The "52 Churches in 52 Weeks" YouTube Guy Gets Baptized

[InCognitus]

It's late and I'm sleepy, and I haven't even watched this video yet, but my sister just sent me a text telling me that the guy (his name is David) who has the YouTube channel, "52 Churches in 52 Weeks" got baptized this week!

The point of his YouTube channel was to visit a different church every week for an entire year and talk about his experience in his video.  I started wondering about the guy when he visited a different ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints more than once and attended General Conference a year ago this month, and I posted about that last year:

I watched a few of his videos for some of the various churches he visited, but obviously the Latter-day Saint encounters were of the most interest to me.

But here is his latest video:

He says in a comment, "One thing I didn't address is the future of the channel.  I do hope to visit various churches in the future while diving into LDS, though will need to be very strategic and wouldn't plan to be 52 consecutive weeks.  Travel, expenses, and time would be too much.  I'll address further in the future."

Edited April 20, 2024 by InCognitus

[telnetd]

Next up, "My First 52 Weeks in the LDS Church".

[bluebell]

I was impressed with the comments.  I didn't read all of them but I glanced through quite a few and I didn't see any anti, though chances are there are one or two buried in there somewhere. 

It was kind of refreshing just to read comments of support and congratulations.  

[ZealouslyStriving]

2 minutes ago, bluebell said:

I was impressed with the comments.  I didn't read all of them but I glanced through quite a few and I didn't see any anti, though chances are there are one or two buried in there somewhere. 

It was kind of refreshing just to read comments of support and congratulations.  

David has been so kind, and even-handed in his approach I think the antis are kind of thrown off. But I'm sure they'll regroup. But based on his words in his baptism video, he up to the challenge.

[Emily]

3 hours ago, bluebell said:

I was impressed with the comments.  I didn't read all of them but I glanced through quite a few and I didn't see any anti, though chances are there are one or two buried in there somewhere. 

It was kind of refreshing just to read comments of support and congratulations.  

I'm not sure many of his regular followers would have the kind of personality that enjoys spewing vitriol about other religions. You would only follow his channel regularly if you enjoyed hearing about other faiths. 

He's gathered a pretty large following of LDS (that interest in hearing a little about other faiths coming into play) and had a ready-made group of people to welcome him into the fold. Maybe that put off potential murmuring. 

 

[bluebell]

18 minutes ago, Emily said:

I'm not sure many of his regular followers would have the kind of personality that enjoys spewing vitriol about other religions. You would only follow his channel regularly if you enjoyed hearing about other faiths. 

He's gathered a pretty large following of LDS (that interest in hearing a little about other faiths coming into play) and had a ready-made group of people to welcome him into the fold. Maybe that put off potential murmuring. 

 

Probably.

I think in my mind I put him into the same category as the Hello Saints pastor, who decided to "go on a quest to learn everything I can about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka Mormonism). This channel is devoted to fighting criticism with curiosity..."  He has read the BOM and gone to GC and attended church a few times, spoken with different "famous" members and BYU professors. He and his wife even decided to move from the South to Utah.  He doesn't agree with a lot but he's always respectful and he tries to be accurate.  And he always has a good 'anti' crowd in his comments and members arguing with them.  I think I was expecting something similar when I read the comments for David's channel.  It was refreshing not to find it.

[Calm]

42 minutes ago, bluebell said:

s. He and his wife even decided to move from the South to Utah. 

Why?  Just curious here…

[Okrahomer]

8 hours ago, bluebell said:

I was impressed with the comments.  I didn't read all of them but I glanced through quite a few and I didn't see any anti, though chances are there are one or two buried in there somewhere. 

It was kind of refreshing just to read comments of support and congratulations.  

I think I may be related to him through the Boice line — my grandmother was a Boice.

[bluebell]

4 hours ago, Calm said:

Why?  Just curious here…

If I remember right they felt “called” by God to relocate.