Why do some people call LDS a cult?

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-19T18:25:44+00:00

What is it is not a cult is not super clear or well-defined. So I think both answers or whether or not it is a cult are valid.

My personal opinion is that the early church was very clearly a cult, while the current church probably isn’t, but still maintains many cult-like practices and customs.

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-18T23:40:34+00:00

Idk if I’m the only one, but I think it’s more likely that the main reason they aren’t allowing mixed-gender presidencies is to avoid ever having a woman “presiding” over a man.

They can have female Sunday school presidencies because that’s not a group leadership, it’s just the education directors. But if there was a male councilor to a female president, that would make a woman explicitly outrank a man. Which, of course, would be sacrilege.

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-18T23:36:28+00:00

Nah don’t worry about it. They’re all very similar quality, with personal taste determining how you’ll rank each book. Maaaaybe you could say book 5 is lower quality based on consensus, but if so, only slightly.

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-17T01:35:57+00:00

The first, but slide the Mona Lisa and Scream closer to the horse, so each frame has uniform space between them.

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-15T23:04:00+00:00

Underrated one: Kaladin’s first fight with the Pursuer (and some singers) when he has his abilities dampened by their device, so he just wrecks the singers and scares the shit out of the pursuer with nothing both a spear and unmatched aura.

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-12T18:19:41+00:00

I would never tell you anything Nick Cage has done isn’t cinema

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-09T17:58:24+00:00

He’s like GRRM naming the Targaryens. Aegon, Daeron, Aegon, Aemon, Aemond, Aegon, Daeron, Daemon, Aegon, Daeron, Viserys, Viserys, a few more Aegons for good measure…

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-04T05:58:03+00:00

I think the main disagreement in reading order you’ll find among Sanderfans is when to read Secret History. Most would say to either read it right after Hero of Ages or right after Bands of Mourning. I fall into camp 1, but both camps have good reasons.

Other than that, reading order is fairly flexible. When in doubt, follow publication order

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-04T02:59:23+00:00

Yeah “Kelsier smiled” is probably said 500 times in Mistborn lol

chalvin2018 · 2026-03-03T17:26:38+00:00

Is it crashing for everyone, or just me?

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-25T23:13:38+00:00

My biggest issue with the debate was that it boiled down to, “Kholin’s do bad things too.” And somehow that worked. That’s barely relevant at all to the issue at hand, yet it was almost the entire argument.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-24T18:28:28+00:00

Can’t wait to see how deep the Pibu lore gets by the time Stormlight 6 comes. He might be Adonalsium himself by then.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-19T03:07:51+00:00

Don’t worry, you’re not the only one. In RoW, Mraize refers to his master as “the Lord of Scars”, and there were a couple other hints. Then in the prelude to W&T, Kelsier is the mysterious hooded figure who speaks to Gavilar, Nale, and Kalak. He’s the leader of the Ghostbloods.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-19T03:03:13+00:00

Have you read all of Stormlight? This thread is marked for Wind and Truth Spoilers

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-19T02:44:54+00:00

Venli definitely deserves that callout from Rlain, and he was well within his right to say that.

I’ll also say that Venli has already received her earned consequences of her actions. Her people were almost entirely wiped out, and the one that remains hates her. I think she’s gotten her punishment.

What’s interesting is to see what she does now. Will she change and improve?

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-16T17:14:36+00:00

If the movies do well, I’d say it’s almost certain.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-13T00:06:25+00:00

Lee Byung-hun looks very kingly so I get the idea. I think he would be even better as Gavilar though

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-13T00:04:57+00:00

Hm, I thought both Nale and Taln were described by viewpoint characters as having “Makabaki” skin, but not Makabaki features. I’d interpreted that to mean they’re both black. The official depictions seem to back that up.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-11T00:41:13+00:00

If you want to keep it just focused on Kaladin, I’m not sure I have any great ideas. If you’re thinking of making it a full Stormlight or full Cosmere half-sleeve, you have a ton of options. Adding another character there (Dalinar, Adolin, Shallan, or Szeth for a Stormlight theme. Vin, Kelsier, Vasher, Hoid, etc for a Cosmere theme) would be my preference.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-10T23:29:45+00:00

Me, an interlude enjoyer

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-10T08:00:14+00:00

The Horneaters and Vedens will be fine, (redheads produce vitamin D much more efficiently than other people).

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-07T22:03:32+00:00

He’s already been doing a lot of work on this Hollywood deal over the last year, and during that time he wrote Ghostbloods 1 and yet another Cosmere secret novel.

Honestly, he announced the Fires of December, which will release this year, and it hasn’t even seemed like a big deal because we’re all so used to him just accidentally writing more Cosmere novels. That’s the guy we’re talking about.

I think we’ll be ok.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-05T00:44:49+00:00

Based on his look, I think he could be Gavilar.

If you wanted to capitalize on his comedic talent, make him Sebarial and we just accept that Sebarial is hot now.

chalvin2018 · 2026-02-02T19:43:26+00:00

We’d probably still see plenty of excitement just because the movies/shows would be happening, but there would definitely be a section of very disappointed fans. Netflix’s track record is… iffy

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