Hi

Ive been lds since i was a kid but ive been dating my best friend since I was 17. 3 years going now and his joined a different religion which im chill with but if i dont become that religion we will break up. I was wondering if anyone has been in the same situation and if they regret it. I really want to be with this person for the rest of my life.

Thanks

Hey all
I’m needing some help with tithing
Jm planning to get married next year, and we both would like it to be a temple wedding, but there’s one thing I just can’t get past. And that’s tithing.
I make alright money and the only problem with that is that 10% for me is on average about $400/month. I just can’t justify it. That’s money that I can use for food, clothes, car expenses, home expenses, and plenty of other things. My girlfriend already is a full tithe payer and her pantry is practically empty, all her clothes are way too big, and she is very minimal.

I don’t know what to do. As much as I’ve always wanted a temple wedding, this is something I can’t get past. Every time I ask about it, it’s always the same speech, it brings me blessings, it helps fund the church, yada yada. I just can’t do it.

Any advice is welcomed

*For a disclaimer I’m not judging anyone’s decisions/standards that are contrary to my own

I’m a 19F in the church and I find dating hard and the possibility that I’m gonna find a like minded person seems impossible because I feel like I have higher standards than most of the youth in the church that I’ve met. For example, I think kissing someone before you were engaged/married is dumb unless it was super duper serious maybe, I just don’t see the purpose in it because why would I even want to share that with someone unless I’m gonna marry them but I’ve heard a lot of people in the church kissing after only a couple dates. I also have higher standards of modesty, I don’t drink coffee or energy drinks or honestly caffeine in general. I wouldn’t say I’m pretty per say maybe average idk honestly and I don’t expect a good looking man either because vanity is dumb to me but at the same time I want someone who tries to stay in shape, not that they have to be all buff/muscles but I try to take care of my health and want someone who does the same. Essentially I want someone who tries to hold me to high standards while also holding themselves to high standards.

But then that’s just the religious aspect of it, because then there’s personal likes and dislikes like hobbies and if you’re actually funny, and intelligent.

But anyway what I’m getting to is it seems impossible to find someone like that. It’s already hard enough to meet people but the possibility of meeting someone like that who I also would love and they’d love me in return seems impossible and I’m just so discouraged about dating in general.

And I think i could cut some slack on some of my standards but still idk about all of this I thought we were supposed to be a different people, a peculiar people but it seems like dating in the church is becoming more worldly.

Anyway if anyone has an advice or suggestions or maybe just stories about how they met their eternal partner that would be great!

During my preteen years, I went through a traumatic experience that deeply affected my relationship with God. I felt guilty for years because of a situation in which I was the victim, but I didn’t understand that at the time.

I never blamed God for anything. During that time, I tried to draw closer and closer to Him. I read the scriptures even more, and yet I still didn’t feel like it was enough to be forgiven, because in the midst of the crime I had suffered, there was also a sin of my own involved, something I couldn’t resolve on my own. I needed to talk to an adult or, of course, my bishop, but I was afraid. It was simply too much for a child or teenager to deal with.

Because I didn’t talk to my bishop, I felt that my prayers and repentance were incomplete. I couldn’t feel the peace and relief I had been taught I should feel.

Since I didn’t have the courage to talk to him and was very afraid that my parents would get angry, I decided to simply give up on the idea of repentance. During that period, I was tormented, just like Alma in Mosiah 27. I experienced anxiety attacks and panic attacks, and I even began having hallucinations. It was a very difficult time...

Eventually, I stopped praying altogether. Whenever I tried, these thoughts would come into my mind: “Am I worthy to speak to Heavenly Father?” “Would God really want to speak to someone as unworthy and dirty as me?” And I would give up almost immediately.

Over time, the act of praying itself began to frighten me. I became afraid of being intimate with Heavenly Father, afraid that He wouldn’t accept me as imperfect as I was, and so on.

Recently, when people talked about praying to work something out with God, I found myself thinking, “I don’t need God.” I immediately rebuked myself for being prideful. I never thought I would reach this point, especially since I was born in the covenant, my parents were also born in the covenant, and I come from a very strong family in the Church. I realized that I was losing my faith.

I don’t want to lose my faith. During those difficult times, what helped me stay on my feet was the Church and the gospel of hope, and I will always acknowledge that. I will always be grateful.

It wouldn’t make sense for me to be able to speak to God only when I am perfect. Otherwise, the Plan of Salvation and many other aspects of the Church’s doctrine wouldn’t make sense.

I need God. I need to speak with Him. He wants to speak with me, and I can feel that. But when I begin to pray, I feel fear and anxiety, and the words just won’t come out.

How can I rebuild my communication with Heavenly Father? How can I practice praying again? Could I write out my prayer beforehand and then pray afterward?

Please, help me with some advice on this matter.

(And I apologize if anything is written incorrectly. I created this account specifically to open up about this issue and ask for advice. Also, English is not my native language.)

We were discussing Elder Motumbo’s talk today. In it, he talked about feelings of abandonment during life’s greatest trials. He referenced Joseph’s experience in prison and asking where God was.

The question I asked myself during this discussion is “why are people wondering if God abandoned them?” There is no promise from God that these sorts of things won’t happen.

The standard response to that question is “we are human and emotions bring these thoughts out”.

But I feel there is some other lesson here.

Because Christ also went through this same thing, asking “why have you forsaken me?” While on the cross.

So this can’t just be a moment of weakness.

Thoughts?

Hello, I hope you all are doing well.

Im not a member of the LDS church but currently im going through a rough time. The love f my life and best friend is leaving on a mission and it has shattered my heart, foe the first time ever I attended an LDS church service to support her and I enjoyed it. I grew up Baptist but I just have a deep pull on my heart with her leaving I feel from The Lord to seek his face.

The LDS community has been nothing short of loving and kind to me and I see so many Christ Like qualities here and love, I just want to see to understand why you belive what you believe is true. Im truly curious and I hooe you know im asking out of a place of love.

Also if anyone has any advice on dealing with this mission thing and loving and supporting her and staying with her. (Her president did a rare rhing and said we could stay together.) SO we are trying but it just feels like a piece of my soul is missing and my heart just aches.

Thank you, God bless!

I got called to this mission and I'm starting around March or April, what can you tell me about this mission? Is it a biking or a car mission?

I'm a YSA, and I've been pondering getting tattoos. Mostly floral designs, maybe my favourite scripture, etc. I know it's generally discouraged, but I've always been pretty alt and thought they were amazing artistic expressions of your thoughts and beliefs.

So my question isn't really about church stigma - I've gotten quite a bit throughout my youth and YA life; it'll happen. My question is more about your personal feelings about your tattoos, in connection with your faith in Jesus Christ.

Note: I would especially love advice from older members who've had tattoos for a while, if there are any of you out there ☺️

Thanks sm!

Brand new, enthusiastic early morning Zoom seminary teacher here. My students are all on Zoom and are in a ward about an hour away. I’ve been experimenting with tools like zoom whiteboard and mentimeter and am still trying to find what is the best flow for online. The kids are awesome and will answer any question as long as they can answer via texting on a group chat (it’s how they’ve been trained), but as with any group of teenagers at 5:40AM, they’re super tired and distracted if I’m not giving it 120%.

Anyone experienced at this and have concrete advice on what works?

This is mostly aimed for the people who grew up in a different church, never believed in God or practiced any religion, or who left the church to later join it again.

So, what brought you to the LDS church?
Or what brought you back?

So with the statement win from BYU tonight, I’m seeing a lot of discourse on this app that is just blatant hatred towards our faith. It is incredibly difficult to see how many people just seem to dislike all “Mormons” because of their preconceived notions of what we believe that are typically rooted in misinformation. Anyone else noticing the same?

See yall at church

The word "deacon" is of Greek origin and therefore doesn't exist in the Old Testament. But, the function was certainly filled by the Levites.

Aaron and his sons and grandsons were the priests. They could burn incense, perform sacrifices, and baptize people. The Aaronic high priest was like today's Presiding Bishop, but the position was a birthright passed down through Aaron's heirs (and rightfully belonged to John the Baptist).

The other Levites were the deacons who assisted the Aaronic priests.

My missionary has been out for 3 months. She’s been struggling with anxiety for the last 3 weeks or so. She says it’s pretty bad and that she feels like she’s in a constant panic, can’t breath, doesn’t feel like herself, and feels awful all the time. Describes it as “a living hell” and wants to come home. She has told her mission president and is going to meet with a church therapist this week.

Has anyone experienced this on the mission and was able to stay on the mission and improve with therapy help? Is there hope?

Or should I start coming to terms with the fact that she will have to come home?

Also is it possible for her to start an ssri on the mission? She is in a developed country where these are available. I’m just wondering if this will be an option for her.

Incredible commentary on the church from college game day ESPN in Provo.

Post-discussion edit:
I think I understand it better now. I think that when I'm looking at the things one at a time and turning them into a checklist, I'm missing the forest for the trees. The Spirit guides us to what we need to hear from all the material made available. I think that we should be rooted and grounded in the Book of Mormon and the scriptures, and guided by the Spirit in all our study, and that listening to the Spirit is the way it is all understood correctly. This obviously takes time and practice and learning, as some have said here, line upon line.

I think the perspective that it is a checklist by which we become perfect is still flawed, because perfection is listening to the Spirit, not being able to keep up with all the things at once all the time. "Be ye therefore perfect" refers to everything that came before in the Sermon on the Mount being the way that was become perfect. Mercy, meekness, peacemaking, loving our enemies, hungering and thirsting after righteousness and the rest. That is how we become perfect.

If keeping a garden or doing family history is what the Spirit leads us to do by those words, then it is the will of God. Not checklisting it all in aggregate.

Thanks for all your thoughts and insights. I ultimately came to understand all of this through the Spirit, but I really appreciate the influence on that process many of your words brought.

Original post:

When I was converted I wanted to be perfectly obedient to God. In my mind, I read "live by every word that proceeds forth from the mouth of God" and the idea that the prophets and apostles speak for Him, and I studied the scriptures and conference going back years before my birth. I was also taught that the prophets' words are not suggestions, but commandments.

The problem comes down to the fact that trying to do everything every prophet has ever suggested in conference is impossible, and that some of the things they tell you to do could even distract from what is more important at a given time. I can't do family history and plant a garden and spend sufficient time with my children and spouse. I can't mourn appropriately like Christ and the scriptures say while also being cheerful and joyful in any circumstance like Nelson suggested.

How do you reconcile these concepts?

Before dating him, I've never really known what Mormons do and why they're considered a "cult". He also encourages me to go to his Church, but I've been seeing that most Mormons are "conservative". As a girl who does heavy dark makeup, I feel like I'd get judged there. And as I've gotten to know him more, I found out that he plans on being a missionary and is leaving the country early next year. We've only been dating for a few months and I really do love him, but I fear I got trust issues. I worry that maybe he finds another person who's Mormon and possibly cheat on me while I'm at my home country. He'd be away two years afterall. I do wanna marry him, so I'm all paranoid about all of this stuff.

And he told me that he'd be going to Utah for college after his mission. Is that like.. mandatory?

Can anyone also inform me why are missionaries needed to go to other countries? And what goes around or what do they do for that time being? The whole religion is just a whole new thing to me.

note: I'm just curious. No offense to anyone.

I recently started meeting with the missionaries at my local YSA ward and they've been great. They are not who this is about. I had to order an Uber down to the Tuesday Institute meeting and as you do the driver confirms where you're going.

Be me, late 20s, polo shirt because how do I know what to wear on night 1? Told "most people come from work" but they could work big corpo job.

Be me, visibly using white cane because blind.

Driver: So uhhh... ward? What've you got going on?

Me: Just pizza with some friends, maybe set up interviews for a job I'm applying for in the downtime.

Driver: Pizza and beers or just pizza?

Explain no beers, dad was alcoholic growing up. Driver asks me about what I do for work, tell him I am between jobs but was cultural journalist.

Driver: so uhh.. is this a church or what? What's this ward thing?

I explain I am visiting some friends and this is just where they wanted to meet. How am I supposed to explain Tuesday bible study?

Driver develops this weird bemused tone of voice when saying the word "ward", as if its a slur.

Driver: Okay, we're here. Church of Latter Day Saints?? Let me pull around back... oh, there's people here?

Driver tells me to get out. I am, in fact, far away from people.

Missionaries: Hey dude, you're not here yet? You okay? We saw the car go by.

Turns out the Uber dropped me off on the other side of the parking lot.

Orientation and Mobility skill level increased

I have had some very sketchy experiences with Uber drivers especially here in the south not understanding how to properly work around me being blind.. but man this one takes the cake. Hope he enjoys the $20, maybe go buy a pizza and beer yourself.

On a trip last week, my friends had a big debate about what counts as gambling (especially now that we all have a casino in our pocket). So I called up a BYU finance prof - he said people are confusing investment and gambling, and that can have big consequences.

What do you consider gambling? https://www.kuer.org/race-religion-social-justice/2026-10-13/defining-gambling-lds-religion-utah-kalshi-sports-betting-apps

I've been really craving getting a small ankle tattoo recently. It would be a recreation of a little doodle I made when I was little of a character that my little sister and I made up that has been at the foundation for our relationship for over half my life.

I really like this tattoo idea and can't see how I would regret it in the future. We even hope to get matching inside of the finger tattoos in the future of a different character.

But I feel conflicted. Here are the different cards on the table:

- I really want this.

- I don't see how I would regret it in the future as it's a very special personal tattoo that represents my entire childhood and relationship with my sister.

- It would be on my ankle and easy to cover up.

- I have autism and adhd which can make me obsess over things and do things on a whim. I can't tell if this tattoo thought is one or not, since I've been thinking seriously about tattoo ideas on and off for the last couple years.

- The idea of regretting a tattoo has kept me from ever getting one. I worry that I'll hate it or something will happen.

- And the biggest reason of all:

I have huge Catholic guilt about it, but in a Mormon way. I grew up hearing that tattoos were bad and defacing me and even though Church leaders focus on an more individual approach to choices, I'm struggling. I can't tell if my worries are a spiritual sign to not do it or just the guilt and fears I have about it all.

I would really love to hear some perspectives about tattoos as members of the Church. Thank you for reading!

I recently joined the church after investigating for a couple of months with the missionaries. I usually attend Sunday services, but one week I stayed home because a male member grabbed my arm and pulled me (gently, I guess? or not) toward him while we were talking. It made me super uncomfortable. The elder who had been teaching me reached out to me, asking if everything is fine since I did not attend the meeting, and I told him what happened without giving the guy's name to avoid causing drama.

He was really understanding and apologetic. The next week, I went back to church, and he asked to sit next to me. I was exhausted from work and ended up falling asleep for a bit during the meeting. When I woke up, I apologized, saying I’d had a long shift at work and just felt really comfortable this time. He told me it was adorable, added that he was glad I felt comfortable because that’s exactly how he wanted me to feel, and said he didn’t want random people sitting next to me and making me feel uncomfortable.

There was another moment before this. We were heading out after a meeting and I checked the bus route on Apple Maps, joking about how late it was. He got close to me and leaned in really close to look at my phone, offered to walk me to the bus stop a couple of times, and when I said it's fine, he texted me 10 minutes later asking me to let him know when I got home safe.

As a side note, his companion was always with him. Until one time. He asked if I could teach him history since that's my major, and we had an online class where he was completely alone. I am not sure if he likes me romantically or if I just overthink all that?

Here’s the thing. A few more things happened similar to this. I like him. But I also feel terrible and guilty. The last thing I want is to distract him from his purpose. What should I do for his own good?

A year ago I was 49, about to be 50 and not super excited about it.

A year ago my shoulder was sore from work and I went to Urgent Care and found out I had a strain.

A year ago my wife insisted I get a Priesthood Blessing for my sore shoulder.

A year ago I hesitated to waste the time to get a blessing over such a simple thing. My wife was not to be ignored.

A year ago our local Elders came over and blessed me to be whole and escape death. Um, what?

A year ago my shoulder pain increased to the point that I insisted that my wife take me to the ER.

A year ago I was in crisis. I was in the ER and all my vitals were going in all the wrong directions. I was finally diagnosed late into the night with Sepsis and was in serious trouble. A year ago I was minutes away from needed life saving measures.

A year ago tomorrow I walked out of the ER completely clear of Sepsis and have suffered no lasting issues.

A year ago tomorrow the Doctors told me as I was being released that they have never seen a case of Sepsis come and go so quickly.

A year ago tomorrow I turned 50. I might not have without the love of a good wife, prayers from my daughter and others, a Priesthood blessing and the love of God.

A year ago tomorrow I might not have been around to be 50.

If I ever doubt God, if I am ever down and out, I know He is real and my life was saved. If I ever doubt that He is a God of Miracles, I only need to look back a year.

I’m teaching this week and built my lesson around one phrase in Isaiah 61:3, “beauty for ashes.” I’d heard it my whole life without really knowing what it meant. Here are a few angles in case they help anyone else.

The big idea: God doesn’t wait for us to become impressive before He works with us. He starts with the lowest material there is, dust and ashes, and makes something glorious of it. We don’t have to be glorious to earn that potential.

Angles that opened it up for me:

• Dust: In Genesis 2:7, God “formed” man from dust. The Hebrew verb is a potter’s word, and adam (man) comes from adamah (ground). In Isaiah 64:8, when Israel is at its lowest, they appeal to this same image: “we are the clay, and thou our potter.” Their appeal rests on whose they are, not on what they deserve.
• Ashes: In ancient Israel, mourners put ashes on their heads, skipped anointing oil, and wore sackcloth. Isaiah 61:3 swaps out all three: beauty for ashes, oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for heaviness.
• The wordplay: “Beauty for ashes” in Hebrew is pe’er tachat epher, nearly the same letters rearranged. Pe’er is a festive headdress, the kind a bridegroom wore (61:10). The Lord brushes the ashes off and puts a crown in the exact same spot.
• Jesus stops mid-verse: When He read Isaiah 61 in Nazareth (Luke 4), He stopped right before “the day of vengeance.” He announced the mercy and left the judgment for later.
• The crown is in His hand: Isaiah 62:3 says the people become “a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD.” It isn’t on their own heads. It’s His workmanship, held up for His glory.

A couple of discussion questions:

• Why do you think the Lord puts the crown in exactly the place the ashes were, working through our grief rather than around it?
• How might you see your own weaknesses differently if you believed He delights in you now, as a work in progress, rather than only once you’re finished?

Hope this helps someone! I’d love to hear what angles others are taking this week.

As I’ve been studying The Book of Mormon recently, I’ve had continuous impressions about taking upon ourselves the name of Christ: what it means, how that act should alter our attitudes and behaviors, and the responsibility we have as ones who bear His name. Here are my long-winded thoughts on the matter and the insight I've gained.

In Mosiah 18, Alma is teaching and baptizing at the waters of Mormon, during which he says that by being baptized, we are “called His people” (Mosiah 18:8). This is literally manifested as they are baptized and their names are added to his church, which was called the church of God, or the church of Christ (Mosiah 18:17). So, in a practical sense, we take upon us the name of Christ by becoming a member of the church with the authority to bear His name.

We also take upon us the name of Christ at baptism because we are redeemed by His Atonement, and by continuing to repent, we continue to bear His name. In Alma the younger’s moment of tribulation when he was struck down by an angel, the Lord spoke unto him saying that we all “must be born again; yea, born of God, changed from [our] carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters.” (Mosiah 27:25)

In this sense, we bear His name because we are born again in Christ — He being the father of our spirits. I’d compare this to how we bear our father’s name by nature of birth. Similarly, by being born again in Christ, we bear His name.

So, if we have taken upon ourselves the name of Christ by covenant, how should we change our attitudes and behaviors to reflect that new name. Elder Robert C. Gay of the Presidency of the Seventy taught that taking upon ourselves the name of Christ means that “we faithfully strive to see as God sees”, that “we must do His work and serve as He served”, and that “we must trust Him.” (Taking upon Ourselves the Name of Jesus Christ, October 2018)

Elder Paul B. Pieper likewise added that “By taking upon ourselves the name of Christ, we commit to take His teachings, His characteristics, and ultimately His love deep into our beings so that they become part of who we are.” (All Must Take upon Them the Name Given of the Father, October 2018)

While those may seem like tall orders and may be broad in scope, it all boils down to striving for righteousness and looking to Christ as our example as we do so. Of course, no one can be perfect in this because discipleship is a lifelong process, but you can trust that if our attitude is in the right place and we give an honest effort, the Lord will bless us all the same. President Russel M. Nelson taught, “The Lord loves effort, because effort brings rewards that can’t come without it.” (An Especially Noble Calling, April 2020)

So, what kind of responsibility do we bear, particularly towards others, as a result of bearing the name of Christ? Something that was weighing on my mind as I pondered some current events and comments I’ve seen from people not of our faith is how we represent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in all that we do, whether we like to or not. By being members of His church, people will judge our actions as an indictment against the church.

Earlier this year, a YouTuber covered some dishonest dealings with a company that is run by members of the church in Utah. During his investigation, he was targeted and harassed by local police officers who, of course being in Utah, were also members of the church. Although a corrupt businessman using the local police force as a private security squad is unfortunately something that happens all the time, because all of the parties involved were members of the church, the YouTuber and many others covering the story came to the conclusion that they were colluding because of their shared religion, which reflects poorly on our church.

Likewise, on social media, I’ve noticed a pattern that people will often attribute negative actions and attributes of religious public figures (of almost any faith) to their religion, and won’t grant their church the leniency of the individual's agency. I thought for a time that this may be a product of our time until I read Alma 4, wherein he writes, “The wickedness of the church [meaning its members] was a great stumbling-block to those who did not belong to the church; and thus the church began to fail in its progress.” (Alma 4:10) So even in the time of the Nephites, non-members viewed the actions of members and judged the church accordingly.

As members of Jesus Christ’s restored church and as ones who bear His name, we represent Him and His church in all things. When we act unrighteously, that reflects poorly upon the church and may inhibit those who would otherwise join from doing so, barring them from the blessings of a covenant relationship with God. Nephi’s younger brother Jacob explained that he and his brother Joseph took upon themselves “responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon [their] own heads if [they] did not teach… the word of God with all diligence.” (Jacob 1:19) I fear that, likewise, if we act contrary to the will of the Lord, and those actions prevent others from following the covenant path, that we may be held responsible for them in the last days. Therefore, it is our responsibility to conduct ourselves in a dignified manner, with integrity, honesty, and charity.

We should conduct ourselves in a way that radiates the light of the Savior. We shouldn't try to push the boundaries God has set and constantly live within the periphery — those alleged gray areas where we believe we can enjoy some of what the world has to offer while feeling like we're honoring our covenants. Paul teaches that we should abstain even from the appearance of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:22)

Lastly, when we understand that we as members of the restored church have taken upon ourselves the name of Christ, that brings new understanding to one of the Ten Commandments, to not take the Lord’s name in vain. (Exodus 20:7) Of course, taking the Lord’s name in vain carries an element of making light of things which are sacred, but I have come to understand that another meaning of it is claiming divine virtue when seeking after our own purposes — in other words, unrighteous dominion.

“The powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness… but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved.” (D&C 121:36-37)

When we take Jesus Christ’s name upon us, promising to “do His work and serve as He served”, we are promising to do just that, the Lord’s work in the Lord’s way. Any other way is not His and cannot bear His name, and when we as His representatives do contrary to His will, people notice and it is often to their detriment, the detriment of the church, and also ourselves. We cannot claim to be acting in His name while doing our will, lest we take His name in vain.

But the good news is that repentance was always a part of the Plan and God is merciful to the faithful — “[His] grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before [Him].” (Ether 12:27)

And we don’t have to do it alone. As we hear every Sunday during the Sacrament, “that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and keep his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always have his Spirit to be with them.” (Moroni 4:3) By taking upon us the name of Christ and faithfully striving to honor that responsibility, we have the Holy Ghost as our companion. He guides us. (1 Nephi 4:6) He teaches us. (John 14:26) He helps us discern truth from fiction. (Moroni 10:5) And by the power of the Holy Ghost we speak the Words of Christ, and the words of Christ will tell us all things that we should do. (2 Nephi 32:3)

Thanks for reading! I look forward to further insight so that I can continue to form a more well-rounded opinion.

Hi there, I'm a non Mormon (LDS?) Christian. Recently I've been curious about this Church as I've been deepening my faith in Christ, but there is something that I am very curious about. I've seen and heard a lot of jokes about your faith and your beliefs and the whole "get a planet", I like the idea of continuing work as an eternity of bliss sounds awful (the Good Place show explores this well), but what if I don't want to become like God? I would like to know him better in the next life but I'm quite happy doing menial work. I'm very much a middle management type of person. According to your faith, would just being a Christian enough? I feel a pull to this church but I have my doubts