LDS Laughs & Learning

 If you have read my other articles you might think this is some kind of parody piece. That is not the case. This article is really going to talk about lost Mormon Scripture. Read on to find out about real lost Mormon scripture found! The Doctrine part of Doctrine & Covenants has been lost since 1921 when it was removed from the cannon. It was known as Lectures on Faith. Some of you may have heard of it or at least heard quotes from it like, " A religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things, never has power sufficient to produce the faith  necessary unto life and salvation." The Lectures on Faith authorship is unclear but it is believed that most of it was written by Sidney Rigdon with help and approval of Joseph Smith. Bruce R McConkie said of the Lectures of Faith, "In my judgement, it is the most comprehensive, inspired utterance that now exists in the English language- that exists in one place defining, interpreting, expounding, announcing,

The Church has recently released a number of new Book of Mormon translations which will be available free to download next month from the church and this week through your favorite torrent sites. The translations include   Klingon, Vulcan, Cityspeak, Na'vi, Huttese, Ewokese, Quenya, Adunaic, Newspeak, Nadsat, Atlantean, Barsoomian,  Gungan,  Dothraki , and Parseltongue. The church decided to translate the Book of Mormon into these languages to help spread interest among the Millennials and Generation Z.  The languages chosen were hotly debated. Languages like Cityspeak would only be known by people who watched the R rated film Blade Runner. It was allowed in since the church would also like to use these translations as a proselyting tool. Parseltongue was the most controversial language of all as it had such strong ties to witchcraft and the devil.  Translating all of these languages was much harder than most translations. An example of the difficulty was the church had to c

The church is going to announce online missions this General Conference. They have already tested them through a pilot program. They started the pilot program with couple online missions. They initially started with blogs. The success of mommy blogs lead to the church extending the pilot program to include single woman missionaries. These young women continued the success with fashion and makeup vlogs. The church went after makeup as it felt it would help counter the belief some have that Mormons don'r wear makeup. The phenomenal success of these blog missions has lead the church to expand online missions. They will be making online calls for all missionaries. It is rumored that apostles have already blessed the land of World of Warcraft and Fortnite for missionary work. The church believes this will be a more organic way to introduce people to the church. Online missionaries will have to take online classes about how to reach out to people about the gospel while playing g

(Photo by   Lionel Allorge ) What happens on the temples is the same but the outside are very different. There will be people who have a love of their temple and won't be happy with some of these choices. I understand. If someone told me the LA temple was ugly I would admit its not the prettiest but it sure doesn't belong on the list. I also would realize taste is subjective too though. Unlike my last list of the best  where factors besides aesthetics were factored in this list is all about looks. The first one is the easiest to guess since it is at the top of the page. If you thought this was some old high school from a John Hughes movie you're wrong. It is actually the Paris Temple. The temple looks like it could be a number of things besides a temple from a high school to a library. I prefer my temples to look set apart from the world not fit right in. (Photo by   Wiiii ) This next one is going to be controversial. This is one that many people felt belon

(photo by  Lionel Allorge ) There is a game I like to play in the temple. This is not a normal game. No points are won or lost. There are no winners or losers. When I go to the temple pay attention to the eye color of all the temple workers. If you want to play the game visit the temple before reading on but come back after and finish the article. Obviously this game does not work everywhere but I have found that an inordinate number of temple workers have blue eyes. It is not uncommon for me to only see blue eyed temple workers the entire time I am in the temple. In fact I went today and did not see a single person that did not have blue eyes even though I saw about 15 people. Statistically only 8% of the world has blue eyes. I realize that in many parts of the US the majority of the members are of European descent and more likely to have blue eyes. Numbers vary but the highest Finish numbers are 89% for blue or green though these numbers can go as low as 80% when ju

Someone actually asked a question on my previous post . So I will try to answer it here. If you have questions ask there or here and I will do my best to respond. The question is  Jacob Chapter 2 for or against polygamy when read in context. My assumption is the part that brings up this question is: 23  But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son. 24  Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord. 25  Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph. 26  Wherefore, I the Lord God will not

While what goes on inside the temples may only be seen by active worthy members the outside can be seen by all. Even if you have never entered a temple you can still appreciate their architectural beauty. You might be wondering why I get to determine the 5 best buildings and I actually have 3 reasons. The first should be obvious. It is my blog. The second is I am related to William Robert Ware the father of American architecture. Finally you probably already noticed this if you have been reading my blogs I have  impeccable  taste. The following are in no particular order. Let's start with an easy one. It's The Salt Lake City Temple of course. The Salt Lake City Temple is one of the most recognized buildings in Salt Lake, Utah, and of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is the largest temple by floor area and took an impressive 40 years to build. The temple even has weekly meetings of the church leadership. On top of all that it also has a Holy of Holie