{"id":43927,"date":"2022-11-13T07:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T13:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?page_id=43927"},"modified":"2022-11-13T07:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T13:17:32","slug":"recent-comments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/recent-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul id=\"better-recent-comments\" class=\"recent-comments-list\"><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">Brian Hales<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/cutting-edge-latter-day-saint-research-april-2026\/#comment-562509\">Cutting Edge Latter-day Saint Research, April 2026<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">Thanks for this useful summary!<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 15, 17:30<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">REC911<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/why-we-shouldnt-minimize-our-differences-an-evangelical-perspective-on-the-restoration\/#comment-562508\">Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Minimize Our Differences: An Evangelical Perspective on the Restoration<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">Anon &#8211; One other note&#8230;not sure I would ever completely believe\/trust what Elder McConkie thought\/said.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 15, 10:22<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">REC911<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/why-we-shouldnt-minimize-our-differences-an-evangelical-perspective-on-the-restoration\/#comment-562507\">Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Minimize Our Differences: An Evangelical Perspective on the Restoration<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">Anon &#8211; I pray to God and He answers which brings me close to Him. I dont worship Jesus just like I dont worship the Holy Spirit who is also the Godhead as you point out.     Regarding the BOM being wrong, dont know, dont really care. My testimony is not based on it.     Hope this helps.     I am for sure not advocating others should believe\/do this, just sharing my beliefs.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 15, 10:18<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">LHL<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/why-we-shouldnt-minimize-our-differences-an-evangelical-perspective-on-the-restoration\/#comment-562506\">Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Minimize Our Differences: An Evangelical Perspective on the Restoration<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">Even though I&#8217;ve been a Latter Day Saint all of my Life, through the years I&#8217;ve grown so weary of the whole &#8220;Restoration&#8221; and &#8220;Ongoing Restoration&#8221; narrative; and the almost inherent presumptive arrogance and supercilious attitude and positioning which comes along with it.  (As perfectly displayed by Jonathan above.)    I don&#8217;t think the general Christian masses are liking us a whole lot anymore &#8211; primarily because it is so easy for so many of us to simply become &#8220;the Southbound end &#8230;of a Northbound horse&#8221;.  Honestly, I don&#8217;t even like us as much anymore.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 14, 17:01<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">Mortimer<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/why-we-shouldnt-minimize-our-differences-an-evangelical-perspective-on-the-restoration\/#comment-562505\">Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Minimize Our Differences: An Evangelical Perspective on the Restoration<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">I admit I have limited interest right now in Evangelical boundary-policing over theology after watching major segments of Evangelicalism (including the SBC) so fully embrace Christian nationalism and MAGA politics. It is hard to engage in all of this now, considering willingness to compromise so much ethically and spiritually for political power.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 14, 09:42<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">Stephen C<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/every-decade-is-a-decade-of-decision\/#comment-562504\">Every Decade is a Decade of Decision<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">@RL: Building and maintaining community *is so* hard, especially in the atomistic modern world we live in. There is always so much to do to make others feel welcome while still avoiding burnout. Today I drove a new convert home from a youth activity and at first felt a little grumbly about not having time to relax and listen to a podcast, but after talking to him and his plans for a mission I felt a new energy.     @Frank: I&#8217;m so sorry to hear that, I hope the best for you in the Church.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 13, 19:27<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">RLD<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/why-we-shouldnt-minimize-our-differences-an-evangelical-perspective-on-the-restoration\/#comment-562503\">Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Minimize Our Differences: An Evangelical Perspective on the Restoration<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">If you go to the Church website and search for the phrase &#8220;heavenly parents,&#8221; you&#8217;ll find it all over, including in some very official documents the Church pushes heavily&#8211;first and foremost would be the Family Proclamation, but there&#8217;s also the theme the young women recite every week. That&#8217;s clearly referring to our Heavenly Father and our Heavenly Mother.    It&#8217;s true that there&#8217;s no clear scriptural support for the doctrine that we have a Heavenly Mother. It&#8217;s something we deduce from other doctrines, which, as Jonathan points out, are also not as clear in the scriptures as we might like. I&#8217;m not going to tell anyone they have to believe it&#8211;it&#8217;s the kind of thing we don&#8217;t insist on (see my previous comment). But it&#8217;s clear that a large enough majority of Church leaders believe it that they can refer to it in official statements and curricula without anyone objecting. I can&#8217;t blame Beshears for thinking the existence of our Heavenly Mother is official Church doctrine.    (Personally, I rejoice in it and think there&#8217;s a woman-shaped hole in our theology without it, but I understand those who are skeptical tend to think differently about other things as well.)<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 13, 15:25<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">Frank<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/every-decade-is-a-decade-of-decision\/#comment-562502\">Every Decade is a Decade of Decision<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">I have made a personal commitment to persevere until the end, even if I am the last one in my family to do so. My teenage children are finding it increasingly difficult to go to church on Sundays, and it saddens me that, after doing everything we were taught as a married couple and a family, in the end only my wife and I attend on Sundays.   I wish church services were more meaningful, and that the classes and participation had a deeper impact on me and my family, but I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s us or if we\u2019ve lost our love for the simple, essential things.   Personally, I make a great personal effort to make Sundays at church special, but I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s me or the people at church or the church\u2019s rigid structure, or if I\u2019ve learned to view life with a depth that makes me think that not everything is quite like that, nor as easy as the four- or five-step recipe for reaching exaltation and having a life full of joy.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 13, 15:20<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">Anon<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/why-we-shouldnt-minimize-our-differences-an-evangelical-perspective-on-the-restoration\/#comment-562501\">Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Minimize Our Differences: An Evangelical Perspective on the Restoration<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">REC911,  I am a bit puzzled by your comment.  You just said that you don&#8217;t worship Jesus, a member of the Godhead, the &#8220;one god&#8221; that Bruce R. McConkie says makes us monotheists. Is the Book of Mormon wrong?      &#8220;And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.&#8221;  (2 Nephi 25:29).      &#8220;And they did all, both they who had been healed and they who were whole, bow down at his feet, and did worship him; and as many as could come for the multitude did kiss his feet, insomuch that they did bathe his feet with their tears.&#8221;  (3 Nephi 17:10).<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 13, 12:38<\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"recentcomments recent-comment\"><div class=\"comment-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-author-link\">REC911<\/span> on <span class=\"comment-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/why-we-shouldnt-minimize-our-differences-an-evangelical-perspective-on-the-restoration\/#comment-562500\">Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Minimize Our Differences: An Evangelical Perspective on the Restoration<\/a><\/span>: &ldquo;<span class=\"comment-excerpt\">In the ancient text of the Nag Hammadi, there is God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit the Mother.  A family affair. I like the thought that the person God sent to comfort us through spiritual feelings is a Mother.     Having said that, there is lots of just crazy stuff in the Nag Hammadi!     For me as a member, I worship God, I follow Jesus as the path to God. I do not worship Jesus. My main relationship with a deity is with God. I do not worship the church or its leaders or doctrines in any way. The church is also a path to God, through Jesus. Everything should lead us to God in the church through Jesus. I think Jesus gets a little disappointed when we fixate on Him and not the Father.     The correct knowledge of the Trinity is something worthy of our time and understanding but not a necessity to fixate on or determine ones salvation. A belief in Jesus as our savior and His atonement is very important and powerful. How he dressed, parted his hair, looked like, was the Father, not the Father, just the Son or both, should not be the deciding factor of being a &#8220;Christian&#8221; or not.     I wish our Christian brothers would understand this.<\/span>&rdquo; <span class=\"comment-date\">May 13, 10:52<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43927","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43927"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43936,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43927\/revisions\/43936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}