Fulness of Times

 I am greatly concerned with so many liberals, and while it comes from the extreme left there are many in the moderate left who also belief this, and even some on the extreme right, who claim to be open-minded, who claim to want freedom of speech, or claim to want rights for all, but they lie. Too many on the left--liberal, democrat, extreme, or moderate--tell you they are freedom loving, and want to secure free speech. BUT what they don't tell you is they only support free speech IF your free speech is the same as theirs.  In other words, if you disagree with them, even on one point, you are labelled a bigot, hateful, racist, inciter, etc. YOU are labelled and attacked. This is why I absolutely cannot support the full Black Lives Matter. At this point those who have been deceived by the left are turning against me. Their minds have suddenly locked up to the point they won't even bother to try to understand what I'm about to write. They have been brainwashed into thinking t...

It's a common question, particularly among those who want to "justify" why God must not exist. Why do good people suffer? I was talking with someone a few days ago about a related topic. Here's what the basic question that was asked. Why does the Lord allow a righteous woman to marry an unworthy man?  Here's a related question. Why does the Lord permit a wolf to be called into a church position of trust, such as a bishop or stake president, where he can take advantage of the trust of and prey on others?  First, we have to realize our perspective is very short term and justice and mercy are not always meted out in this brief existence. But those two things, justice and mercy, are probably why the Lord allows for these things to happen. If this life were all there was, then, yes, it wouldn't be fair. But this life is just a blip in eternity. I believe our odds of success are stacked in our favor, that each of us are given the opportunities we need to become the ...