LDS Laughs & Learning

The following story is a true story passed down by my family. It is about my own family. The story takes place a long time ago in Sweden. My ancestors wanted to go to Utah to join the "More Mons." They had to leave their small village to get to the large port city of Gothenburg where they would take a ship to the US. The only way out of town was by crossing a bridge on their way to town. They knew the villagers were unhappy with them and did not want them to join the "More Mons." They feared they may try to seriously hurt or even kill them. But there was no other choice. So they took their family including children and left to join the church in Utah. As they got to the bridge they could see the townsfolk had gathered on the other side in the main part of town. It was as they had feared. The town was waiting for them. They could not wait if they were to make their boat. Not knowing what fate awaited them they went on. As they crossed the bridge and made it...

I have lived all over the world. I have lived where there was more then one ward in my apartment building and I have lived where I was the only member in a tri-province area with 100 million people. Some of us just don't have the ability to find a date. I am living somewhere that has members but the area is shrinking we have lost a few YSA wards in the last couple years and almost everyone in the area I am interested in I already dated. All the rest I am not interested in. Either I am picky like my mom says or there just are not many members. I might be picky but it also has to do with the number of members. There are about 4 wards I can think of off hand in my area. During the school year there are maybe 50 people a ward so 200 members. Half are the right gender so only 100 people to date. If I was not LDS just in my city I am sure there are plenty more. Another problem is some of those 100 are already taken. Then there is the reality that I am just not attracted to a...

I sometimes respond to questions in Facebook Groups or subreddits and it seems people like my comments. Some questions are meaningful and some have no impact on your salvation like one person today asked about Adam and Eves last name. My response to that was it's cultural not all people use the same system, didn't mention but historically its a newer cultural construct anyway, and is a way to differentiate people. There was one Adam and one Eve no need to differentiate which Eve you were talking about even if a latter generation had one you could say Mother Eve or Grandma Eve. Questions that do not pertain to ones salvation are welcome. They can still can be fun to ask. Even silly questions are fine. If you have either serious or silly questions fill free to preferably post them below, in response to a group post, or a response to a subreddit. You can even fit free to stump me if you like. Not guaranteeing I will always have an answer but will do my best. I also thi...

You May Have Gone to BYU If... you feel in love at the Creamery You May Have Gone to BYU If... you had your heart broken at the Creamery You May Have Gone to BYU If... you met your wife at college You May Have Gone to BYU If... you love BYU Sports Nation (shout out to niece Kiki) You May Have Gone to BYU If... your calf muscle is huge from walking up a mountain every day You May Have Gone to BYU If... you went to college get your MRS You May Have Gone to BYU If... you know where Provo, Utah is You May Have Gone to BYU If... you plan to wear blue and white the rest of your life You May Have Gone to BYU If...  you think Studio C is funny You May Have Gone to BYU If... MLM 101 was a required class for your Business degree You May Have Gone to BYU If... you accidentally went to the MTC your Sophomore year You May Have Gone to BYU If... you feel in love at on Y mountain You May Have Gone to BYU If... you had your heart broken on Y mountain. As always if you like...

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You may have heard how we are to live by every work that proceeds from the mouth of God. You may ask what those words mean.  People may give you the common primary answers like the scriptures or the church leadership. Occasionally someone might bring up the very best one of all. God himself. Most people are not seraphim so I am not talking about God literally speaking face to face with you, but you can have the equivalent all the time and be blessed for it. The Holy Ghost is part of the Godhead and when it speaks to you it is the same as God speaking to you directly. In fact if you can perfectly follow what the Holy Ghost tells you then you can have the blessing of the Second Comforter. The one leads to the other which leads ultimately to our Heavenly Father. We have to understand how this works. You have probably seen the classic devil and angel on the shoulder trope. Well that is actually pretty close. We have three voices in our head vying for our att...

I had been dreaming about going to Disneyland Paris for a quarter of a century. I remember seeing the opening day special on TV and hoping I could go someday. I know it was 25 years because I went  for the 25th anniversary. The park is beautiful, but beyond that it does not have much going for it. When I went tons of rides were breaking down. Space Mountain had relaunched as Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain about 6 months earlier but still clearly had kinks to work out as it would open only to close again repeatedly throughout the day. Thunder Mountain was down most of the day. Other smaller attractions also had closures in the park. Across the way at Walt Disney Studios Park things were about the same. The Tram Tour was down a good amount of the time I was visiting. I was fortunate to get to ride it right before heading back to Disneyland though. The Tower of Terror was down almost the entire time I was in the park. Maintenance seems to be a big problem at both parks. T...

Do you know famous church members? Take this quiz to find out. Joseph Smith Jr or Russel M. Nelson .... .... If you said Russel M. Nelson you probably have not been paying much attention in church recently. Russel M. Nelson is an ex-Mormon and is in fact very anti-Mormon. He strongly discourages the use of Mormon or LDS. Joseph Smith said, " Truth is "Mormonism." God is the author of it. " Benji or Old Yeller .... .... If you guessed Old Yeller you would be correct. It is a little known fact that Old Yellers family was one of many pioneers that stayed behind to help future pioneers with their trek west. Your Grandma or Lucy Mack Smith .... .... I know what your thinking...how did you get a picture of my grandma? Let's just say I have my methods. The real question though is which one is Mormon? If we would have asked you a couple weeks ago we would have said both but now your Grandam is an ex-Mormon. Luc...