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                    Where can you find news you can trust?    False Narratives: “The Lies We Tell Ourselves”  By  United Families International  · April 27, 2022 The following was contributed by Shannon Wixom. Key Take Aways: Modern-day culture and media have perfected the art of presenting opinions and falsehoods as facts. This is often accomplished via “false narratives.” Today’s headlines are packed with “false narratives” on topics like abortion, LGBT rights, violence against women, and causes of poverty,  False narratives begin with the acceptance of a false premise. They can be difficult to spot, but don’t be fooled! ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________________________ Modern-day culture and media have perfected the art of presenting opinions and falsehoods as facts. Social science refers to this phenomenon as “false narrative.”  A “false narrative” is a version of an issue or an event that, while partly true...

  This is a subject in which I have a very personal interest, and also aversion!  I had a best female friend in college, to whom I was a bridesmaid at her wedding.  About 15 to 20 years after I had no contact with her, "she" showed up at my home, a transgender "man", and wanted me to accept her!  That was in about 1970 give or take 2 or 3 years.  At that time, I had never heard of such a thing!  I believe it was the biggest shock I've had in my entire life!     It appears that young females are the most vulnerable to this today.  SAD! Gender Ideology Run Amok By  Abigail Shrier  · February 6, 2022 The following first appeared  in Imprimis  and is adapted from a speech delivered on April 27, 2021, in Franklin, Tennessee, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. In 2007, America had one pediatric gender clinic; today there are hundreds. Testosterone is readily available to adolescents from places like Planned Par...

This is a very perceptive article, well worth reading and thinking about! Guess this dangerous scripture riddle in 14 clues By  Shalissa Lindsay  · August 17, 2020 This scripturally prophesied danger can be named with a single word.  Can you guess it?  CLUE SET #1: 1.  I’m delicious to practically everyone. 2.  I am extremely lucrative. 3.  I can increase your social standing and popularity. 4.  Love songs and sonnets owe their success to me. 5.  Once I was offered mostly to kings and rulers. Today, I am offered to absolutely everyone on the planet. 6.  Ancient wise emperors feared me as a poison. Have an idea?  Keep thinking while you scroll down for the next set of clues… x x x x x x CLUE SET #2: 7.  I am never associated with God, angels, or prophets—with one exception.  During Alma-the-Younger’s sinful youth—before he repented—he used me a great deal. [i] ...

I so much love and appreciate Larry Barkdull!   He gave me a chance to have 3 Simplified Favorites books, Hymns, Primary Songs, and Songs for LDS Women, published in 1989 and 1990.  Anything you can read that he wrote, is well worth your time! When Children Fall Away by Deception and Offense By  Larry Barkdull  · February 12, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Editor’s Note: Our friend and longtime Meridian writer Larry Barkdull passed away. To remember and honor him this is one of a series of his past articles that we are republishing regularly. To the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord revealed an astonishing doctrine that speaks to the far-reaching effects of the Atonement. It also hints that our wayward children’s pre-mortal righteousness will be taken into account when judgments are pronounced. This doctrine seems to make allowance for those who have been deceived by the doctrines of man or who have be...