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Those who are convinced that we are not doing things the “right“ way will often tell us we need to change and behave more like they behave and believe more like they believe. We do the same. We are just honest enough to acknowledge it.

As an introvert I’m totally ok with them reinventing the wheel on my account.

Yes, I’m not a fan of the social obligations either. Church culture is a bit harder for introverts.

Update: we are in Layton UT and we accidentally ended up at Deseret Book a couple minutes before they opened. We weren’t trying to be there when they unlocked the doors, just trying to get that “to-do” item marked off the list. There was a line in the parking lot! We were so confused. I was finally able to buy a few of the open sleeve option which was great. I grabbed 4-5 items and got in line to pay with two people ahead of me. By the time I got to the register and finished paying there were probably 20 people in line behind me! And they were all older men and women (40-60 age range by the look of it). The popularity of these new options is not about young girls wanting to wear more “revealing” clothes.

I’ve seen the same idea shared on the LDS Daily facebook page but couldn’t find anything official to back it up. Im all for changing chapels to make them feel more worshipful and with the ordinance of the sacrament being the focus rather than the speaker. I’m doubtful of this announcement mostly because it seems like it would take decades to get all the chapels done and some areas would get the shaft, endlessly waiting, while others (Utah) would get it quicker. My stake center right now is typical of those built in that era. The chapel has no windows, is different shades of brown and orange, and has burlap-type stuff on the walls. It’s utilitarian and not at all inspirational. I can’t even see the sacrament table from our side of the chapel.

I don’t understand this reasoning. Can you clarify? If you made a pagan cry because you asserted that Jesus is the Christ rather than affirming their own beliefs, then you would be being committing symbolic violence towards that pagan? Also, are you saying that the best way to have faith is to abstain from all certainty? So the best way to have faith in Christ is to remain uncertain that He is the Christ, for example? That seems like a paradox considering some of the things you have asserted previously so I must be missing something.

Beagles are really hard dogs. But super cute!

Our old ward used it a lot but my new ward pretends like it doesn’t exist. I actually forgot all about it until you were listing the communication options. (My new ward is pretty geriatric so we don’t really use much technology for anything).

The way that chat presents this, I read it the same way you did. Then I wondered if “arguments” might imply evidence and data included and not just “him arguing” about why he’s right? I couldn’t tell if there’s more backing up his assertions or not.

My ward here is a little backward so it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a church policy that we just don’t do. My ward is mostly very old people, and they struggle with technology. We haven’t even been here two years yet and I bet we have a funeral every other month from an older person who has passed away.

If there’s one thing that I admire about you, it’s that you are nothing if not consistent. You never disappoint in your ability to lambast the church for both doing and also not doing something. It’s definitely your superpower.

They are still doing a sign-up list on the bishop’s door in my current Ward so it could be a policy that all stakes aren’t enforcing or maybe it was just from that one Stake. It’s really hard to tell sometimes where these directives come from.

No one is using circles? I thought the church was really pushing that.

Oh well. Almost 50 years old and no one ever said a thing about it. The church really sucks at embracing their own secret agenda. 😉

They were probably invited but if we didn’t bring them unless we had to because we didn’t have a babysitter.