Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
Along this same line of thinking, I would like to pose the following: the ultimate danger is not in the misinformation and the disinformation offered by the bad people or the uneducated, but it is the allowance of censorship in a free society by the people, good and bad, that will be the greatest danger to free thought and individual liberty.
Heinrich Heine said, "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings."
Books are written from the ideas of their authors. Some ideas need work. Some ideas need critical feedback. Some ideas inspire and enlighten. Some ideas educate. Some ideas offer hope. All ideas come from individual minds. All individuals learn how to think through sharing their ideas.
Jordan Peterson has said, "In order to be able to think you have to risk being offensive." It is true that people are offended by ideas that differ from their own. New ideas, seemingly incorrect or misleading ideas, ideas that go against our established way of thinking can agitate the mind. But this exchange of ideas is a healthy thing for humanity. Peterson also said, “We outsource the problem of sanity. People remain mentally healthy not merely because of the integrity of their own minds, but because they are constantly being reminded how to think, act, and speak by those around them.” And how do we communicate with those around us today? Through our growing social media options and technology.
Social media and technology is where we share our modern writings, books, digital letters, and journals through a massive interconnected global net of individual minds. What will happen to those independent ideas deemed as misinformation and disinformation after those posts have been "burned" through technological censorship of the offended?
In the last days, the Savior warned that “many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:11). Yet He also promised that God would never leave His children without living prophets to guide them. How, then, do we discern the true from the false? The scriptures—from the days of Adam through the Restoration—give us a clear, consistent pattern. True prophets share unmistakable characteristics that have never changed. By studying these traits, pondering the scriptures, and seeking the confirming witness of the Holy Ghost, we can avoid the tragic mistake made by previous generations who rejected the very servants sent to save them.
https://humblymybrain.substack.com/p/how-to-recognize-a-true-prophet-of
Welcome to this comprehensive directory compiling my Substack articles on the fascinating topics of Native American origins, diffusionist theories, ancient giants, the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, Mound Builders, and pre-Columbian arrivals in the Americas. These pieces draw from 19th-century primary sources, archaeological debates, Native myths, and speculative histories to challenge conventional narratives about who first inhabited and explored the New World. Organized into thematic categories for easy navigation, this master article serves as a one-stop resource to explore interconnected ideas across time and cultures. Each category begins with a brief introduction, followed by summaries of relevant articles with direct links. I’ve grouped them based on overlapping themes like mythological parallels, artifact discoveries, and migration theories, suggesting reading paths where articles build on each other—for instance, starting with flood myths before diving into Lost Tribes ...
Just because someone claims that a person who professes to be a prophet of God—sent specifically to call believers in Jesus Christ to repentance and to come unto God—is a liar and a con-man, that accusation should not be immediately accepted as truth or as the faithful exposure of a false prophet. The scriptures establish a clear, repeated pattern: God’s covenant people, once they have drifted into false traditions, tares sown among the wheat, and wolves in sheep’s clothing within the fold, consistently mistake true prophets for deceivers, mock them, attack them, and often kill them.
This article explores that tragic pattern so that modern Christians may liken the scriptures unto themselves and avoid repeating the very mistakes that led previous generations of God’s people into apostasy and destruction.
https://humblymybrain.substack.com/p/beware-calling-people-false-prophets
