REPUBLICANS COMPROMISE TO PASS GAY MARRIAGE BILL IN SENATE   As usual, controversial bills are given euphemistic titles that hide their real agenda. This one was called the “Respect for Marriage Act” but it was really only the “respect for GAY marriage act.” In the Senate on Wednesday 12 Republicans joined all the DemocratsRead more

It seems that those who live by faith have, like Joseph Smith, learned how to walk out on a limb, and expect God to help them. I remember the stories of Joseph needing something, and being able to pull it off against all odds in the allotted time frame. There are many such stories. ARead more

Some comments on the challenges of bedtime shared with me:   Key ideas: -old times families went to bed at the same time regardless of age -old times they worked harder manual labor and were more tired at night -old times they went down and up based on the sun -limiting screens before bed helpsRead more

Kreeft is a Catholic professor of philosophy and does much work in Christian apologetics. Listening to him he seems to have a humble and instructive spirit about him which I quite enjoy. The follow texts he suggests are not all by Catholic authors, only a handful are. See the full lecture from which this listRead more

It seems a popular sport these days for popular general authorities, scholars, or other ‘renown’ speakers to show up at a spiritual Saturday night stake conference session, and roast those present for Utah statistics on pornography use, anti-depressant use (actually they don’t roast us for that but it’s popular in Utah), and other lowly UtahRead more

  The following by Dennis Isaacson is shared with permission:   “What is dividing the light and darkness about? We know that the creation of our sun and moon hadn’t been mentioned yet when this occurred, so what is this referring to? Let’s examine this:   “And the earth was without form, and void; andRead more

            Reports of Deaths After COVID Vaccines Up by 259 in 1 Week, CDC Data Show April 15 2021 This week’s 31% increase in reports of Bell’s Palsy marks a break with past trends. Otherwise, today’s data reflect trends that have emerged since The Defender first began tracking VAERS reportsRead more

Satanists sue for religious right to ritual abortions – Washington Times https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/6/satanists-sue-for-religious-right-to-ritual-aborti/ Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Man’s Skin to Peel Off: Doctors …“We ruled out all the viral infections, we ruled out COVID-19 itself, we made sure that his kidneys and liver was okay, and finally we came to the conclusion that it wasRead more

US ‘Mysteriously’ Sees Lowest Flu Season On Record During COVID Pandemic However, as we previously highlighted, other health experts have suggested that flu cases are so dramatically low because influenza cases are being falsely counted as COVID cases — ZeroHedge Amazon Under Fire For Blocking An Anti-Transgender Book Amazon appeared to deplatform Ryan Anderson and his best-sellingRead more

Orwell’s 1984 and Today January 22 2021 If it sounds far-fetched, look at China today: there are cameras everywhere watching the people, and everything they do on the Internet is monitored. Algorithms are run and experiments are underway to assign each individual a social score. If you don’t act or think in the politically correctRead more

Introductory Notes: *The following are traditionalist (not progressive) authors & teachers among the Latter-day Saints who have made significant contributions to the righteous education of the saints. *Some of these have written at length on the subjects they’re mentioned in, others are people in positions of authority who have made strong traditionalist statements in theRead more

  Parler Becomes Most Downloaded App As Conservative-Driven Revolt From Twitter Intensifies Lately, Republican social media users, who have been censored or de-platformed, have embarked on a great migration to a new platform, that is, Parler, bills itself as a Twitter rival with “an unbiased social media focused on real user experiences and engagement.” — ZeroHedge NHSRead more

These are my notes & commentary and do not represent a balanced summary of the author’s work. I’ve selected portions of the text which were relevant to me and placed them here in my own words, in an abbreviated fashion, with occasional added commentary. Though this article introduces some main ideas from the text, itRead more

EXCLUSIVE SOURCE: Biden Daughter’s Diary Details ‘Not Appropriate’ Showers With Joe As Child National File has obtained what a whistleblower has identified as a copy of the complete diary of Ashley Blazer Biden, the 39-year-old daughter of Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden, dating from during the 2020 presidential campaign. National File also knows the reportedRead more

December 2018 12-20-18: What’s Up With Detroit? – John Stossel Tech Revolution: YouTube – John Stossel America’s Entrepreneurial Spirit – John Stossel Tax Day in America – John Stossel Red Tape Stifles the Free Market (including people giving advice on blogs getting charged for unlicensed practice of psychology,etc.) – John Stossel Government Should Do LessRead more

    Climate Prediction Swings and Misses: A Decade of Alarmist Strike Outs, 2010-2019 What follows are climate predictions forecast to come true during the 2010s – one for each year. A few timely missed predictions for 2020 are also added as a bonus feature. — Watts Up With That   Sexual Exploitation ‘Epidemic’ inRead more

Fox won’t show abortion survivors’ Super Bowl ad but OKs drag queen commercial …The organization declared on social media this week that over the past six months, it has struggled in its quest to have Fox clear a half-minute commercial for the big game. According to the petition, Faces of Choice was told by FoxRead more

  Socialism: A Brief Taxonomy …It should be noted that if a socialist current of any flavor is given sufficient run time, then, regardless of the chosen path, all causative factors will reach their maximum value. That is, in the limit, as mathematicians say, all means of production will inevitably be socialized, and the individualRead more

School In Brooklyn Hands Out “Drag Queen In Training” Stickers To 4-Year-Old You can’t stop progress! — Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News   WARNING: This Video Shows How Far Those in Power Will Go to Maintain Control of a Quarantine .. Under severe circumstances, those in control will take extreme measures to keep it.Read more

YouTube Censors Viral Video of Doctors Criticizing ‘Stay-at-Home’ Order …”We’ve been to hundreds of autopsies. You don’t talk about one thing, you talk about comorbidities. ER doctors now [say] ‘It’s interesting when I’m writing about my death report, I’m being pressured to add COVID. Why is that?” — Summit News Pentagon Releases US Navy FootageRead more

Deep State Profiles Coronavirus Protesters as Domestic Terrorists The deep state is demonizing protesters who are taking to the streets because their livelihoods are being destroyed as a domestic terrorist threat — Big League Politics Harvard professor wants to ban homeschooling because it’s ‘authoritarian’ .. “She is concerned with families having this power, while IRead more

Seattle Police Chief Asks Why Black People Keep Dying in the ‘Black Lives Matter’ CHOP Zone Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best asked why two African-Americans were dead at a place that “clamed to be working for Black Lives Matter” after a 16-year-old teenager was killed inside the CHOP police-free zone. Despite organizers urging occupiers toRead more

Unsealed Court Docs Suggest Bill Clinton Was On Pedo Island With Epstein Documents also contain explosive claims against attorney Alan Dershowitz — Summit News “There Is No Proven Effectiveness” – Netherlands Refuses To Mandate Mask Wearing In Public American public health experts, led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, have struggled over the past couple of monthsRead more

10 Ways Big Tech Can Shift Millions of Votes in the November Elections—Without Anyone Knowing A noted researcher describes 10 ways Google, Facebook, other companies could shift millions of votes in the US midterms — The Epoch Times A critique of modern socialism Socialism has moved on from the Marxist version of the state owningRead more

Two Crucial Things Emerged From The First Presidential Debate The short version of the debate is that Biden did well if one ignored that almost every other statement he made was a lie or fantasy; Trump dominated him, almost too aggressively; and Chris Wallace may have been the worst and most obviously biased moderator sinceRead more

These are 50 last days events identified by Duane Crowther. He has done extensive research on this and other gospel subjects and is a renown Latter-day Saint author. In the book there are supporting references from scriptures ancient and modern, as well as supporting and clarifying statements from the prophets. Some of his other booksRead more

The Effects of Family of Origin on an Individual’s Attachment Preferences Kourtney Hernandez, Katelyn Louder, Michael Kezele, Nate Richardson SFL 290 – Brigham Young University Professor Draper   Abstract   The family an individual is raised in can change their entire schema, perception, and trajectory of life. This study seeks to understand whether the sizeRead more

The author is a long-time social scientist and church member who has worked teaching in the CES program.   Home environment Quality time The crossroads Family traditions Children’s friends Peer pressure Television Music Movies Parental example Expressing love verbally Physical affection Support Marriage Family fun Discipline Worldy heroes Teaching correct principles Human intimacy Steady datingRead more

To the couple who is sexually active yet forbids from marriage, and thus forbids procreation of children together, we also ask: If your sexual intimacy is always hindered by the placement of some unnatural item between you, such as a condom, or some unnatural act such as spilling the seed outside, or some unnatural medicationRead more

God has ordained that men are to marry women. Further, God has ordained that there will be great joy in the friendship between brethren. “No man can love another man as much as I love Joseph.” – Brigham Young Thus we see that the highest form of love is not erotic/sexual/romantic, but the love ofRead more

DON’T:   -don’t inflict physical harm -don’t yell -don’t instill fear -don’t expect immediate obedience -don’t withhold meals & snacks -don’t isolate -don’t humiliate/ridicule/belittle/mock -don’t selectively enforce rules -don’t make threats & rules you aren’t willing to follow through on   DO:   -out of control children should be kept near a parent until theyRead more

The scriptures treating Eden say that Satan was the most subtle, above all the beasts of the field (Gen. 3:1). Subtle can be translated to naked in Hebrew. It also uses that word to describe Adam and Eve, stating that they were naked. Later we read of being clothed with coats of skins. One possibleRead more

There is a way of manhood, of the true man, even God our father, and we becoming like him, shed various things which are not compliant with the standard of his character (and there is a female counterpart hidden presently from view for sacred protection which pertains to our trial; we know she exists butRead more

Ideas I’ve heard for “The ice shall flow down at their presence” from D&C 133   -Ice moving to make a path -Heat coming from beneath, melting the glaciers and skating them down the hill to the sea. -Fires of the second coming turn the land into a paradise, not a cold wasteland, similar toRead more

Questions for the 1 Verse per Day Scripture Enthusiasts: By Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com ———————————————————————————————————————— Have you heard it said that we should “read at least a verse a day in the scriptures”? In this article, I will teach why such an idea is not consistent with the gospel plan by posing a series of questions,Read more

4 Excuses People Use To Claim The Second Coming of Christ Is Distant by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com “The World is Not Bad Enough Yet” “The Lord’s People aren’t ready yet” “Much Prophecy Needs to Be Fulfilled Before He Comes (“wars, gatherings, meetings and stuff”)” “Past Prophets Thought It Was Soon, but We’re Still Waiting” Note: ForRead more

A popular theme in pop entertainment & media is that “anything goes” when it comes to sexuality, health, and beauty. Well, anything doesn’t go. This essay takes apart the argument that all bodies are equally beautiful, that there is no standard of beauty, and that beauty is wholly subjective. With all due respect to those whoRead more

Forgiveness & Tolerance: Compiled by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com -“Bless our enemies. Help us to understand them, and them to understand us.” This was an oft repeated phrase in President Kimball’s prayers. (“Spencer W. Kimball: A True Disciple of Jesus Christ” by Elder Marvin J Ashton, Gen. Conf. April 1985) -Holding a grudge is rejecting Christ, and bringsRead more

-Mega Weight Loss from Epic Running: I heard of a man who lost over 100 pounds, I think it was 150 pounds, in 3 months by running 5 miles a day and changing his eating. I threw this in here as a hopeful thing to remember when nothing else seems to work. And running 5Read more

On Godhead and Gender Fluidity: How Satan Desensitizes Us Against Truth by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com Here is an analogy to help you understand how the Godhead is 3 seperate people rather than the trinity idea of them all being the same person. Your mother is not your father is not your spouse. All of theseRead more

Saving the Human Race by Family Centered Life Plans: A Guide for the Aspiring Charitable Heart by Nate Richardson, September 2018 editor@richardsonstudies.com Topics here include a look at social work and therapists as being secondary to fathers and mothers. We compare homes to treatment centers and rehabilitation facilities. We look at balancing our desires toRead more

-“it has been frightening to me to see the churches closed, boarded up, with weeds growing in the yard, or open but empty. We face the frightening thought of a generation raised without any contact with scripture.” ((Elder Boyd K. Packer, ‘The Only True and Living Church’, Conference Report, Oct. 1971 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1971/10/the-only-true-and-living-church?lang=eng&query=only+true+church#watch=video) -“When a communityRead more

  -4 Nephi 1:10 One of the marks of a righteous civilization is that they “multiply exceedingly fast”. They love each other and know what they have should be promulgated throughout the earth every way possible. Have children, lots of them, and don’t wait around about it. This “multiplying exceedingly fast” is recorded just beforeRead more

Careers Benefits of RN/NP/DNP VS MD (nurse track vs med Dr track) by Nate Richardson, editor@richardsonstudies.com, 2018 Nurse can still become a Dr just small steps vs large step. Nurse gets AS for the job, and gets more pay as they get BS MS NP and Dr degrees in nursing (NP, DNP). Nurses get jobsRead more

The top 3 things to look for in a spouse while you date? Look for 3 types of craziness. Other than those, it really doesn’t matter who you choose – God’s children can be compatible with each other if these 3 things are present. Crazy for you 2. Crazy for Jesus 3. Crazy for Mormonism.Read more

I’ve heard women say they want to be listened to, not given advice. While this can be accommodated to an extent, it’s not fair to ask a man to just sit and listen to his wife’s complaints and ask him to be restrained. Men love their wives. Thus it is in their nature to tryRead more

How to Do What You Love: Philosophical Discussion on 3 Options For Vocation by Nate Richardson, RichardsonStudies.com, editor@richardsonstudies.com It seems there are a few ways to do what you love. 1. persuade people to pay you for it 2. focus on getting money so you can arrange to do it 3. fit it in onRead more

For a video presentation of this article click here Joseph Smith said in plain English that Heavenly Father has a Father. Here is the quote from “Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith” page 373 (meeting of June 16, 1844), “I learned a testimony concerning Abraham, and he reasoned concerning the God of heaven. “In orderRead more

Newt Gengrich, though he is not all good, has come out and said that we should not let the Muslims who believe in Sheria law into the USA. We must understand that Article 9 of the US Constitution says that the US Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Those who are for ShariaRead more

Multiculturalism and leaving Babylon culture for higher like fat man leaves and looses taste for junk food by Nate Richardson 2018 We can come away from Babylon culture and start to learn to love better culture. Like a fat person can learn to enjoy eating salad and other things which will bring savor and health,Read more

WHY SATAN DOES WHAT HE DOES BASED ON MATTER AND INTELLIGENCE AND PHYSICS: Excerpt from “Hiding in Plain Sight: Unmasking the Secret Combinations of the Latter-days” by Ken Bowers Compiled by Nate Richardson RichardsonStudies.com After the Amalekites and Amulonites rejected the true gospel they still built synagoges and attempted to worship God. So we seeRead more

God’s People are His Glory by Nate Richardson RichardsonStudies.com 5-13-17 Mormon 8:15 defines the glory of God as his covenant people. God is full of glory, having a numerous people, and his glory grows forever, the more people come follow him. He continues to have children. He doesn’t rule over anyone save they are hisRead more

Scripture References from “Preach My Gospel: A Guide To Missionary Service” These are the scripture references from PMG, no more, no less. Compiled by Nate Richardson PreachMyGospelScriptorian.com RichardsonStudies.com For PDF version with better formatting: PMG Refs, complete Introduction D&C 88:77 Ch 1 What Is My Purpose as a Missionary? Your Commission to Teach the RestoredRead more

7 Ways Hollywood is Painfully out of Touch by Blimey Cow “Messy Mondays” (Jordan Taylor)

Violence is on the television screen at the public places and the people cheer; this is the sign that the hearts have waxed cold. They do this for entertainment – they don’t care about reality. They will not lift a finger to protect their nation nor the morals of their nation. They have no moralsRead more

Therapist VS Father as Saviors of Mankind A Peculiar Family Size Theory by Nate Richardson 5-4-18 RichardsonStudies.com Thesis: A father will save more souls by governing a large posterity than would a professional therapist in his line of work. “And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and theRead more

Family and Godhead in the Plan of Salvation by Nate Richardson 12-14-17 PDF chart format Family and Godhead in the Plan of Salvation by Nate Richardson 12-14-17

-secular= lack of sacred -sacred= only for those worthy; not secret, but must be qualified for. -temple= beautiful and extreme ecstasy, but only allowed in with recommend -body= a temple -immodesty= no temple recommend access to see the sacred -sacrament to who is unworthy= damnation -seeking false gods= pleasure in ways other than appointed methodsRead more

Why our Society is going to Hell by Nate Richardson 2-27-18 RichardsonStudies.com I was thinking “There are so many reasons why our society is evil” and decided to pen a few of them to get my thoughts straight. I’m puzzled when I meet people who thinks that the status quo is peachy. They say “WhatsRead more

Here we argue that our character is our fault, regardless of external forces and situations we’re placed into in life, leaving us before God in a state of point-blank accountability. We will also consider how Christ is merciful and takes into account our circumstances, though we do not excuse ourselves. -2 Ne. 28:23 this verseRead more

I don’t suggest all of their stuff as some of it gets rude but I quite enjoy these: Manly – effeminate Provo boys Wedding Roar Ditching Darby Fail – testing center Provo, UT Girls Cougars Mormon Misunderstanding – not strange yet strange I’m Batman – failing sidekick disguises The Revenant: Back from the dead –Read more

Preach My Gospel Ch. 3 What to Study and Teach Scripture References compiled by Nate Richardson updated 1-26-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com (this goes through each of the 5 lessons in Preach My Gospel Ch. 3 on what to study and teach. It is a list of the scriptures as suggested reading in those chapters by topicRead more

  Jewish scholar at BYU as guest lecture -can’t understand Christianity outside of its Jewish background -the genre of parables is to indict people whereas the sermon on the mount was to comfort people. -parables deal with things we already know about but don’t want to deal with. -lost coin elite person on knees lookingRead more

Parenthood: The Eternal Fountain of Glory by Nate Richardson 5-13-17 richardsonstudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com Topics: Exaltation, Parenthood, Plan of Salvation Mormon 8:15 defines the glory of God as his covenant people. God is full of glory, having a numerous people, and his glory grows forever, the more people come follow him. He continues to have children. ProphetsRead more

A Nova Program These are my notes & commentary and do not represent a balanced summary of the author’s work. I’ve selected portions of the text which were relevant to me and placed them here in my own words, in an abbreviated fashion, with added commentary. Though this article introduces some main ideas from theRead more

(these notes cover Ch’s 1&2 of the text) –carry the tools to study better *i.e. notecards notepad always a book etc. -all may be genius, it’s a matter of investment -watching TV decreases intelligence, and hence we can do things to increase our intelligence. -3 foundations for super learning: preparation, memory, concentration; pg. 8 -trainRead more