A video about how society isn’t ready to talk about abortion, and how abortion is clearly wrong but it’s not that simple. I use a video from Jordan Peterson when he gets asked about abortion, because of the nuance and thoughtfulness that he uses. The problem with this topic is there are deeper questions that need to be answered before discussing abortion, such as: when does life begin? What are the ethics of different forms of birth control? What is the purpose of marriage? What is the purpose of intimacy? And you have to answer all of these questions on both a personal and societal level, in order to have an informed position and productive discussion on the legality of abortion.
If you enjoyed this video, I would recommend this video on the divisive term ‘anti-racism’: https://youtu.be/Sk48FlSYsEg
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I am grateful for my family, but this video is definitely not talking about my family. The fifth video in the mini series on giving thanks for the week of Thanksgiving.
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I am grateful for music. I live for music! The fourth video in the mini series on giving thanks for the week of Thanksgiving.
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Duel of the Fates: https://youtu.be/J1gH_cjdb60
How to Train your dragon: https://youtu.be/ZDyEERuK31Y
Rhapsody in Blue: https://youtu.be/6N7FQPSIXJQ
Hotel California: https://youtu.be/811QZGDysx0
Leaves from the vine: https://youtu.be/ErmZRsCIUsE
Lord of the small: https://youtu.be/NoHwD_6ATm8
Lord of the small description: https://www.jwpepper.com/Lord-of-the-Small/10094689.item#/submit
King of Pride Rock: https://youtu.be/Xw5bha0ZkRY
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A response video to Ellen and an interview she did with Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons. They talk about how people feel shame from the Mormon church, they cite a study of youth suicide in Utah, and because people want simple answers they make some pretty harsh and unfair criticisms, like how believers don’t think for themselves. In my opinion, pointing fingers hurts more than helps and it’s a false binary to choose between your religion and your kids. I don’t think it’s a good idea for people to say they ‘don’t need people who don’t support me’ - love doesn’t mean acceptance in every aspect, but it does mean nobody gets left behind. I just hope we could blame others less and take more time to show we care.
Ellen’s Interview: https://youtu.be/6JzkarnXZLg
Ellen’s Referenced Study: https://health.utah.gov/featured-news/cdc-investigation-shows-youth-suicides-in-utah-increasing
The Guardian on Anti-Discrimination Legislation: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/12/utah-passes-mormon-backed-lgbt-anti-discrimination-bill
Correlation and Causation video: https://youtu.be/VMUQSMFGBDo
World Atlas Church Population by State: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/mormon-population-by-state.html
CDC Suicide by State Graph: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/suicide-mortality/suicide.htm
Study Linking Elevation and Suicide: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114154/
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I look into the study called Demonstrations and Political Violence in America, and it is pretty biased. This study is known for stating that protests are mostly peaceful, particularly that 93% of protests are peaceful. I go through many of the specific examples it gives, from Micheal Brown, to Rashard Brooks, to Jacob Blake, and the study also covers the activities in Lafayette Square, CHAZ, and Portland. I think this study had some interesting data, and I appreciate having it, but considering the red flags I saw in this study, I still don’t think the term ‘mostly peaceful protests’ applies nearly as often as it is used.
If you enjoyed this video, I would recommend this video on a deep dive into data on systemic racism: https://youtu.be/-XsbyPZ3bLw
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Peaceful Protest study: https://acleddata.com/acleddatanew/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ACLED_USDataReview_Sum2020_SeptWebPDF_HiRes.pdf
FBI report on Micheal Brown: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf
Rayshard Brooks Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Rayshard_Brooks
Police side of Jacob Blake: https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/kenosha-cops-say-jacob-blake-was-holding-knife-contradicting-ag/
Statues removed or damaged during protests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_removed_during_the_George_Floyd_protests
Fox on Lafayette: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-lafayette-square-trump-protest-remarks
Wikipedia on CHAZ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Autonomous_Zone
Vox link to CHAZ/CHOP: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/7/2/21310109/chop-chaz-cleared-violence-explained
Andy Ngo footage of Portland: https://youtu.be/HJGt-yq6G0M
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As a Utah resident I’ve been following the Utah Senate midterm elections with interest, and now that the general election debate has happened, I’d like to recap my thoughts on the most interesting parts of that debate! The debate was spicy, honestly similar to the ads that have been running from both sides. I go over both parties take on federal spending, and then address McMullin’s statements that Lee ‘urged the white house when it lost to find fake electors to overturn the will of the people’ and that ‘that was the most egregious betrayal of our nation’s constitution in its history by a US senator’. So I go and read the relevant portions of text messages between Mike Lee and Marc Meadows (President Trump’s Chief of Staff) that were obtained and published earlier this year. Even if we look on Lee’s actions in the absolute worst light and intentions possible, to say his actions were the most egregious in history is laughable. I go back and cover spending because it doesn’t seem like Lee can do right in McMullin’s eyes. If Lee goes along with spending he is part of the problem, and if he opposes it he is part of the problem. The only way for Lee to get it right is to do things like McMullin wants them done. Seems like a catch 22 to me. I also briefly address the third party ads as they were discussed.
Introduction: 0:00:00
The debate: National Debt: 02:10
The debate: 2020 Election: 04:26
Lee and Meadows Texts: 08:35
The debate: Inflation: 11:30
Attack Ads and Conclusion: 15:15
If you enjoyed this video, I would recommend this video on McMullin’s switched positions: https://youtu.be/U5mF0Lxv-eE
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Deseret News on McMullin’s Character: https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/10/12/23399166/opinion-evan-mcmullin-political-character-endorsement
Washington Examiner McMullin and ‘Extremism’: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/evan-mcmullin-files-senate-challenge-in-utah-against-poster-child-for-the-politics-of-division
Deseret News McMullin and Division: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/7/11/23203889/what-does-independent-senate-even-mcmullin-biggest-threat-us-mitt-romney-cheney-kinzinger-jan6
Politico McMullin Interview: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/29/evan-mcmullin-trump-poi-00047807
Deseret News Op-Ed 1: https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/7/23/23273062/opinion-utah-politics-evan-mcmullin-is-the-candidate-you-need-us-senate-race-mike-lee-compromise
Deseret News Op-Ed 2: https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/6/23290742/opinion-cooperation-the-reason-im-voting-for-evan-mcmullin-utah-senate-race-mike-lee-mitt-romney
Debate Live Stream: https://youtu.be/M-JpUgIbTBg
Mike Lee Texts: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/read-mark-meadows-texts-mike-lee-chip-roy/index.html
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Knowing Better Endorses CES Letter? Knowing better did a deep dive a little bit ago on my Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But I raised my eyebrows when he fully endorsed the CES letter as an ‘epic take down’. So I show some passages from Jeremy Runnell’s CES Letter, as well as parts from a Faithful Reply to the CES Letter. All religions have these leaps of faith, and I’m not trying to condemn Jeremy or anyone for having a different level of certainty in a given subject. But when the CES letter throws objectively false claims and quotes out of context in with legitimate leaps of faith, it makes me highly suspicious that the points raised aren’t sincere.
If you enjoyed this video, I would recommend this video also responding to Knowing Better: https://youtu.be/p-bXkeCBmgo
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Knowing Better Video: https://youtu.be/Pl8B55MqOQo
Jeff Lindsay and the Big List: https://nothingwavering.org/2014/05/18/50057-coping-with-the-big-list-of-attacks-on-the-lds-faith.html
CES Letter: https://cesletter.org/CES-Letter.pdf
A Faithful Response to CES Letter: https://canonizer.com/files/reply.pdf
FAIR response to CES Letter: https://youtu.be/Ht_DNqAd2JE
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Having kids is about joy, which I feel is obvious, but apparently I still needed to make a response to Vox. The original video tries to say that having kids makes you less happy, and then focuses on connecting a ‘successful life’ with financial success. Both of these things seemed to be deceptively framed, but even the Vox host realizes that having kids is all about that connection, that relationship, and joy. To quote CS Lewis: “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.”
If you enjoyed this video, I would recommend this video related to Vox: https://youtu.be/1VJaf4e9WZw
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Parent Happiness Gap Study: https://epc2014.princeton.edu/papers/140098
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The third in a short series answer the question, are Mormons Christian? This episode is called Mormons and Salvation, but the real name of the Mormons are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but because I’m trying to approach the topic from a generically Christian perspective, I’m using the Church’s nickname to more easily answer people who have questions like, “Do Mormons confuse being saved?”, and “What do Mormons believe about being saved?” Anyway, I discuss faith vs works, the centrality of Christ’s great sacrifice for our redemption and salvation, and put forward that these discussion on doctrinal differences should never turn into an us and them, that is exactly what the devil would love, spend so much time squabbling over little details that we forget the basic tenets of Christianity.: to be meek, patient, and to love one another.
If you haven’t already seen the first two in the series, you can watch the first: https://youtu.be/bM74Kwaiduo or second: https://youtu.be/q5PH6f77ZIk
Sources:
Are Mormon’s Christian … Or not?: https://youtu.be/kdYoS0qejXA
Elder Uchtdorf: https://youtu.be/hbypUwECb8E
CS Lewis Quote: https://glenn.typepad.com/news/2003/08/cs_lewis_on_the.html
Elder Holland Testimony: https://youtu.be/8B2pqYPAtmM
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A response video to Rhett and Link’s Spiritual Deconstruction podcasts they did on Ear Biscuits. Rhett and Link are famous youtubers, probably most famous for their show called Good Mythical Morning, and previously they were fairly forward with their faith, but recently on their podcast they did a deconstruction on their faith. They invited others to tell their story, so here is mine. I talk about faith in Christ and belief in God, and then go through examples of things Rhett and Link said that I’ve also heard other people who have left their faith say. I talk about crisis of faith and leaving the ship of faith, as well as address things like Rhett and Link moving to LA and losing faith. Ultimately, I put forward that faith is a choice, and use a personal example of Sazed from Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series.
Here is a link to another religious response video to Skeptoid, on sin, science, and miracles: https://youtu.be/2Z0t9fw5gb8
Rhett and Link HS graduation speech: https://youtu.be/fuV3R3Ogr9I
Rhett’s Deconstruction: https://youtu.be/1qbna6t1bzw
Link’s Deconstruction: https://youtu.be/w1AZhlyoD9s
Lord, I Believe (Holland): https://youtu.be/2nPY22FoDpY
Faith Is Not by Chance, but by Choice (Anderson): https://youtu.be/0OvYJKGlz1A
Ten Minute Bible Hour on Anti-Testimonies: https://youtu.be/QeYqsfuW2zc
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