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Moksha wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:39 am

That was a nice photo of Dr. Peterson. Was that taken as a promo for his upcoming Abraham in Egypt tour for Cruise Lady?

If we are to come out of this crisis less selfish than when we went in, we have to let ourselves be touched by others’ pain. There’s a line in Friedrich Hölderlin’s “Hyperion” that speaks to me, about how the danger that threatens in a crisis is never total; there’s always a way out: “Where the danger is, also grows the saving power.” That’s the genius in the human story: There’s always a way to escape destruction. Where humankind has to act is precisely there, in the threat itself; that’s where the door opens.

This is a moment to dream big, to rethink our priorities — what we value, what we want, what we seek — and to commit to act in our daily life on what we have dreamed of.

God asks us to dare to create something new. We cannot return to the false securities of the political and economic systems we had before the crisis. We need economies that give to all access to the fruits of creation, to the basic needs of life: to land, lodging and labor. We need a politics that can integrate and dialogue with the poor, the excluded and the vulnerable, that gives people a say in the decisions that affect their lives. We need to slow down, take stock and design better ways of living together on this earth.

The pandemic has exposed the paradox that while we are more connected, we are also more divided. Feverish consumerism breaks the bonds of belonging. It causes us to focus on our self-preservation and makes us anxious. Our fears are exacerbated and exploited by a certain kind of populist politics that seeks power over society. It is hard to build a culture of encounter, in which we meet as people with a shared dignity, within a throwaway culture that regards the well-being of the elderly, the unemployed, the disabled and the unborn as peripheral to our own well-being.

To come out of this crisis better, we have to recover the knowledge that as a people we have a shared destination. The pandemic has reminded us that no one is saved alone. What ties us to one another is what we commonly call solidarity. Solidarity is more than acts of generosity, important as they are; it is the call to embrace the reality that we are bound by bonds of reciprocity. On this solid foundation we can build a better, different, human future.

Res Ipsa wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:20 am

What's missing from the LDS church is not so much prophecy -- it's leadership.

“I offered a message and prayer of gratitude for the world and everyone in it,” the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted in a message on Twitter. “I am grateful and humbled that you would join in thanking God for His countless blessings to each of us. Thank you for your faith. #GiveThanks”

Shulem wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:05 pm

There is nothing NelSatan can do to stop the pandemic. His imaginary God is not going to do it for him. Not even that little idol he worships -- NelSatan is an idol worshipper. He looks at that little toy Jesus with glee in his eye.

Elder Neil Punk Andersen wrote:
Only 1,797 lives have been lost in Utah so far due to Covid. That's a MIRACLE! The Lord is preserving his people.

Elder Neil Punk Andersen wrote:
Although a great number of elderly temple workers have been lost to Covid, it's still a MIRACLE. This Church is all about MIRACLES!

Elder Jeffrey Dog Holland wrote:
Yes, we have lost many temple workers due to Covid. But the real miracle is that our loving Heavenly Father has called them home.

That's a miracle.




The Jeffrey R Holland Telestial Thread