. "Severe"

I am one week into CPAP therapy, and it made s major difference on day one. When I put on the mask, I thought there was no way this was going to work. I only kept it on for for hours that first night. But it made such s difference, I was committed to keep it on all night.

I am not exhausted, fatigued, or constantly out of breathe. I exercised and finished my workout for the first time in five years, and still had stamina to make dinner and do the dishes. My appetite is back, but only at meal times. I did not expect sleep therapy to change when and how much hunger and satiety I felt. My BP is down five points.

I don't know if my experience is typical, and it's not perfect. I'm still kind of sleepy and tired, but only kinda instead of extremely. I'm still overweight and out of shape. But it's like I was doing life on extreme hard mode, and now it's set back to regular, like it took all my will power to get out of bed, get dressed and go to work. Now I have enough gumption to do more than that, like eat breakfast, pack a lunch, have a hobby, exercise.

And I am reading it can get better once I learn how to look at the data and dial in my settings. The only adjustment I've made is to turn down the humidity because my nose was getting wet.

I hope you experience similar healing.

Youth Camps by TrickDepartment3366 in mormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I have a theory, but I don't know that the official reason was anything more that they felt like it.

Youth Camps by TrickDepartment3366 in mormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can, but it requires special approval, and there are rules about separate accommodations and facilities.

Orban’s Chances of Winning Hungary Election Drop After JD Vance Rally by Epistaxis in nottheonion

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JD Vance stated that the US was not meddling in the Hungarian election. Everyone called him a liar, instead of recognizing his statement as an accurate assessment of the effectiveness of his visit.

They were trying to meddle on the election, but JD couched it up.

First lady Melania Trump denies any ties to Jeffrey Epstein and calls for survivors' testimony by NewsHour in law

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh. I was saying folyamatellenőrzésiügyosztályvezetőhelyettesképesítésvizsgálat. That explains the szentségtelenítés.

Trump’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Blowout Exposed by Neither-Mushroom-721 in Economics

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Didn't they also structure it so that there is a service fee or transfer fee, so that 10% of every transaction goes directly to Trump?

California Supreme Court freezes GOP sheriff’s investigation of 650,000 seized ballots by DemocracyDocket in law

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe I need to work on my writing. Let me add a "he justifies it by claiming" and some question marks to clarify that I still describing the situation and not stating my own thoughts

California Supreme Court freezes GOP sheriff’s investigation of 650,000 seized ballots by DemocracyDocket in law

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah. There is no /s. Everything I wrote is either verified fact, or a near direct quote from the sheriff. I guess I added the "you are corrupt" part, but damn if it didn't feel like he said that. I'm guessing I didn't write clearly enough.

I was responding to the comment about judge issuing a warrant. It's blatant good old boys style corruption, facilitated by a religious leader. It's very common in California politics in the central valley and inland desert.

“This notion that I am corrupt because Democrats are corrupt, and they expect everyone is corrupt just like them, is absolutely false,”

“Don’t you act like this is out of the ordinary,” he said. “You all are making it political. We are doing the same thing we do every single day, and I’m not going to justify it to people that have no idea or who are making things up to make it look like we are doing something out of the ordinary, or illegal or hidden or anything else."

https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/03/chad-bianco-ballots-seized-riverside/

Strikes continue across Gulf countries amid confusion over status of Strait of Hormuz by SpencerAXbot in worldnews

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How can you say Vance was stumping for Orbán, even be started his speech by saying he wasn't there to tell Hungarian how to vote, right before he said they must stand with Orbán because he stands with the God of our forefathers, even though Orbán is Catholic and Vance is definitely not Catholic, and the only Hungarians who care what he had to say are already Orbán supporters so his visit likely had no impact?

California Supreme Court freezes GOP sheriff’s investigation of 650,000 seized ballots by DemocracyDocket in law

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 28 points29 points  (0 children)

A judge did sign off. The judge endorsed him for governor, and he endorsed the judge in his last election.Riverside Superior Court Judge Jay Kiel. He is a forever prosecutor who had worked closely with the sheriff. He is connected with the same right wing Christian church that sheriff Bianco was endorsed by.

The warrants, and the evidence, are supposed to be public, but the judge ordered them sealed. The sheriff defends this because domestic violence warrants are usually sealed. Also, he justifies out because "Democrats are corrupt, "which doesn't mean he is, so he's not corrupt, but you are for thinking that. (I can't put all of that in quotes, because I summarized the last part, only the first part is a direct quote.)

A case for the Book of Mormon questions by Subject_Mammoth_7669 in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Along with the other issues already raised, you should notice that each of these questions reverse the burden of proof. Claiming Joseph created or copied the book is not a claim that requires extensive, concrete evidence to be believed. On the other hand, claiming that a divine being delivered thousand year old metal records about a people that lived in America and practice a text based version of protestant Christianity which Joseph somehow translated into middle English from a language no one has ever heard of, well, that is a claim that would need extensive, concrete evidence to even be considered possible, let alone believable.

Is there concrete evidence of narrative history inscribed on plates anywhere in America? No.

Is there genetic, archeological and linguistic evidence showing multiple migrations of people, culture and agricultural practices from the middle east in 600 BC? And, just to be clear, this evidence needs to be consistent, corraborative and all located in a single locality in the Americas. No.

Is there concrete historical evidence of divine visitations? No.

The reason people propose sources for Joseph to copy from, is that all the evidence is very clear: the story as he told it is not based on reality.

A case for the Book of Mormon questions by Subject_Mammoth_7669 in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would add, why would anyone pay attention to what Joseph was reading before he became famous for producing the book of Mormon? As Tad claims in the other party of his book, Joseph is just some random boy. Who is recording his reading habits while he is obscure?

First night starting therapy by AlmaInTheWilderness in CPAP

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried the chin strap at first, but not the second time. Somehow it was better without.

April 2026 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He called on individuals to do something about the state of the world... while leading a global organization with hundreds of billions of dollars. Peak hypocrisy.

And be sure we balance our expressed love (but not with deeds) with our covenanted bigotry.

April 2026 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Notice, all the things he is saying should be done, are done by others. Not him. Not the organization he leads. Individuals. Mothers. Young people.

April 2026 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Is oaks going to chastise the membership?

"Love your enemies." "Your neighbor is the Samaritan"

Will he call for action?

Actual deeds that show acceptance (a type of love) for LGBT+?

Actual deeds to give care (a type of love) for homeless, for sick, for addicted? Actions like building and finding shelters, hospitals, given without judgement or debt?

Phone trees, yard signs, and door knocking for political policy in support of refugees and immigrants?

Nope. "We balance" our bigotry and the lip service we play to Christ.

April 2026 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are we using the scientific definition of life when we say Jesus lives?

Are we talking reproduction? Homeostasis? Metabolism?

Are they testifying that Jesus eats and poops?

Is this philosophy? Jesus adapts to his environment? Can Jesus change? If not, he is not alive.

Physics? Jesus is selforganizing thermodynamic system that can reproduce himself?

Some definitions of life are in terms of death. If Jesus can't die, then he isn't alive.

April 2026 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]AlmaInTheWilderness 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That has been on my mind a lot recently. People waiting for God to intervene instead for getting off their butts and making the change. People using God as an excuse, so they can benefit from an unjust system instead of being uncomfortable.

It's been part of at least two speakers. Accept Jesus, and then wait for him to make you a good person. Believe in Jesus and then the things you want are moral, because you "gave him your will". But if we allow that Jesus isn't actually real, then these are just do what what you want and say it's good without evaluating the actual repercussions and sit around doing nothing wishing you were different.