Re: Discerning Symbols
Posted: April 7th, 2021, 10:43 am
A lot of things are possible. I've seen it go both ways, dirty stuff gets covered up but then false allegations made for profit. You look at Joseph and Potiphar's wife, the queen's word may have been credible because nobody had a reason to doubt her, but then you have the servant of Morianton who was beaten badly and took her story to Moroni. These things are really hard to prove sometimes and the guilty can look innocent and vice versa.Thinker wrote: ↑April 5th, 2021, 10:55 amThere’s more - look again at it & FBI discovered pedophile symbols. And again, repeatedly covering up child sex abuse is nothing to casually dismiss. Even though a pedophile came forward to confess himself & named Nelson’s daughter, it was dismissed. Some have reason to believe church leaders have influence over Utah courts. So as it is, all we can do is study it out & pray. After doing so, I’ve felt the Spirit confirm the need to maintain boundaries & warn. I could be wrong, but again, I’d rather err on the side of caution, given all the facts.
When it comes to symbols though, and having been a designer for nearly 30 years, it is very very easy to craft something that can be taken out of context. The main reason is because everyone wants to use the most powerful symbols for good or evil. Designers know what symbols are powerful but may not be aware of how they are being used for evil purposes. It's hard to really find any symbol at all that isn't be used by some group or movement to communicate their ill intent.
The most well-known is probably the rainbow and the homosexual movement. Just because one group uses a symbol doesn't make it off limits for others. Context is key otherwise we wouldn't be able to use any symbols at all.
You mention the fingerprint below, but again, simply stringing together this and that doesn't equal proof of nefarious intent or even a connection. I can't tell you how often something will be designed and someone will come along and say "Oh, I wouldn't do that... people might interpret it to mean _____" and that happened with an animated project for kids where a particular scene that was completely innocent was read into by a homosexual who suggested that a particular action could be interpreted as a very disgusting practice that I had no idea even existed.
Designers are typically given a lot of leeway when it comes to what they design and hiding deep connections to nefarious things just isn't something you really see. Secret combinations, the real ones, are not stupid enough to compromise their situations by playing childish games.
There are a lot of musicians, artists, and such that like to use Illuminati symbols and such to create controversy and stir delusions of grandeur and while they may be millionaires they don't hold a candle to the global titans, many of whom you've probably never heard their names.
As far as China goes, it's true that they do a ton of evil and doing any dealings with them is kind of a mixed bag. But remember how God is wiser than man. Remember how Ammon went to dwell among the murderous King Lamoni and even had the gall to SERVE and HELP him. But in doing so, he did what no Nephite, not even Mosiah seemed to think was possible, he was the one factor that changed entire nations.Thinker wrote: ↑April 5th, 2021, 10:55 am Another issue worthy of attention is the reason for the fingerprint, given how the lds church has sold members’ & their families’ genealogical information to ancestry who recently sold it to China-affiliated Blackstone. China has been harvesting organs from concentration camp prisoners & even US donors.
Blackstone Reaches $4.7 Billion Deal to Buy Ancestry.com
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... cestry-com
“Blackstone Announces Majority Stake in the Largest Logistics Park in China's Greater Bay Area 09 November 2020 HONG KONG, November 10, 2020 -“
https://www.blackstone.com/press-releas ... -bay-area/
A Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship departed South Carolina in July carrying 6,000 pounds of human remains valued at $67,204
https://www.westernjournal.com/shipping ... argo-ship/
China forcefully harvests organs from detainees, tribunal concludes
“Some of the more than 1.5 million detainees in Chinese prison camps are being killed for their organs to serve a booming transplant trade that is worth some $1 billion a year.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chin ... s-n1018646
Blackstone Group to Buy Stake in Israeli Firm Behind Gov Surveillance Software
https://www.mintpressnews.com/blackston ... re/230073/
You can kill and destroy your enemies but it is much better to convert them. The Book of Mormon has these stories in it for a reason, they were put there by people who saw our day and knew the impact they would have.
Many may not trust the church, but I trust God. He has his ways and secret combinations will be destroyed, their days are numbered. Until then, I'm not surrendering the church to them by my absence. The vast majority of the saints are good and I trust the church collectively far more than any other organization I can think of because of the people I know at all levels.







