Mormon Lives Matter

Reiterates the other gods that lead to disrespectful behavior in Deut 29: 16-19 Deuteronomy 29:16-19 NIV 16 You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here. [17] You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold. [18] Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods (Not a proper noun. gods included: sex outside of marriage, semi porn, hatred, pride. Anything replaced a father or mother figure. What do you spend most of your time thinking about, worrying about or working toward?) of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison. [19] 19 When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way ,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

In terms of judgment and the final judgment a better framework is discernment. Judgment is from the Greek word crino. A fuller richer definition would be discernment, differentiation, distinction. So when God first creates the Earth he divides the light and the dark and "judges it as good" that it is good that it is part of divine activity. Discerning between right and wrong is part of our divine mortal activity so we can progress and choose to want to do right. Elder uchtdorf talked about judgement in a very different way where he said the day of judgment will be a day of mercy and healing. In Corinthians Paul says Jesus Will judge us so he need not  condemn us. 1 Cor 11:31 For if we would be more (discerning with ourselves) , we should not be judged.    32 But when we are judged, we are (changed) of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.  Judgment is that process by which we are brought to recognize distinctions and how they have operated in our ...

In the 1830 version of the book of Mormon this reads 'woundedness'.  Plain and precious things that were removed were the true nature of God the Father as a suffering, vulnerable, weeping God. You take those things out and we live a life of fear and perpetual woundedness.  32 Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles shall forever remain in that awful state of blindness , which thou beholdest they are in, because of the plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, whose formation thou hast seen.

On April 6th 2022, I journaled with the same title. Why doesn't God make it obvious that He lives and He is directing His church. Or at least so obvious that people can't deny it. Then I thought, He DID in the OLD TESTAMENT. With the children of Isreal and their escape from Egypt. Moses even recaps it in Duetermony 4. It's blatantly obvious that there are  huge tactile, visual and nourishing miracles. But people STILL fell away and did the exact opposite. God has done this before has tried this before people have their agency no matter what miracle God performs.

It is not because they are learned, or have achieved professional success, or have traveled widely, that one should listen, but because they are “called of God... "

In this chapter you will study another Old Testament tragedy, but in this case it was a national tragedy. The Israelites had been led out of the power of the greatest empire in the world at that time. They had been personal witnesses to plagues that afflicted the Egyptians but left Israel untouched. They had with their own hands smeared blood on the doorways of their homes and then heard the cries of the Egyptians as their firstborn fell. They had walked between towering walls of water that divided at the command of Moses, then watched as those walls collapsed on the armies of the pharaoh. They ate bread that miraculously appeared each morning, drank water gushing from a rock, felt Sinai quake, and saw it glow with fire. What people in all of history had greater witness that God was with them and would use His unsurpassable power in their behalf? They had so much and were promised so much more. Then came the choice. In one foolish, blind, faithless choice this generation of Israel lost...

Embrace every aspect of yourself. Search around for stored up anger. If you are fearful about discovering your anger, remember that your power is buried along with it. Anger is only a negative emotion when it is suppressed or dealt with in an unhealthy way. When you have compassion for yourself you can easily allow all aspects of yourself, Your Love and your anger, to coexist inside you. Whenever I'm judging myself or others I know I'm holding on to it negative interpretations of a quality or an event. It is essential at times like this to let myself express my emotions in a healthy way.