Hi, I'm Tanner

I live in Northern Idaho, I am trying to set my life on a good course, and I love being able to say I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I like playing games, reading books, and doing sports. I am told I am very smart, although I'm just confident and wrong half the time. I plan on ending some big problem in the world today. I am fairly absent-minded. I also am optimistic, and I try to do a lot of things. My life seems to be pointed in a good direction, and I plan on making it a great life.

Why I am a Mormon

I'm a member because I know that there are too many things that have happened to me in my life for me to deny the gospel. I've had many miracles in my life, and I have felt the Spirit at many key points as I grow up. I've heard of some beliefs of other churches, but they don't seem to match up at all with anything that I read in the Bible. This church is the most truthful organization ever. Period.

Personal Stories

Why do Mormons go on missions?

If you had the answer to all suffering going on in the world, wouldn't you like to share the answer with others? That's why Mormons serve missions.

How I live my faith

I am almost an Eagle Scout as part of the Church, and I have many friends that I hang out with on Wednesday nights that are also a part of church. I also get to help my mom with some activities that let a big group of members and nonmembers have fun. I was also able to serve our community in some ways as well. One time, we were able to help with the foliage at the community library.

What is the priesthood?

Tanner answered...

The priesthood is God's power directed through man to carry out His work.
Ethan answered...

I like to approach questions by looking at the words of things

"priest" has reference to either the concept of one who leads, one who is elder, or one who is holy I like to remember that the words 'holy' and 'whole' are linked by a common ancestry. When something is 'holy' it's essentially saying that it's complete, that it's healthy..

And "-hood" makes reference to the state of being, and not just any state of being but a state of being that's worthy or correct for it's placement. That is, that it's done properly.

So one could say the priesthood is leadership or a point of reference that's completely suited to the position in which it's been placed.

Another way to look at it is to say it's God's perfect order. That is, it's God's perfect arrangement.

In our Church we often give a definition of priesthood as being "the authority to act in God's name" and that's exactly what it means to be a part of God's perfect order. If God commands something to be done by you, and you do it, then you are acting under, and with that portion of God's authority that he's permitted you to exercise within his perfect order.

Just as with any instance where someone tries to act in the name of someone else there are bound to be those who try and do so falsely. That's why God has things ordered in such a way that one can know for certain if someone has His God's authority, or not.

Do Mormons practice polygamy?

Clayton answered...

No, we don't. People typically mix up Mormons with their reformed break offs. Several of those groups practice polygamy, even though historically the commandment from the Lord to have plural marriages has been repealed.