- ji on The good ending: “I believe Mr. Trump is a mean, old man in serious cognitive decline — I believe things will get worse before they get better (after all, he’s been president for less than six months, with more than three-and-a-half years left to go). I regret his attacks on our republic’s institutions, processes, and constitution, and I deplore the hatred he and his MAGA community have for immigrants. Nonetheless, I still celebrated July 4th. The United States is still a great country.” Jul 5, 15:36
- on The good ending: ““Happy Independence Day??” I did not celebrate — I can’t celebrate. I am convinced that we have an evil group in power trying to take away our independence. And, Curtis, I find it particularly disturbing that the only way you can justify things is by claiming that the reports are not believable. That lack of belief and choosing which sources to believe is why we’re in a situation that is rapidly heading toward autocracy.” Jul 5, 12:15
- on AI Church Movies: “Yeah, those little covers make them look more like carriages of fire.” Jul 4, 18:24
- on John Turner’s Experience with Joseph Smith: “I can’t take seriously anyone who claims that Joseph didn’t have metal plates. You may challenge whether they were given to him by an angel or not, but there are at least 15 eyewitnesses to the physical reality of those plates. Not just under a wrap or in a box, but men and women who actually saw the pages of the plates themselves. That Turner can’t get this basic fact right, and goes through some truly baffling mental gymnastics to avoid acknowledging these facts, makes me seriously doubt all of God analysis. If you can’t get the basics right, you’re not very likely to understand the more complex stuff, either. Which is likely why Turner thinks Joseph went of the rails in Nauvoo, because Turner’s analysis is weak.” Jul 4, 13:23
- on AI Church Movies: “My favorite is the dainty little chariots of fire with the built-in sun screen. Gives a whole new meaning to “Then we shall fight in the shade!”” Jul 4, 12:37
- on The good ending: “I thought about posting another long rebuttal, but it’s the 4th of July and it feels like this has gone on long enough. Happy Independence Day! Enjoy your freedom today. I plan to.” Jul 4, 11:22
- on Latter-day Saints are Really Fast Long-Distance Runners: ““Wrestling could have been our thing (Cael Sanderson, Rulon Gardner, Mark Schultz coaching the BYU team) if BYU hadn’t canned their wrestling program.” Don’t get me started. My dad was a national champion wrestler who competed (and won national medals) well into his 60s (not the 1960s, he finally retired somewhere around age 66), who was on the BYU Wrestling team way back in the day. This is, like, the one sport we can know Joseph Smith regularly engaged in (historical records claim he even wrestled the guards at one prison he was in), and – BYU cans it. for (stupid) reasons. I might start ranting. Generally, I tend to defend BYU on most issues, but Wrestling is not one of them.” Jul 4, 09:48
- on AI Church Movies: “The horses and chariots of fire are reminiscent of Stonehenge from Spinal Tap.” Jul 4, 08:52
