The church saved my life from addiction I’m 7 days sober and am getting baptized on the 20th of July 2024

The LDS Church saved my marriage which I am beyond grateful for and I have the first thing that I discovered and I explained it to my wife this way The youngest church is different because they hold people accountable. Which is good! Also, I think that's where the high demand comes in most people don't like to be held accountable and I think that's one of the biggest problems people have with the LDS church, is being held accountable!!

The gospel of Jesus Christ only invites one to follow him. The adversary demands.

“A religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has the power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation.” -Joseph Smith

From the outside looking in, it looks like you have to do so much or give up so much. As you live the commandments, it becomes easier, you become stronger mentally and spiritually. Its all about perspective.

So I have been a member all my life. I have always found it very interesting when people refer to this as a high demand religion, because I literally have known no other way. The demand that people are so exhausted, daunted by, or don’t like, are all things I’ve just been raised to be, and it feels like my personality. I really don’t know what it’s like to be more “lax”. But for me, it’s not a bad thing at all. It motivates me and has taught me to go for things I really want in life and what’s worth keeping up the good work for. Have I struggled with being a perfectionist in life? Yes. I definitely had it in my head for a while that if I sin at all, then I was a terrible person. Obviously, that’s a terrible mindset to have but I really don’t blame the church on that. I just blame what I thought I was supposed to be doing as a member and I realized that it’s not what the church or the gospel is about and it has literally never taught that. I realized that everyone makes mistakes and sins. We just need to pick ourselves up and try again. The atonement was made for literally everyone. Jesus saved the ones who thought they needed to be the best member of the church ever. We need to let go and let God now. Anyway, I say all this because I’m sure people think I live a high demand life, but living this way has been a great lifestyle in so many ways and it keeps me so grounded!

The more I learn about world religions, the more I appreciate how moderate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints actually is in its interpretation of commandments and other requirements of its members. Muslims fast for an entire month during daylight hours… that’s obligatory for them. If they are good Muslims they have to get up before dawn to pray. Observant Jews have huge requirements surrounding food, when in the month married couples are allowed to have relations and even touch, and of course very strict rules regarding the Sabbath. Orthodox Christians have a very prescriptive fasting schedule leading up to Easter. Plenty of religions require women to dress much more modestly than the LDS church does. Etc etc. In comparison with non-denominational Christianity or no religion, sure, LDS looks “higher demand”, but that’s such an American-centric point of view. There are many religions with strict rules about how their members live- the LDS church gives so much leeway to member to make their own decisions about how to implement commandments in their life. Having standards to strive to meet or an understanding of widely accepted biblical commandments to be sexually pure, tithe, keep the sabbath day holy, keep the 10 commandments, etc doesn’t make it exceptionally “high demand”.

😊high Demand is when the Bishop doesn't want to be a Bishop or when the Relief Society President is too stressed to do anything. LDS members need to learn to say no to callings and yes to connecting with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

There are homeschool co-ops that are high demand.

The gospel for me is easy, the hard part is not being perfect.

I have been told in the past, by a church member, that the church asks too much of members. My thought on that is that the world asks too much of us that distracts from being fully engaged in following Christ.

“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15

I am blessed every single day for simply doing the best I can in being a decent human. I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The world is dark and the Gospel is a bright light in the darkness.

The only iss<es I have had are when I was EQP, we literally had a temple assignment at the same time we had an assignment for a Stake primary activity along with Teo people moving deciding at the last minute to call us for help after telling us for a month they didn't need help. I had to start pushing back because everyone acts like we have an infinite number of elders just sitting at home on Saturday waiting to be called to do something. That was probably the most stressful weekend because I had to be at work that same morning. It felt as if my whole term as EQP was getting a text on Friday that someone was moving on Saturday and frankly I wanted to say "those guys never would show up and help others move so I'm not helping them"

I would describe it as having high expectations. As an educator, you expect the best from your students. While it's important that they try their hardest, it's also okay if they can't meet those expectations right away. The key is that they continue to work towards those goals, with the understanding that they will eventually achieve them. Whereas "demand" implies a lack of choice, agency is at the core of what we do.

Huh... I've never considered the gospel to be 'high demand'. It's so much a part of my lifestyle that I've never considered it to be super demanding.

You might say it’s a high demand religion. However, you could say it’s the ultimate blessing religion. I joined the church along with my husband when we were barely 20 years old. Nearly 60 years ago. at my age, I can look back and compare my siblings health with my own and find immense blessings. I had no problem with the word of wisdom because I had faith in what the gospel was teaching me. I haven’t lived it perfectly but definitely, I lived what I understood.

Alma

Jesus said if you love Me Keep my word (commandments)

David... the sleeper agent scientologist 🤣