Here is something I wrote today about the atonement of Jesus the Messiah:
Jesus didn't die on the cross for he died in the Garden of Gethsemane, at least his mortal side did. The journey of atoning for our sins began within the confines of that garden, where he undertook the initial toll. The process of enduring the atonement began there, yet the completion of that infinite sacrifice continued on the cross. In the Garden, his mortality was crushed like olives underfoot, with each drop of blood being expelled from his body. The Garden of Gethsemane was an oliveta, a grove of olive trees. The restorative potency of olives resides in their oil. Historically, olive oil is produced through the pressing of olives by bare feet. His blood was pressed from his body in the olive grove, mirroring the process of the extracting of oil from olives. The duality of his being, encompassing both mortal vulnerability and immortal resilience, allowed him to persist in life. His capacity to experience death stemmed from his mother, while his father granted him the resilience for our benefit. He stood alone as the sole individual capable of transcending mortal demise, resolutely bearing the weight of the atonement for us, the frail and feeble. He stood as the sole figure capable of bearing the burdens of another, untainted by even the slightest sin or transgression. As he departed the garden, his cloak was soaked in his own blood drained from his mortal frame, signifying the death of his mortality. His mortality ceased to persist as his blood was drained, leaving only spirit coursing through his veins but his divinity kept him present. He continued to endure the atonement, bearing the ultimate price for sins he never committed, his soul untainted by the evils for which he sacrificed. Even in the face of mockery, he endured the suffering still for the transgressions of mankind. With every step bearing the weight of the cross, he felt the depths of our sins resonate within his soul. As nails pierced his hands, wrists, and feet, he bore the weight of our anxieties and heartbreaks, becoming intimately acquainted with the struggles of human existence. He hung upon the cross, refusing to yield to the death of his mortal form, for his mission to pay the price for our souls was not yet complete. Upon completing the debt for sin, he declared his work was done, surrendering to mortal death. Yet, he returned in all his immortal glory three days later, triumphantly defeating death itself.

To members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
Do you consider polygamy to be wrong in today's world?
If not, do you think it should be legal and morally good for those called to live this law?

I am building a course to put a few different places that teaches the process of learning a foreign language. I speak Chinese, Korean, and Cebuano my mission language. I was pretty fluent at all of those at one time but I'm not so fluent anymore. I am working at getting good at Chinese because I want to raise the children I will have after marriage speaking to them in Chinese so they will benefit from being a native speaker in Chinese and English. What do you think? What languages do you speak? What languages do you want to learn?

We do not need to agree on everything but we should not share divisive things. We do not have to agree on everything in order to be united. We can have different opinions and still be united.

Talking and disagreeing is united.
Disagreeing and not talking is divided.

I am trying to get us to talk. We need to be willing to see our bias and then avoid that bias long enough to hear the other side's view.

Politics is trying to divide us. Eugene Ionesco said, "Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."

In line with that, I say, "We need to stop clinging to our left-wing or right-wing ideologies and seeing all people as one or the other. Instead, we just need to see people as people with dreams and struggles of their own. Only then can we work hard to help each other fulfill our dreams and get through the hard times together without becoming broken and divided. We don’t need to agree on everything but we should be able to discuss anything and everything civilly so we can at least understand each other’s points of view and continue to see others with whom we disagree as humans and love them as much as we love a friend."

From Facebook, I wrote this in response a divisive conservative post after I quoted Eugene Ionesco, "You might say that the Democrats are being divisive and then I would ask, "So you want to be a Democrat or maybe just like them?" Two wrongs do not make a right. They will never likely be Christlike but we should be so. This post is really divisive as it is meant to divide Americans into two camps the 'us' and the 'them'. While we play that game, we will be completely divided and that is Satan's plan not God's."

We as a people need to be more civil to one another, please! Spoken like it was coming from your mother's mouth.

I said this in a political group text, "All true but we should be more diplomatic in how we act towards God's children, our brothers and sisters. They will never come into Christ and submit to God's will as long as we treat them as outsiders, unworthy to sit down with us and talk civilly about things."

We need to repent which is another word for change. I am doing so as well and this post is proof of it. How about we all change.

They don't realize it but what Texas and others are doing for their voting laws is what we all need. My dad believes it is wrong but what he doesn't think is I can go to a polling place and claim I am him and vote in his stead. If they don't verify, I could do that for anyone even women. They must do something to verify the votes and that only can be done well and cheaply when voting is done in person. We cannot know that Biden won otherwise. I can say he didn't win and my dad can say that he did but there is no way of making sure he did in fact win without laws like what Texas is trying to make.