Oct 29, 2020 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I am a 25 year old YSA, and still living with my parents for the time being. I have a good job with decent benefits and I’m normally a very agreeable and somewhat reserved person. Especially when it comes to my family life. However,...
Oct 27, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, We stopped sacrificing animals and we keep the sabbath day in a different way, but why do we still use garments and attend temple cerimonies? What is the pattern that defines what things we still do or don’t once the law of Moses is not...
Oct 25, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, How many percentage of the doctrines of Brigham Young does the Church accept including the plurality of wives? Omi Answer Omi, This sort of question is really impossible to answer. There are two reasons: 1) Counting Doctrines of...
Oct 24, 2020 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, With the current election coming up, I’ve delved deep into both main sides of the political sphere (Or ‘curves’ I suppose) and find both rather upsetting to my religious persuasions. The church is neutral on politics, but...
Oct 22, 2020 | Current issues, Joseph Smith
Question Gramps, I’ve heard somewhere a quote attributed to Joseph Smith along the lines of “Whenever I hear a new rumor about myself, I stop and examine my life for anything I might have done that could lead anyone to believe it might be true, and...
Oct 20, 2020 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, I’m sealed to my first husband in the temple. No temple divorce because I’m now married civilly. My husband is inactive and has never been through the temple. Thankfully he supports me in my choice of being active. I have a current...
Oct 18, 2020 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Is God showing his fierce anger with the natural disasters and diseases today? Are the righteous are affected by this? How do you explain it? Donna Dear Gramps, Have our church leaders said anything concerning if COVID 19 is the plague...
Oct 12, 2020 | Book of Mormon, Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, Why is it almost universally taught (even in General Conference) that, in 4 Nephi, the Nephites experienced 200 years of peace and prosperity? My math shows that it was no more than 166. Am I missing something or is everyone just...
Oct 10, 2020 | Current issues, Repentance
Question Gramps, D&C 19:15-20 states that we must suffer if we do not repent. My question is why must we all be forced to suffer exquisitely if we do not repent? Christ suffered for our sins so that we don’t have to. I am grateful for this. But if we...
Oct 8, 2020 | Current issues
Question Hello, I wonder if it is ok to talk with the dead? I have this “gift” to see through the veil and get in contact with the spirit world. But when I talked to my Bishop about it he got angry with me and said we shall only talk to God. Is...
