Mar 6, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Dear Gramps, I just had a talk with a friend and she said the church has asked us to immunize our children, but I have heard a lot of information going around in the medical circles I’m in about a connection between early immunizations and...
Mar 4, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Why can’t agnostics who have a genuine Christian hope be admitted into the church? The baptismal requirements do not say one must believe in the Book of Mormon. Why is hope not enough? Thomas Answer Thomas Your question doesn’t make a whole...
Feb 28, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, Growing up in the 60’s I clearly understood feminism and its intent. However, a good friend of mine asked me my thoughts and position on Mormon feminism. Honestly, I had no idea how to answer her. Being a life-long member of the Church it...
Jan 30, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, Recently, there was a news article stating that the church “disavows” all racism in the history of the church. Here is the link on which I read it: Race and Priesthood: LDS Church Statement Reaction | KUTV.com. I personally feel...
Jan 24, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, A lot of those companies are based out of Utah. My question is are those considered to be get rich quick schemes? I have been approached on a few different occasions by members of the church and I just don’t know what to think. Sometimes...
Jun 26, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, Why is the April general conference called “Annual” and the October general conference called “semi-annual?” It happens every six months so both are by definition semi-annual. Brad Answer Hi Brad, Thank you...
Jan 19, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question What are the eight Young Women’s Values? Jim Answer Jim, The Young Women’s theme lists the 8 values and goes as follows: We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him. We will “stand as witnesses of God at all...
Sep 16, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question I was recently asked if Latter-day Saints are monotheists or polytheists. Which if either are correct and why? Ben Answer Ben, An interesting question, but depending upon who’s asking, it could also be a quite loaded one. Let me...
Sep 17, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church, Satan
IQuestion Hi Gramps, Conspiracy theorists all over the internet are convinced that there is a secret society that goes by the name ‘Illuminati.’ They supposedly have Satan at their head and are the unseen powers behind the media and music industries and...
Jul 8, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, LDS Church
Question Gramps, We have 15 prophets, seers, and revelators in the Church today (a First Presidency and the 12 Apostles). I do not see that a First Presidency existed in the time of Christ although we commonly accept Peter, James, and John were the acting...
