In his many meetings with the members, Elder Andersen congratulated the Brazilians for their successful hosting of the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. He also acknowledged the economic and political challenges facing the nation.
“We reassured the members that the strength and goodness of Brazil would emerge and that prosperity would return. The future is bright in Brazil.”
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
SteelHead wrote:Well there goes Bgood's predictions for death by asteroid, one of the apostles has spoken!
Yep, the thinking seems to be done here..
About Joseph Smith.. How do you think his persona was influenced by being the storyteller since childhood? Mastering the art of going pale, changing his voice, and mesmerizing his audience.. How do you think he was influenced by keeping secrets and lying for his wife and the church members for decades?
I have a question wrote:“We reassured the members that the strength and goodness of Brazil would emerge and that prosperity would return. The future is bright in Brazil.”
and that is very likely to happen, eventually. The prophets never make impressive predictions.