Monday, August 3, 2026

A Forked Tongue?

Recently, I listened to a vlog discussion with Greg Wright, the author of Satan’s War on Free Agency.1 Wright feels that many in the LDS Church have misunderstood or misinterpreted Satan’s plan to “redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost,”2 as being a plan of “forcing righteousness.” Wright believes that Satan’s proposed plan was not force, but freedom from consequence. Wright asks, in essence: “Who would ever choose a plan that would force their own behaviour or speech? However, he considers that some might have been  seduced by the promise of being able to do or say whatever they felt or wanted without consequence.” So, yes, it is possible that Satan’s proposal was to somehow abolish consequence such as in having no law and thus, no penalty. This “no law” / “no punishment” idea was apparently known and propagandized at times because a few times in scripture the prophets addressed it directly.3

I think Wright is right that force was never the openly expressed plan, but being the arch deceiver and father of lies that Satan is,4 do we really think that what he says or proposes reveals the truth — the real agenda? If Satan didn’t know in the beginning how many consequences from God’s plan of agency would flow in his favour, he does now, but like nigh every narcissistic / psychopathic Utopian,5 God’s righteousness would / could never be Satan’s real endgame. His endgame is and always has been domination, control, narcissistic supply,6 his own glory.

Of course, he delights when God’s gift of agency7 is used by us humans (in our second-estate probation8) to choose his self-serving, dark way over the Father’s way of Light and Enlightenment.9 Do we not observe from Satan’s numerous servitors and independent contractors on this earth that the double-tongue of deceivers says one thing: “‘Do what thou wilt’ free of criticism, correction, or consequence,”10 while the other fork of the deceiving tongue (attached to the hand of power) is all about:
“Do what I want / MUST have — being behaviors that affirm and satisfy my perceptions, my agendas, my lusts, my passions for power, gain, glory, and domination? I will achieve World Order in my way, with my rules. You will have consequences for disorder, but I, as ruler, am above correction or consequence. I will not tolerate the chaos of agency when I have gained total control.”
From my observations of the history of man, Satan’s endgame IS force, not for righteousness’ sake, but for self-serving power, gain, glory, control, destruction,11 and domination. Wasn’t / isn’t that the story of COVID-1912? the forked tongue of “safe and effective”? the coercions of DEI,13 FWoke,14 digital currency, gender & pronoun bending? And now the alleged, virtue-signaling pursuits of “peace and safety”15 climate control / saving the planet, Dignity Index,16 Christian Nationalism,17 etc. etc.?

Original art | Herbert Johnson | 1912
Repurposed by SMS | 2022
See image data below footnotes*

As 2026 rolls into 2027, just rename the sleeve for every forked-tongue agenda foisted upon a burdened world by the gods of creative destruction and domination in order to build back better than God.18

Let us know and acknowledge the adversaries’ endgame; then resist as we daily sing / pray this neglected, mostly unknown fourth verse of O Canada, but substituting our own nation’s name in the refrain:
Ruler Supreme,
Who hearest humble prayer
Hold our Dominion
In Thy loving care.
Help us to find, O God, in Thee
A lasting, rich reward,
As waiting for the better day
WE ever stand on guard.
(Refrain)
God keep our land Glorious and free!
O ___________, we stand on guard for thee.
O ___________, we stand on guard for thee.
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1. The Myth of 'Free Agency' | Hayden Carroll & Greg Wright
(The Stick of Joseph | May 6, 2026 | Time 1:23:36 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCOUbqRAL3U
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/9582.Greg_Wright
2. Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:1-6
   1 AND I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.
   2 But, behold, my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me—Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.
   3 Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
   4 And he became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice.
   5 And now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which I, the Lord God, had made.
   6 And Satan put it into the heart of the serpent, (for he had drawn away many after him,) and he sought also to beguile Eve, for he knew not the mind of God, wherefore he sought to destroy the world.
3. No law to punish behavior:
New Testament | Romans 4:15
   15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
New Testament | Romans 5:13
   13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 2:13-14
   13 And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.
   14 And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon.
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 9:25-29
   25 Wherefore, he has given a law; and where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.
   26 For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his justice upon all those who have not the law given to them, that they are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil, and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored to that God who gave them breath, which is the Holy One of Israel.
   27 But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!
   28 O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.
   29 But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
Book of Mormon | Alma 42:17-27
   17 Now, how could a man repent except he should sin? How could he sin if there was no law? How could there be a law save there was a punishment?
   18 Now, there was a punishment affixed, and a just law given, which brought remorse of conscience unto man.
   19 Now, if there was no law given—if a man murdered he should die—would he be afraid he would die if he should murder?
   20 And also, if there was no law given against sin men would not be afraid to sin.
   21 And if there was no law given, if men sinned what could justice do, or mercy either, for they would have no claim upon the creature?
   22 But there is a law given, and a punishment affixed, and a repentance granted; which repentance, mercy claimeth; otherwise, justice claimeth the creature and executeth the law, and the law inflicteth the punishment; if not so, the works of justice would be destroyed, and God would cease to be God.
   23 But God ceaseth not to be God, and mercy claimeth the penitent, and mercy cometh because of the atonement; and the atonement bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead; and the resurrection of the dead bringeth back men into the presence of God; and thus they are restored into his presence, to be judged according to their works, according to the law and justice.
   24 For behold, justice exerciseth all his demands, and also mercy claimeth all which is her own; and thus, none but the truly penitent are saved.
   25 What, do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice? I say unto you, Nay; not one whit. If so, God would cease to be God.
   26 And thus God bringeth about his great and eternal purposes, which were prepared from the foundation of the world. And thus cometh about the salvation and the redemption of men, and also their destruction and misery.
   27 Therefore, O my son, whosoever will come may come and partake of the waters of life freely; and whosoever will not come the same is not compelled to come; but in the last day it shall be restored unto him according to his deeds.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 45:54
   54 And then shall the heathen nations be redeemed, and they that knew no law shall have part in the first resurrection; and it shall be tolerable for them.
4. Father of Lies
 New Testament | John 8:44
   44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Book of Mormon | Ether 8:25
   25 For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 123:7
   It is an imperative duty that we owe to God, to angels, with whom we shall be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives and children, who have been made to bow down with grief, sorrow, and care, under the most damning hand of murder, tyranny, and oppression, supported and urged on and upheld by the influence of that spirit which hath so strongly riveted the creeds of the fathers, who have inherited lies, upon the hearts of the children, and filled the world with confusion, and has been growing stronger and stronger, and is now the very mainspring of all corruption, and the whole earth groans under the weight of its iniquity.
Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:3-4
   Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
   And he became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 93:24-25
   24 And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come;
   25 And whatsoever is more or less than this is the spirit of that wicked one who was a liar from the beginning.
5. Utopian
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2021/01/utopians-at-open-gates.html
6. Narcissistic supply
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a mental disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize with others' feelings. Narcissistic personality disorder is one of the sub-types of the broader category known as personality disorders.[1][2] It is often comorbid with other mental disorders and associated with significant functional impairment and psychosocial disability. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
Narcissistic Supply: In psychoanalytic theory, narcissistic supply is a pathological or excessive need for attention or admiration from codependents, or such a need in the orally fixated, that does not take into account the feelings, opinions or preferences of other people[citation needed]. The concept was introduced by Otto Fenichel in 1938, to describe a type of admiration, interpersonal support or sustenance drawn by an individual from his or her environment and essential to their self-esteem.] ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_supply
7. Gift of Agency
Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:3
   3 Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
8. Second Estate / Probation
Pearl of Great Price | Abraham 3:26-28
   26 And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever.
   27 And the Lord said: Whom shall I send?  And one answered like unto the Son of Man: Here am I, send me.  And another answered and said: Here am I, send me.  And the Lord said: I will send the first.
   28 And the second was angry, and kept not his first estate; and, at that day, many followed after him.
New Testament | Jude 1:6
   6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 10:21 ~ Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days of your probation, then ye are found unclean before the judgment–seat of God; and no unclean thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 15:31-32 ~ And [Laman and Lemuel] said unto me: Doth this thing mean the torment of the body in the days of probation, or doth it mean the final state of the soul after the death of the temporal body, or doth it speak of the things which are temporal? And it came to pass that I said unto them that it was a representation of things both temporal and spiritual; for the day should come that they must be judged of their works, yea, even the works which were done by the temporal body in their days of probation.
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 2:21 ~ And the days of the children of men were prolonged, according to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh; wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord God gave unto the children of men. For he gave commandment that all men must repent; for he showed unto all men that they were lost, because of the transgression of their parents.
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 9:27 ~ But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 33:9 ~ I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation.
Book of Mormon | Helaman 13:38 ~ But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head.
Book of Mormon | Mormon 9:28 ~ Be wise in the days of your probation; strip yourselves of all uncleanness; ask not, that ye may consume it on your lusts, but ask with a firmness unshaken, that ye will yield to no temptation, but that ye will serve the true and living God.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 29:43 ~ And thus did I, the Lord God, appoint unto man the days of his probation—that by his natural death he might be raised in immortality unto eternal life, even as many as would believe;
9. Dark way | Light Way
New Testament | John 3:19-21
   19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
   20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
   21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
New Testament | John 8:12
   12 ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
New Testament | John 12:46
   46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
New Testament | Acts 26:18
   18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 26:10
   10 And when these things have passed away a speedy destruction cometh unto my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, I have seen it; wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass; and they sell themselves for naught; for, for the reward of their pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction; for because they yield unto the devil and choose works of darkness rather than light, therefore they must go down to hell.
Book of Mormon | Helaman 13:29
   29 O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 29:45
   45 For they love darkness rather than light, and their deeds are evil, and they receive their wages of whom they list to obey.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 45:7
   7 For verily I say unto you that I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the light and the life of the world—a light that shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not. 
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 88:67
   67 And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things.
Old Testament | Isaiah 58:10
   10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
New Testament | Luke 1:78-79
   78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
   79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
New Testament | Luke 11:33-36
   33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
   34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
   35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
   36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2015/02/in-dark.html
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 2:25-27
   25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.
   26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.
   27 Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.
Old Testament | Isaiah 50:10
   10 ¶ Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 14:7
   7 For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other—either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.
Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 27:33 
   33 And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings he said unto his disciples: Enter ye in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it; but wide is the gate, and broad the way which leads to death, and many there be that travel therein, until the night cometh, wherein no man can work.
10. Like Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) who said it thus: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Also: There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley
“I:40 This famous statement derives from several historic precedents, including that of François Rabelais in describing the rule of his Abbey of Thélème in Gargantua and Pantagruel: Fait ce que vouldras (Do what thou wilt), which was later used by the Hellfire Club established by Sir Francis Dashwood. It is also similar to the Wiccan proverb: An ye harm none, do what thou wilt; but the oldest known statement of a similar assertion is that of St. Augustine of Hippo: Love, and do what thou wilt.”
11. Destroy
New Testament | John 10:10
   10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:3-4
   3 Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
   4 And he became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice.
Book of Mormon | Alma 30:42
   42 Behold, I know that thou believest, but thou art possessed with a lying spirit, and ye have put off the Spirit of God that it may have no place in you; but the devil has power over you, and he doth carry you about, working devices that he may destroy the children of God.
Book of Mormon | Helaman 13:37
   37 Behold, we are surrounded by demons, yea, we are encircled about by the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our souls. Behold, our iniquities are great. O Lord, canst thou not turn away thine anger from us? And this shall be your language in those days.
Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 6:30
   30 And they did set at defiance the law and the rights of their country; and they did covenant one with another to destroy the governor, and to establish a king over the land, that the land should no more be at liberty but should be subject unto kings.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 10:26-27
   26 And thus he flattereth them, and leadeth them along until he draggeth their souls down to hell; and thus he causeth them to catch themselves in their own snare.
   27 And thus he goeth up and down, to and fro in the earth, seeking to destroy the souls of men.
12. Covid-19
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2020/04/real-life-milgram-spe.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-global-stanley-milgram-experiment.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2020/03/in-one-fell-swoop.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2020/08/coup-detat-of-labcoats.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2021/10/it-all-makes-perfect-sense.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-plague-of-milgramites.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-new-normal-samaritan.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2021/02/when-we-become-property.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-great-psy-op-mockery.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2020/09/with-voice-of-singing.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2020/11/which-science.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2020/12/open-letter-to-premier-brian-of-manitoba.html
13. DEI: ▪ https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/03/dei-ology-great-pretense.html
▪ https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/07/back-to-future-again.html
14. Woke / Fwoke ▪ https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/04/let-us-be-clear.html
▪ https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/04/correction-fwoke.html
15. Peace safety
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2025/03/peace-and-safety-violence-and-spoil.html
16. Dignity Index https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2025/10/weaponizing-dignity.html
17. Christian Nationalism https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-are-christian.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/09/5-church-state-christian-nationalism.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/11/dear-christians-and-christian.html
18. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2017/01/improving-on-god.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2017/03/improving-on-god-part-2.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2025/03/peace-and-safety-violence-and-spoil.html

*Image Data:
Repurposed by SMS Jan. 2022: 1) “Child Labor Employer” on sleeve replaced with “COVID NARRATIVE.”
Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child_labour_cartoon_Hine_no_2870..jpg
File URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Child_labour_cartoon_Hine_no_2870..jpg
Attribution: [Herbert Johnson has signed the art work.] The picture of the cartoon preserved at LC is attributed to Lewis Hine (1874-1940) based on provenance., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Description: 1910s USA political cartoon about child labor | Photograph from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
Date: circa 1912
Source: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID nclc.04783.
Permission: Library of Congress statement : No known restrictions on publication
Author: Herbert Johnson (?). The picture of the cartoon preserved at LC is attributed to Lewis Hine (1874-1940) based on provenance.

Herbert Johnson (Oct 30, 1878–Oct 13, 1946) was an American cartoonist. He drew political cartoons in the 1930s and also cartoon covers for magazines including Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Johnson_(cartoonist)

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Remembering Solzhenitsyn - Déjà Vu from 1978

Fifty years ago, in 1976, the exiled writer and political dissident, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn1 moved to Vermont USA. Two years later, in 1978, he delivered a commencement speech at HARVARD that shocked his Western audience. This year, 2026, his son, Ignat Solzhenitsyn,2 repeated the address at the ARC Conference 2026.3 The shock has long gone, but has there been sufficient recognition of the prophetic relevance?


Solzhenitsyn — The Greatest Speech in the History of the West (50 years later) | [ARC 2026]
(Alliance for Responsible Citizenship | June 23, 2026) | Time 12:43 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QAxePQMhc&t=634s
For those interested, here is the original:


"A World Split Apart" -- Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's 1978 Commencement Address at Harvard
(Martyrius Smith | Aug 20, 2023 | Time 1:00:32 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SASoCrVYQo
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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
Background:
The Speech That Cost Solzhenitsyn Everything | Harvard Commencement Address 1978
(HistoryStoic Insights | Sep 19, 2024 | Time 5:29 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHRUKuUK-I
2. "Ignat Solzhenitsyn is recognised as one of today's most gifted artists. Enjoying an active international career as both conductor and pianist, his lyrical and poignant interpretations have won him critical acclaim worldwide. He is a son of the renowned Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QAxePQMhc&t=634s (from notes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignat_Solzhenitsyn
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Responsible_Citizenship
ARC Conference addresses 2026: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4PgStjM9h4zCwvzFfR478nVwGccGunM_

Friday, June 26, 2026

The Appearance of Things?

Nine years ago (Nov 17, 20171) I wrote about how we were already seeing, with the use of technology, an escalating, deliberate mix-up of what is true with what is false. Today, the capacity for mix-up is even more sophisticated. How can we be sure that what we think we see or think we hear is the real person, the real voice of the one purported to be in our presence? The CIA itself has become quite public about its nearly imperceptible skills in deception and disguise.2 If the CIA (and Hollywood) have such skills and technology, who else?

So with serious accusations coming out about high-profile people in the Church,3 we are left to wonder if:
1) the accusations are shockingly true;
2) witnesses are lying for some personal motivation or mental-health issue; or
3) witnesses under situations of extreme fear, stress, and abuse have been manipulated to see and report as factual, events manufactured for appearance, thus creating witnesses giving adamant testimony that is (unknown to them) based on falsified, sophisticated mimicry of real or masked doppelgängers.4
Deception by those pursuing or protecting power, gain, glory, and domination has become so easy when there is motivation to destroy trust and reputation, and what would the adversary of truth (and his servitors) find more motivating than to steal, kill, and destroy trust and confidence in genuine servants of God (and / or witnesses) while, at the same time, elevating offending imposters?

The adversary is expert in making things appear to be what they are not:
20 ... The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light!  (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 128:20)

9 ... yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.  (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 9:9)

13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (New Testament | 2 Corinthians 11:13 - 15)
So what is the truth in these accusations? On the one hand, satan is an accuser of striving, repenting, forgiven souls, and on the other hand, an author, seducer, protector of corruption and counterfeit.

Are we open to the truth, whatever it proves to be? We know from Ezekiel 85 that corruption is tragically possible even at the highest levels and in the most sacred places. We know too from the Balaam strategy6 that corruption is the ever repeating agenda of the adversary to destroy God's people.

In this age of deception and lying wonders, how careful we must be.

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1. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2017/11/mix-up.html
2. Testimonies of sophisticated disguise:
• Deception, Illusion, and Espionage: An Unlikely Recipe for Success | Jonna Mendez | TEDxFoggyBottom at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctMx-8lljU
• CIA DECLASSIFIED : JONNA MENDEZ FORMER CIA CHIEF of DISGUISE at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv2sF5NC6B8
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-cia-chief-of-disguise-breaks-down-the-reality-behind-mission-impossible/
•https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-cia-disguise-chief-the-mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-gadget/
3. Just one example of several in recent years: Petersen Twins Expose Heber: Ritual Abuse and Blood Atonement [naming Elder David A. Bednar at circa 2:34:50 min.] We Are the People Utah at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ekezLucFaw&t=12632s
4. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/doppelganger-probabilities.html
5. Old Testament | Ezekiel 8:Heading
Ezekiel sees in vision the wickedness and abominations of the Jews in Jerusalem—He sees idolatry [and much more] practiced in the temple itself.
6. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/deja-vu-doctrine-of-balaam-doctrine-of.html/

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Amos - From the Dust?

How many times must history repeat?


The Book of Amos Explained: The Shepherd Who Saw What Nobody Else Would Say
(Deep Made Simple | Apr 27, 2026 | Time 25:43 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyLZgVGZ-F0

Also, another of many possible:
Book of Amos Summary: A Complete Animated Overview
(BibleProject | May 7, 2016 | Time 7:13 min,) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGgWaPGpGz4

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Cardston Alberta Temple - 35 years since last re-dedication in 1991

Invitation for Public Tours
of Renovated Temple 1991


In a further bid to raise awareness and to document history, I post a copy of an email sent to one who must surely care:

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April 14, 2026

Dear _______________:

For your awareness, I am appending a copy of a letter I recently sent to several offices in Salt Lake respecting the Cardston Alberta Temple. Over the past number of years, I have observed (along with many historical preservationists) the controversies surrounding our pioneer temple renovations and the change of reno plans that were sometimes made when people expressed their concerns.

I know some may not agree with questioning those in leadership, but I think of the daughters of Zelophehad in Old Testament Numbers 27 when they brought their concerns to Moses and the Lord told Moses “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right” (v. 7).

I’m not saying I am right. I’m saying that almost two years ago when I heard “rumours” of extensive Cardston Alberta Temple remodel plans, I felt greatly unsettled, and more so as I observed the morphing of the promised “restore and refresh” of the Salt Lake Temple into a complete removal and rebuild of the interior into single-room instruction.

I have been praying that the unique, beautiful, progressive Cardston Alberta Temple would be preserved as it was dedicated to be (if that be God’s will). Many in the Church are not even aware of the progressive structure of the first temples because their only experience has been in single-room instruction. So much history and symbolism are vanishing, in part, in the name of speed and efficiency.

As well, I do not understand seismic concern because both dedicatory prayers for Salt Lake (1893*) and Cardston (1991 re-dedication**) address that issue directly.

Please, do not feel any obligation to respond. I just wanted you to be aware of my letter and concerns expressed to the powers in Salt Lake.

Sincerely,
[SM]Smith
...

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* Dedicatory Prayer - Salt Lake Temple, April 6, 1893
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/dedicatory-prayer/salt-lake-temple/1893-04-06?lang=eng [13th paragraph]
“Preserve these buildings, we beseech Thee, from injury or destruction by flood or fire; from the rage of the elements, the shafts of the vivid lightning, the overwhelming blasts of the hurricane, the flames of consuming fire, and the upheavals of the earth-quake, O Lord, protect them.”
** Dedicatory Prayer - Cardston Alberta Temple, June 22, 1991
https://www.thechurchnews.com/1991/6/29/23260491/cardston-alberta-temple-touch-the-hearts-of-thy-people-with-the-spirit-of-elijah-the-prophet/
“We dedicate the structure from the footings and foundation to the highest elevation of the roof that it may stand firm and immovable against any trembling of the earth and against the storms of nature that may beat upon these walls. We pray that thou wilt preserve it from desecration at the hands of any with evil intent.”
▪ Dedicatory Prayer - Cardston Alberta Temple, August 26, 1923
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/dedicatory-prayer/cardston-alberta-temple/1923-08-26?lang=eng “Protect this building from the powers and elements of destruction.”

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Since the letter I sent to the powers in Salt Lake was produced at https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2026/04/alberta-temple.html, I do not include it again here.

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Cardston Alberta Temple

Alberta Temple 1970s

Recently, I was in the right place at the right time to hear a person in-the-know say that millions in materials had been purchased and architectural drawing made for renovating the Cardston Alberta Temple, which of course gave more credence to the renovation rumours that prompted the first Cardston Alberta Temple posts of 2024 & 2025:


Here is my recent appeal to the Church to leave the Cardston Alberta Temple in its historic beauty and  progressive pattern. 

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Dear Brothers & Sisters:
     Presiding Bishopric: W. Christopher Waddell; L. Todd Budge; Sean Douglas
     Temple Department executive director: Elder Steven R. Bangerter
     Temple Department Assistant Executive Director: Elder James R. Rasband
     Temple and Family History Executive Council: Chair Elder Neil L. Andersen;
         Elder Patrick Kearon; President Susan H. Porter; Sister Kristin M. Yee;
         Bishop W. Christopher Waddell; Elder Mark A. Bragg; Elder Kevin R. Duncan;
         Stephen T. Rockwood; Michael Suhaka; L. Todd Budge.
     Presidency of the Seventy, Senior President: S. Mark Palmer.

Date: 8 April 2026 [Snail-mailed April 9, 2026]

Subject: Preserving the historic Cardston Alberta Temple

WHEREAS:
▪ millions of dollars of materials are reported to have been purchased and are in storage for the unannounced “renovation” of the Cardston Alberta Temple;
▪ draft architectural plans for the proposed project have been seen by some;
▪ this temple is designated a Church Historic Landmark1;
▪ this temple is designated (both interior and exterior) a Canadian Historic Site2 and is noted in the Alberta Heritage Survey Program3;
▪ the first historic temples were built according to a revealed, progressive pattern4;
▪ the re-dedicatory prayer (June 22, 1991) given by President Hinckley after historic preservation (1980s) by architect Michael Gibb contains this preserving paragraph against seismic events:
“We dedicate the structure from the footings and foundation to the highest elevation of the roof that it may stand firm and immovable against any trembling of the earth and against the storms of nature that may beat upon these walls. We pray that thou wilt preserve it from desecration at the hands of any with evil intent.”5
▪ the nearby Lethbridge Alberta Temple (now under construction with its simpler design) can relieve access and accommodation pressure from the Cardston temple thus helping justify the preservation of its pattern, history, style, and beauty just as the nearby Ephraim Utah temple did for preserving the Manti temple;

THEREFORE, with all due respect, in a spirit of transparency, recognition, common consent, and reciprocal respect for:
▪ the residents of Cardston and the Cardston Alberta Temple District
▪ the design and craftsmanship of original, gifted architects Pope and Burton of the early 1900s;
▪ the preserving work of architect Michael Gibb in the latter 1980s;
▪ the historical designations by the Church and the government of Canada;
▪ the enduring beauty and uniqueness of the architecture, woods, windows, murals, furnishings, etc.,
will the Church please call a public information meeting for southern Alberta leaders and members to be held in Cardston during summer / fall 2026 to explain the intentions and proposed renovations with an opportunity for questions and feedback?

Many in southern Alberta are aware of the renovation controversies surrounding the Logan, St. George, Manti, and Salt Lake temples and have heightened concern for what might be intended especially when the terms “restore and refresh” were frequently used which created an expectation of historical preservation that did not materialize for some.

Sincerely,
[SM]Smith
[Affiliated Stake]
[email address]
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1. Once listed (as recently as August 2025) at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/cardston-temple-history?lang=eng which has now disappeared, though recoverable at archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20250827003149/https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/cardston-temple-history?lang=eng
2. Canada: Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints National Historic Site of Canada
https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=16&i=72598
▪ Alberta temple named Canada historic site
23 Sept 1995, By Dennis Barnes, Church News contributor
https://www.thechurchnews.com/1995/9/23/23254968/alberta-temple-named-canada-historic-site/
“The plaque presentation and ceremony was the result of a cooperative effort by the Department of Canadian Heritage, Parks of Canada, the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and the Church. In November 1992, the monuments board recommended the temple be commemorated in honor of the dedication, hard work, skill and energy of the early Church pioneers in the Cardston area. ... / Sen. Olsen told the audience it is important to find one's roots to give meaning to the past, present and future. He said the events and places people choose to celebrate are crucial to telling the story of the rich pioneer heritage. He also thanked the Church for its careful stewardship of the temple and for preserving its architecture and cultural history for the people of Canada. ... / Following the ceremonies, a public reception was held in the cultural hall, and the plaque was displayed. The plaque's inscription reads: "A striking modern building dominating Canada's first Mormon settlement, the Alberta Temple is an architectural and historic monument of national significance. Designed in 1912 by Pope and Burton of Salt Lake City, its geometric composition of white granite blends ancient and modern themes, notably Mayan-Aztec and the Prairie School architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Special rooms reserved for sacred ceremonies are richly embellished with woodwork, murals and furnishings. Restored in 1991 with meticulous care, this building emphasizes the pre-eminent place of the temple in the Mormon religion."
▪ Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints National Historic Site of Canada
https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=16&i=72599
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12645&pid=0s
https://lethbridgeherald.com/sunny-escapes/2025/06/04/exploring-the-cardston-alberta-temple-a-historic-canadian-landmark/
https://www.thechurchnews.com/almanac/temples/cardston-alberta/ temple
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12645
https://theshaunavonstandard.com/sunny-escapes/2025/06/04/exploring-the-cardston-alberta-temple-a-historic-canadian-landmark/
▪ Cardston Temple Centennial: Monument of Faith | https://news-ca.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/cardston-temple-centennial--monument-of-faith
3. Alberta: https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=2&ObjectID=HS+15030
4. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 115:14-16
5. https://www.thechurchnews.com/1991/6/29/23260491/cardston-alberta-temple-touch-the-hearts-of-thy-people-with-the-spirit-of-elijah-the-prophet/

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Repeating the Pattern: Abominations at Home & Abroad

Since the course of study this year is Old Testament, how about every time the phrases Children of Israel, House of Israel, or House of Judah appear in our reading, we apply the nearby lamentation to our day by reading USA* in place of House of Judah / Jerusalem and Canada* in place of Israel / Samaria? Would that awaken us to reality?

How often do we recognize the scriptural denunciations of God's people by God himself** because of their repeating, repeating rebellions? How many times did Israel [Canada] and Judah [USA] turn their backs on every one of the Ten Commandments and thus on the God they pretended to honor? Remember Ezekiel 23 and the two a whoring sisters: Aholah (Samaria) and Aholibah (Jerusalem)? Can we see the parallels? Where is a righteous remnant to be found? Do we think it is us***?


This Is What Evil Looks Like
(Truthstream Media | Mar 17, 2026 | Time 48:49 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw3xIRQ8rlg
19 For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming.
20 Behold, I tell you these things, even as I also told the people of the destruction of Jerusalem; and my word shall be verified at this time as it hath hitherto been verified.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 5:19 - 20)

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* Lands of Promise for the establishment of freedom of religion and other freedoms and rights, BUT, in déjà vu:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-evils-which-stalk-at-home.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-mahan-strategy.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2025/12/government-assisted-suicide-gasing-of.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/02/psrs-operation-big-chill-obc.html
** https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2014/01/gods-lament.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2012/02/in-house-of-my-friends-1.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/03/isaiahs-lamentations.html
*** https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2025/09/intrinsic.html