Utah #1 in USA for Ponzi schemes - and how it relates to the latter-days
Posted: April 29th, 2019, 7:55 pm
https://www.ksl.com/article/46541729/do ... ted-states
Utah is by far the worst state in the country for Ponzi schemes.
Affinity fraud is a huge winner.
"Though commonly called 'affinity fraud,' it's more of a way for con artists to market their scams to people in their communities. They exploit their close personal relationships, whether it's in business or more likely through neighborhood or religious associations.
Maglich said many perpetrate the scheme by getting the blessing or participation of those who share their faith and use it as a distribution and solicitation network."
I feel like a big reason this works in Utah is the same reason MLM has had such a strong foothold in Utah, whatever those reasons truly are.
I just wanted to say that this has a parallel in the church. There are fraudsters all over in the church who use their membership in the group and connections with "important people" to gain trust. They make use of that trust to teach lies. I believe that there are several huge frauds going on in the church culture right now, and that several of them have at least a large portion of their root lodged in my hometown of Provo at BYU.
This is happening in at least the following areas:
The SSA debate.
Book of Mormon geography (this one has been going on for decades).
Science.
Debates relevant to psychology and brain science (immodesty, pornography, SSA, etc.)
Pseudo-feminism.
Socialism.
etc.
Today, I had the distinct impression that perhaps a major pivot in the latter-day scene will be when temple sealers co-opt authority they don't have and perform same-sex marriage sealings in the temple. That would be a fitting "fruit" of all the doctrine fraud going on at BYU. I hope this doesn't happen, but I believe that it may. How can it not, with the speed at which the false doctrines are being pounded into every ear?
Depending on how that unfolded, I could see the Salt Lake Tribune publishing an article before the church has had a chance to respond, and the article going something like this, "Temple Sealer Performs Same-sex Sealing at Temple. Church's Position on SSM Reversed!"
With that then followed by a massive celebration by many members of the church.
With that then followed by an official announcement by the church leadership that no such sealing was authorized, that the church's official doctrine on chastity has not and will not change, and that the sealer has been excommunicated.
With that then followed by a MASSIVE break in the church, with a division like has never before been seen, with the winnowing nearing its final stage.
All brought about by fraud.
As I often do, I hope I'm wrong.
These are the thoughts in the mind of a man who hungers to hear the servants of Christ teach the doctrine of chastity with greater clarity and greater power than ever before, in a unified and very direct way, leaving ZERO room for anybody to wonder what is and isn't official doctrine.
Utah is by far the worst state in the country for Ponzi schemes.
Affinity fraud is a huge winner.
"Though commonly called 'affinity fraud,' it's more of a way for con artists to market their scams to people in their communities. They exploit their close personal relationships, whether it's in business or more likely through neighborhood or religious associations.
Maglich said many perpetrate the scheme by getting the blessing or participation of those who share their faith and use it as a distribution and solicitation network."
I feel like a big reason this works in Utah is the same reason MLM has had such a strong foothold in Utah, whatever those reasons truly are.
I just wanted to say that this has a parallel in the church. There are fraudsters all over in the church who use their membership in the group and connections with "important people" to gain trust. They make use of that trust to teach lies. I believe that there are several huge frauds going on in the church culture right now, and that several of them have at least a large portion of their root lodged in my hometown of Provo at BYU.
This is happening in at least the following areas:
The SSA debate.
Book of Mormon geography (this one has been going on for decades).
Science.
Debates relevant to psychology and brain science (immodesty, pornography, SSA, etc.)
Pseudo-feminism.
Socialism.
etc.
Today, I had the distinct impression that perhaps a major pivot in the latter-day scene will be when temple sealers co-opt authority they don't have and perform same-sex marriage sealings in the temple. That would be a fitting "fruit" of all the doctrine fraud going on at BYU. I hope this doesn't happen, but I believe that it may. How can it not, with the speed at which the false doctrines are being pounded into every ear?
Depending on how that unfolded, I could see the Salt Lake Tribune publishing an article before the church has had a chance to respond, and the article going something like this, "Temple Sealer Performs Same-sex Sealing at Temple. Church's Position on SSM Reversed!"
With that then followed by a massive celebration by many members of the church.
With that then followed by an official announcement by the church leadership that no such sealing was authorized, that the church's official doctrine on chastity has not and will not change, and that the sealer has been excommunicated.
With that then followed by a MASSIVE break in the church, with a division like has never before been seen, with the winnowing nearing its final stage.
All brought about by fraud.
As I often do, I hope I'm wrong.
These are the thoughts in the mind of a man who hungers to hear the servants of Christ teach the doctrine of chastity with greater clarity and greater power than ever before, in a unified and very direct way, leaving ZERO room for anybody to wonder what is and isn't official doctrine.
