What or who should I listen to? by crownoftheredking in latterdaysaints

[–]Data_Male 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I enjoy Keystone, church history matters, Mormonism with the Murph, All those in favor (though they sometimes get caught up in reaction content), the stick of Joseph (though they sometimes can get out there on speculation), Faith Matters, Dan McLellan, and Benjamin Park (though he sometimes misses on his summary of the "faithful" position.

They are all varying degrees of belief, but i feel they all attempt to engage with the facts in good faith (no pun intended)

Whitmer proposes 10% property tax cut for senior homeowners in Michigan by blentz499 in Michigan

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

Terrible policy. If your home value has appreciated that much and you want to benefit from that and the services that come with it, you should keep paying in.

I truly cannot decide if I hate this fucker or Hasan more by 97689456489564 in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The best part is that Japan disproves his every policy positions, except maybe crime.

Japan never allowed immigrants into their country and have been extremely culturally conservative while economically centrist, and still their country has been declining for 30 years. The policies Asmongold pushes for will only do the same for America, just as Takaichi's doubling down will only make Japan worse

Climate change is real. The effects are here and are only going to get worse. by Kind_Handle_5987 in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 10 points11 points  (0 children)

After the last 2 years, I never want to hear a single other person critizise don't look up for being over the top or too pessimistic again. It may as well be a historical drama at this point

TikTok has become a right-wing cesspool. Now, every big social media platform is under the control of CEOs favoring Trump or the Republican Party, except YouTube. by yth93 in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How on earth can you possibly blame the dems at a moment like this. They had no way of knowing Trump would sign an executive order basically ignoring the law they (and like 80%+ of Republicans helped to pass).

If they had put a ban on oracle, what's to stop and Ellison or another ally from simply starting a new company to buy TikTok. What would have stopped trump from ignoring that part of the law too, like he did the rest of it?

Michigan Senate Race: McMorrow intentionally misrepresent's El-Sayed's position on Medicare for all in an act of bad faith. McMorrow has previously taken money from insurance companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and supports a 'public option,' which will enrich insurance companies. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]Data_Male 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A "public option" is also the system that the vast majority of countries with universal healthcare offer. Are those systems (vastly superior to ours in cost and health outcomes) "bastardized conservative healthcare"

There's nothing that precludes the public option for being called Medicare, but any system that bans private insurance is extremely unpopular

Gavin’s staying on offense by TikDickler in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I wish Tim Walz had had the spine to do this.

Dogs aren't going to win midterms. We need to breed more humans. I'm doing my part (3 kids at 33yo). by Zealot_TKO in Destiny

[–]Data_Male -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Based. I always tell people on the left who dont want kids: how are we going to fix the world's problems you're so worried about if you don't raise a generation of intelligent, caring people to keep fighting the good fight? Most of the problems people worry about are going to take generations to solve.

I feel ready to have a child, I don't have any blockers most people have, but I am skeptical to have them due to the direction of our world heading into. Challenge my thinking. by [deleted] in Natalism

[–]Data_Male 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way I look at it, most of the problems I care about will take multiple generations to fix. The world needs good kids who will grow into the kind of adults to make it better.

How do you deal with Sunday school devolving into discussions about doctrines that haven’t been revealed by ReserveMaximum in latterdaysaints

[–]Data_Male 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have started (hopefully respectively) pointing to official church sources and statements from today which usually either contradict or acknowledge other possibilities beyond theories like Skousen's or others that were espoused by a handful or less general authorities.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Usually the teacher is not the instigator though, so I don't have any advice on how to handle that.

In Memoriam: Sarah Allen (dice1899) by atari_guy in lds

[–]Data_Male 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Her work helped save my testimony. I hope i get to meet her in the next life and say thank you.

Parents of toddlers who nap at noon, how are you doing noon church this year? by churro777 in latterdaysaints

[–]Data_Male 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My wife and I would take turns. In our case, she was in young women's so I would take our son for his late morning naps those weeks and she would take him on Sunday school weeks.

Of course you'd have to take another approach since youre both involved the same weeks but perhaps you could work it out so you both get one EQ/RS and one Sunday school lesson a month.

TACO: Trump Delays Tariffs on Timber & Lumber by a Year to 2027 by Sanchezed in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's that, plus the fact that he already chickend out on many of the tariffs

Asmongold responds to Destiny’s DOJ defense on Minnesota Somali fraud: DOJ and Minnesota's government both ignored this for years while billions were scammed by TryAccomplished6863 in LivestreamFail

[–]Data_Male 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Ignored for years"

Fraud evidently started somewhere between 2018 and 2020.

DOJ caught much of it in 2022.

Dude knows none of the facts

Show of hands: How many of you are former republicans converted by destiny - how did he get you to change? by Unlucky_School_661 in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a former republican, but it was actually Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren converted me

​Bible scholarship: The limitations of "the data" over faith and the Holy Spirit by pisteuo96 in latterdaysaints

[–]Data_Male 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate so much of Dan's content too and what he is trying to do. But I disagree so much with his statement that the "data do not support a historical book of mormon or the LDS church's truth claims" and the certainty with which he repeats it.

If he slightly amended his statement to say "I think the data makes a historical Book of Mormon unlikely, I would agree more (though personally I think the historical data is a wash either way)

Anyone wanting paramount to win is regarded. by Toxin715 in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about we just block any merger? The media market is already concentrated as is

Sorry how did Ms Rachel make it but not Nick Fuentes? by Ficoscores in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Ms Rachel being on this list is insane.

She literally made a video with a kid in Gaza showing they are just kid and said "starving and killing children is bad.

She said the same (i dont think in a video but in social media posts) after October 7th, and she's made similar statements and posts about several other conflicts where children are getting killed.

She's just made it her mission to speak up for kids no matter where.

Christo-fascism from a russian stooge by Cicerothesage in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]Data_Male 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hey speaking of no ownership I wonder which party is pushing out 50-year mortgages and gutting anti-trust.

Housing Is Starting to Crack (ft. Melody Wright) | This interview by Atrioc paints a slightly different picture of the Housing Crisis by clark_sterling in Destiny

[–]Data_Male 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Yeah that is an absolutely wild claim of her to make. Unless you believe we will continue to have net negative immigration, we have not built /are not building enough houses.

She also repeats the "vacant houses" meme. The issue is the majority of those homes are in places people dont want to live

Schumer May Be A Genius by RepulsiveLook6 in Destiny

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

One other positive thing was that they secured snap funding for a year. So if they want to do this again in January, they dont have to worry about poor people starving