Yes, I am talking to you, the COVID fanatics who pushed lockdowns and mandates and succumbed to fear throughout the pandemic. Some of you used to be writers for this blog.

One writer in the Atlantic famously called for an “amnesty” in response to all of the horrendous things Branch Covidians did to the rest of us during the pandemic.

I am a follower of the Prince of Peace, and I believe in forgiving those who made mistakes, but the first step is an apology. I am happy to report that I have received some private apologies in the last few weeks. But a lot more needs to be done. When the Republicans retake the House, and almost certainly the Senate, they need to investigate — in detail — how and why public health officials pushed a false narrative from March 2020 until recently. And a lot of my fellow Latter-day Saints need to look at themselves in the mirror and ask themselves why they acted like tyrannical lunatics over a virus with a 99.7 percent survival rate.

Just a reminder of what you did: you prevented people from hugging each other for no reason:

You supported the police beating up innocent people who objected to the mandates.

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Brother Ahmad S. Corbitt, 1st counselor in the YM presidency, warned in a recent talk that activism against the Church is an “effective tactic Satan is using to blind and mislead the young, those transitioning from other religious traditions and cultures, and even longtime and lifetime members of the Lord’s restored Church.”

“In my humble view, it is one of the great mists of darkness of our time. I speak of our enemy’s effort to transform disciples of Jesus Christ into activists toward or against the Lord’s Church and its leaders,” said Brother Corbitt.

“The United States was founded on and through activism and advocacy by activists,” and “you and I are beneficiaries of this activism,” Brother Corbitt said.

“But activism or advocacy directed toward or against the Church is a secular, worldly device misapplied in a spiritual, otherworldly context,” he said. “Change in the Kingdom of God is not accomplished in the same way as change is in, say, government.”

Brother Corbitt continued: “When activism or advocacy is directed at the kingdom of God on earth or its leaders, especially prophets and apostles, it is the wrong tool for the wrong job in the wrong place. Why? Because it effectively but subtly undermines the doctrine of Christ, which is God’s plan for changing, saving and exalting His children.”

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“The Bridge on the River Kwai” is on its surface a movie about tremendous courage and tenacity during World War II. The movie, made in 1957 by Director David Lean, tells the story of mostly British POWs overcoming hardship to build a bridge for their Japanese captors in Burma (now Myanmar). The movie won the Academy Award for best picture in 1957 and has been widely praised and studied by film buffs.

The real message of ‘River Kwai’ is how human beings lose their ability to reason under pressure. War causes even virtuous goals like courage and integrity and discipline to be twisted into evil purposes. The real message is that human beings can quickly descend into insane and destructive behavior while claiming they are doing “something good.”

The last few words of the movie are “Madness! Madness!” said by one of the few sane observers, the Dr. Clipton (James Donald).

The movie’s first act involves a heroic battle of wills between the Japanese concentration camp commander Col. Saito and the British commander of the POWs, Lt. Col. Nicholson (Alec Guinness). For you younger folk, you may know Alec Guinness as Obi Wan Kenobi from the older Star Wars movies.

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This is one of the best articles I have ever seen on the issue of same-sex marriage and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The authors discuss modern-day prophets’ positions on the issue of homosexuality and contradict recent claims that Church doctrine is compatible with same-sex marriage. The authors make the important point that it is not wise or loving to mislead people about the Church’s position on this issue.

Please read the whole thing.

Almost a year ago, I wrote this post warning that there would be an increasing amount of information in the months ahead that the COVID-19 vaccines were a failure.

Since then, we have learned that the mRNA COVID jabs actually increase the likelihood of hospitalization and death.

More and more evidence indicates the vaccines are unsafe and harmful.

The state of Florida has urged younger men not to get vaccinated because it increases the risk of heart problems.

The evidence indicates the vaccines are destroying the human reproductive system, and the pharmaceutical companies knew this would happen.

Just this week, Pfizer admitted publicly that it they had NO EVIDENCE the vaccine would stop transmission of the virus. Pfizer execs and public officials of course never said this in 2021, and they went on to support vaccine mandates and vaccines passports throughout the world when, again, there was no evidence the vaccine would stop transmission.

So, what are we, as faithful Latter-day Saints, to make of this? The Church, after all, encouraged members to get vaccinated in August 2021. And now it appears the vaccines are a bust, at least for many, many people. (The vaccines probably are still worthwhile for the elderly and people with co-morbidities).

I want to be clear: I have more faith in modern-day prophets than ever before, and my testimony has not been affected negatively by this situation. Let me reiterate the reasons why:

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