The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints corner

[NerdSandwich she/her]

John D. Amos

and

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

[-ACE- he/him]

My favorite talk was probably the one by (I think) Elder(?) Brown of the 70

or Jeffery R. Holland's talk I guess

[NerdSandwich she/her]

Kevin G. Brown. Yeah, his talk was good.

[+Slowswift]

I thought of a metaphor the other day that I think explains the dichotomy between our church and the rest of Christianity. 

Imagine Christendom as a puzzle. It's a beautiful, inspiring painting, but intricate and esoteric at the same time. We can see the general subject the painting is trying to depict, but the details are hard to make out and nobody can agree on the interpretations of certain portions.

We look at those and say "Hey, there's some missing pieces here." Hence, the Restoration.

The rest of Christianity, however, proclaims that there can't possibly be any pieces missing, therefore we must be looking at a different puzzle entirely.

[NerdSandwich she/her]

Its a really big puzzle guys 

 

[Through the Living Hope]

Non-member

I have to write an essay for one of my classes, and for me personally my only real option for this essay is something to advocate for the LDS community for. Is there anything recently going on within the church that you guys would want advocated for to outsiders?

[InfiniteInsanity she/her]

1 hour ago, Spark of Hope said:

Non-member

I have to write an essay for one of my classes, and for me personally my only real option for this essay is something to advocate for the LDS community for. Is there anything recently going on within the church that you guys would want advocated for to outsiders?

Like things we really want people to know about? Like in terms of our beliefs?

[NerdSandwich she/her]

uhh well a lot of the people in my grade think I'm racist.

 

also just emphasize compassion and kindness.

[Through the Living Hope]

31 minutes ago, InfiniteInsanity said:

Like things we really want people to know about? Like in terms of our beliefs?

Really just things that are going on actively within the church that you want attention drawn to or support for. The only news articles I could really find were from what happened in Michigan a month ago

29 minutes ago, YouCantHaveMySandwich said:

uhh well a lot of the people in my grade think I'm racist.

 

also just emphasize compassion and kindness.

 

[Vyzkel He/Him]

26 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

Really just things that are going on actively within the church that you want attention drawn to or support for. The only news articles I could really find were from what happened in Michigan a month ago

 

Well the President of the Church died a few weeks ago and we have a new First Presidency/President. The shooting in Michigan I’d say is also a good topic.

[Through the Living Hope]

2 minutes ago, Vyzkel said:

Well the President of the Church died a few weeks ago and we have a new First Presidency/President. The shooting in Michigan I’d say is also a good topic.

Those are both good ideas. I’ve been texting with Insa a bit and we figured something out, but thank both of you for the ideas!

1 hour ago, YouCantHaveMySandwich said:

uhh well a lot of the people in my grade think I'm racist.

 

also just emphasize compassion and kindness.

 

[Trusk'our he/him]

Hey guys, I started my first semester at BYUI a couple months ago, and was wondering if any other Sanderson/Cosmere fans happened to go there too.

[echo74 she/her]

guys!!! church just updated the mission age for girls! sisters can serve at 18 now

[NerdSandwich she/her]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEEEESSSS
MY LIFE IS SAVED
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[Ookla the Newt she/her]

YESSSSS

I HAD NO IDEA HOW I COULD POSSIBLY SERVE A MISSION BC I'M PLANNING TO GO TO A MILITARY ACADEMY AND CAN'T REALLY VANISH FOR 18 MONTHS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BUT NOW I ACTUALLY MIGHT BE ABLE TO

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

(seriously why was it different in the first place?)

[NerdSandwich she/her]

Gender inequality is a big issue.

It takes a while. The important thing is that it happened.

I'll admit, this was one of my biggest questions somehow.

[Wasing the want of this]

Do they still only go for 18 months?

[NerdSandwich she/her]

yes but...

PROGRESS

VINDICATION IN THE QUESTION I ASKED THAT MY BISHOP COULDN'T ANSWER

[+Slowswift]

Surely I'm not the only one who thinks "I seek not for power, but to pull it down" sounds like a Radiant Ideal. (Alma 60:36)

[NerdSandwich she/her]

Yes totally : D

[Keke They/he]

On 11/21/2025 at 10:59 AM, ookla the 74 said:

guys!!! church just updated the mission age for girls! sisters can serve at 18 now

I saw! My sister was so happy she can go. Next year!

[NerdSandwich she/her]

yay!

[Mason Wheeler]

[NerdSandwich she/her]

ooh here's a few I like

Spoiler

 

 

[Guest]

I'm LDS and i love your memes

Edited December 8, 2025 by ookla the Ghibli lover