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Just a family historian who likes to know how people are related. In an article in the Liahona supplement this month is an article about Pres Eyring. He comments that then-Elder Spencer W Kimball is his Uncle. So, of course, I have to try to figure it out. Looked at Pres Kimball and Pres Eyring's dad Henry in FamilySearch and used tools there and at RelativeFinder.org to see how they are related and I just can't figure it out. Anyone know?

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2026/05-se/02-president-henry-b-eyring-first-counselor?lang=eng

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This is probably going to make me sound like a terrible person, but I’m going to ask anyway. My husband and I just moved to a new home somewhere new in Utah. It’s in a somewhat newer development where we assumed that there would be more families and kids. For reference my husband and I are 28 and 30 years old with a two-year-old and a nine month old baby. When we went to our ward for the first time last Sunday, it was overwhelmingly elderly. We went to Sunday school, and there was only one other person that looked to be under the age of 65+. This is not an exaggeration. I know there are probably some other younger people that have been called in with either that youth or primary and things like that but the vast majority are definitely older. The ward boundaries are really weird where they kind of took the little street that we live on and grouped it in with a street of much older homes that have been there forever and that is where the majority of the elderly people live. Don’t get me wrong. I love the elderly population and I even work with them in my job, but we just moved to a new area and I already have a harder time making friends and was kind of banking on our ward helping me with that. It was just a little disappointing for me because I already have a hard enough time connecting and finding people that I get along with closer to my age. Would it be terrible to see if we could switch to a new ward? Especially since in Utah every other street is an entirely different ward and we just happen to get grouped in with a part that is very heavily and older population.

Their Facebook page says they only accept up to 30, but I thought the new standard was 35? Have some places just not changed that yet? The ward is also not the one I would be assigned to due to my geographic area, but it is close by, would I be able to join the YSA? I don't really want to join if the age just goes up to 30, I'm a little confused by the mixed messages on that.

I've been looking at joining the Church for several years. Not always seriously, with life happening and what not. Though there's been times I've met with the missionaries and didn't feel.. anything? If that makes sense. And there's times I felt strongly that this Church is true. I feel like the Lord keeps nudging me towards the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been roughly since 2013. I find the Church fascinating and its history very interesting. Its concept of family, community, callings, and modern-day apostles is very appealing to me and comforting as well.

I'm not too sure what is holding me back from taking the plunge and talking to the missionaries again. I do want to learn more, so if there are any resource(s) or books you'd recommend, I'd love to have them!

hi! I got called to Oakland/San Francisco, California, and I was wondering what it's like there? People keep telling me that it's kinda ghetto lol. I am from a rural area, so big cities are kinda new to me lolllll

Anything I need to bring that isn't on the packing list?

Note: autistic doesn’t automatically mean intellectually disability.

Note 2: if you’re ableist or judgmental please keep scrolling. I’m looking for input from people who have dealt with this or similar questions about baptism age vs disabilities.

Our son (turning 7) got diagnosed as autistic about 2 years ago, we’ve since realized we’re autistic too.

My wife recently asked me if we’d be getting him baptized when he turns 8 and I’m like “yeah why wouldn’t we?” (mostly because I hadn’t given it a second thought) and she then brought up some things about him that now I’m like “oh yeah, hmm well now I don’t know.”

- He gets restless in sacrament meeting so he has to wear Bluetooth headphones and just watch like YouTubeKids on a phone.

- he doesn’t cooperate/participate in family prayers, just sits there and sometimes we’ll have to shush him if he starts playing or talking while we pray.

- I don’t know if he is intellectually disabled or not. (Autism is a Neurodevelopmental disorder, not an intellectual disability, some autistic people are both and some aren’t) but he is delayed when it comes to milestones like learning to walk and talk, getting dressed and so on. He can’t talk as fast as kids his age or talk in as complicated thoughts/sentences as kids his age.

Sorry for the tmi but yeah, so to parents of kids who are either autistic and/or challenged in some fashion, did you wait or did you baptize them at 8?

On one hand I’m like wait till he seems more aware of spirituality and prayer etc. but on the other hand, if we’re waiting past 8 and [morbid thought, sorry] I know part of the point is to be washed clean and prepared to meet the Lord so if, heaven forbid, some accident befalls us/him after 8 but before baptism then he’d have to be baptized by proxy by someone in the temple, you know?

I’m 20 so by the time I’m financial stable I won’t be able to do a mission but been thinking of doing a service mission after my one year in the church. I wanted to know more about it.

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So I reserved a time for sealings at the temple. I reserved for 7:30pm. Then I got the email reminder, and it wants me to arrive by 7:00pm. I can't get there by 7pm because of work. I was planning on arriving by 7:20 so I could have ten minutes to change and get to the waiting area. Is this going to be a problem?

Correct me if I’m wrong but you guys believe that God(the father) was once a man but was exalted into Godhood as Joseph Smith puts it:
“God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret. If the veil were rent today, and the great God who holds this world in its orbit, and who upholds all worlds and all things by His power, was to make himself visible—I say, if you were to see him today, you would see him like a man in form—like yourselves in all the person, image, and very form as a man; for Adam was created in the very fashion, image and likeness of God, and received instruction from, and walked, talked and conversed with Him, as one man talks and communes with another.”

Heres some questions I have:

1. Is there a God above Yahweh(Elohim)?
2. If yes wouldn’t that actually be God?
3. If no, how did it happen? Who set up the universe to work like this? Does it go on infinitely?

The Church teaches that God is “God is infinite, eternal, unchangeable, The Supreme Being, and created everything.

“By definition, God (generally meaning the Father) is the one supreme and absolute Being; the ultimate source of the universe; the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good Creator, Ruler, and Preserver of all things” (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 317).

“God is the only supreme governor and independent being in whom all fullness and perfection dwell; who is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient; without beginning of days or end of life; and that in him every good gift and every good principle dwell; and that he is the Father of lights; in him the principle of faith dwells independently, and he is the object in whom the faith of all other rational and accountable beings center for life and salvation” (Joseph Smith, comp., Lectures on Faith, 10).

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrines-of-the-gospel-student-manual/3-god-the-father?lang=eng

Wouldn’t God being once a man invalidate these teachings? I don’t see how these are compatible with God being once a man.

Thank you.

hi! i just want to say ive been attending this church since around march ish and i just got baptized this sunday! i’d like to note that i am a very social person and i talk to the sisters AND the elders, and they added me on facebook. i have been talking to one of the elders via facebook messenger in a normal casual way but i notice in person when we see each other at church he does look at me a lot and usually strikes up a conversation, my concern is i find him cute and i don’t want to get too close/attached (if that’s what you call it) and be the reason he’s transferred. will his placement be jeopardized in any way if i get too close?

uggh how do I start. I am terrified so nervous but not for what you might think. I’m going to Mexico in august, I’m glad, excited even to serve foreign and learn Spanish, it’s what i and my family wanted. simply put the last 6 weeks of my life, this senior year, have been likely the best in my entire life. I’ve gotten so close with so many friends and had so many memorable times. Friends i have decided are SUCH an extremely and personally huge priority in my life. I feel this inner calling that I am meant to be a friend to many (as I already am) and it’s the closest thing I’ve found to a purpose. I hate this feeling that it’s coming to an end and things more than likely won’t be the same.

fyi I’m not in utah and not attending byu which would likely change the situation a decent bit. there’s so many factors into what I’m feeling so I’ll try to condense. these friends are all relatively new (transferred schools last yr), non-lds, and lack the foundation of growing up with me thru grade school that would help secure our friendship to continue after my mission. im questioning my testimony, I’ve been thru some serious atheist and “anti-lds” phases, i still don’t fully believe the gospel. despite this, I’m choosing to serve out of the strong expectation from my family but also a sincere belief that my mission can and will benefit me, maybe I’ll gain a testimony of the church’s authenticity but i somewhat doubt that.

to summarize all my feelings into a couple sentences. I am extremely scared and sad regarding the fact that my mission very likely means leaving behind friendships, combined with the fact that I don’t have a strong testimony it’s difficult to justify this as overall worthwhile. My current friendships feel irreplaceable and so fulfilling, I hate this feeling of having to let go I don’t know if life will ever feel this great again.

please any advice helps. i will try to answer questions as i mentioned there’s a lot of factors so feel free.

I am not Mormon so I’m sure I’ll be wording this wrong probably but my question is what if someone can’t get married for whatever reason can they still get highest exaltation? I am researching and I have lots of questions but this is one.

This is something that I worry about more and more now that my son is getting older. To summarize, my son loves baseball and seems to be really great at it. He is very passionate about it and wants to play as much as he can. He is only 8 but has goals of making it on a high school team and then playing in college (I know there’s slim chances and every 8 year old says this, but I do at least want him to play in high school if he loves it.)

In our area, high school sports are very competitive and in order to be on a baseball team it’s pretty much expected for you to play club/travel ball. My son wants to do it, especially when he’s a little older, but I have already told him it probably won’t happen because they play on Sundays and honoring the sabbath is really important to us. He is a spiritual giant and wants to keep the Sabbath day Holy as well, but I know that a part of him feels sad that he can‘t play club due to games on Sundays.

Because of this, I’ve been feeling really confused about why God would give his children certain talents if we can’t use them to our fullest extent. I know that by not palying club ball, my son is not going to get nearly as much playing time or experience as those kids will, ultimately putting him behind in something he really loves and seems to be very gifted at. Do I just tell my son that he likely won’t make the HS team later on because he can’t play club? I feel terrible for letting his little dream die, but I also want to teach him that God comes first. But does this mean that no faithful Latter Day Saint can ever play team sports that train or play on Sundays? Does God want us to not pursue those talents because they conflict with the Sabbath day?

Do you guys believe that Jesus created the world also do you believe Jesus is God? Thank you

Hello,

Just some background: I am 26, born and raised LDS and both my parents were practically raised in the church as well (served full time missions, sealed in temple,etc.)

I met a guy who was investigating the church and we started hitting it off pretty early on. However, for some reason my mom just didn’t like him even though she had never met him because she said he wasn’t baptized. I told her he was still learning about the church and she said that it had been months and if he didn’t have a testimony by then, he wouldn’t ever get baptized.

I called it quits with the boy for a while although I never told him the true reason behind it. A couple of months later, we ended up restarting things and when I would go drop him off at his house (always stayed in the car, don’t even know his apartment unit), my mom would text and call a lot. I was already kind of unsure about the relationship because I want someone with my same standards, but he recently got baptized and has been going to institute and participating more in class.

I spoke with my mom about how it feels that I have to choose between her and him and she just told me that ultimately it’s my choice but that she felt that I shouldn’t be with him. She stated that the spirit made her feel that him and I would have a problem with the law of chastity and she didn’t want me to make mistakes like that. She just kind of left it off that ultimately it was my decision if I wanted to be with him and that she wouldn’t stop me but that she wished she had gotten advice like that when she was younger.

When I brought up meeting him, she said she did not want to and didn’t feel like acting like a hypocrite by acting like it was all okay.

I guess what I’m trying to ask is- should I consider what my mom said as a type of revelation? I don’t know if what she’s saying is coming from fear or the actual spirit and the thing is I would really like to try a relationship with him even if it’s for a bit.

Update: talked to mom. She got teary eyed and she said “there’s nothing more I can say but I can feel it clearly and I’ve felt for months that you shouldn’t be with him because I get so much anxiety when you’re with him”. I explained that him and I went over a lot of her concerns and what we agreed on and she just said “I can see this clearly, it is the lamb and the wolf where you know it’s a matter of time before the wolf eats the lamb. And I hope I’m wrong but that feeling hasn’t gone away. Either way maybe this is a lesson you have to learn by yourself” don’t know how to feel about this…. Thanks anyways guys

About 3 years ago, I made a Reddit post discussing an article and research from Shanon Flynn regarding the possible misinterpretation of D&C 131.

https://www.reddit.com/r/latterdaysaints/comments/xm5wza/sub_levels_within_the_celestial_kingdom_yay_or_nay/

From that time, I have been on that bandwagon of we should rethink how we look at sub-degrees of the Celestial Kingdom. However, this new Essay from David Smith introduces new evidence and quotes in the pro-sub degrees position.

I think the work he does here is very convicing. If anyone is intrested in this topic i think it is well worth the read.

Today I heard someone give a prayer at church starting with "Dear Heavenly Parents". As far as I know, this is NOT how the LDS have been taught to pray. Why would someone say this and is it something that should be addressed with the person who did it?

How long into you investigating the church did you receive your testimony? I saw a post here where someone was complaining about their daughters boyfriend because he was investigating for a few months and didn’t get baptized yet so he never would. I myself have been off and on investigating for years and have yet to take the full plunge or feel like I truly have a strengthened testimony. Am i doing something wrong?