Church not celebrating historical anniversaries...

[_I have a question]

FP Revelation

During the next few years, the Church will enter a period of significant anniversaries of major Church events. The Church will not be commemorating these anniversaries at the general level. However, stake and ward leaders may choose to commemorate some of them at the local level. We ask that any local commemorations not place undue burdens on leaders and members

What significant events in Church History are coming up in the next two years that now won't be celebrated?

[_sock puppet]

Here are 4 for your consideration and that by bishops for their wards, SPs for their stakes...

On May 26, it will be the 173rd anniversary of the Maid of Iowa claim by JSjr that he had only 1 wife.

On June 7, it will be the 173rd anniversary of the issuance of the one and only edition of the Nauvoo Expositor.

On June 10, it will be the 173rd anniversary of the destruction of the Expositor's printing press by the Nauvoo marshall, under orders and directives from Mayor JSjr and Councilman, Hyrum Smith.

Early July will mark the 182nd anniversary of Chandler selling the Egyptian mummies to JSjr.

[Guest]

I am thinking that since there are so many different versions of the 1st vision, they are going to allow local leadership latitude on when and how they celebrate it.

[_Jonah]

I can only surmise that since we missed out on celebrating the 35th anniversary (January 5, 1982) of the First Presidency letter condemning oral sex, someone must have raised the question about whether or not other important L.D.S. anniversaries/events would be celebrated. Thus, the memo from the FP.

Am I to gather that in March there won’t be a five-year anniversary celebration of, “Let’s go shopping!!!” Or in November there won’t be a 17-year anniversary celebration of President Hinckley’s great “One earring” talk??

[_sock puppet]

I am thinking that since there are so many different versions of the 1st vision, they are going to allow local leadership attitude on when and how they celebrate it.

The FV is eclectic story telling.

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

Don't forget on June 8, 1978, God changed His mind and decided to join Black Lives Do Matter.

[_sock puppet]

Don't forget on June 8, 1978, God changed His mind and decided to join Black Lives Do Matter.

[_reflexzero]

175 years of the Relief Society, considering the Brother Brigham Ban years.

[_grindael]

This is about the 200th anniversary of the claimed "FIRST" vision. But since there are so many versions and they can't pin down the year, they have broadened it to the next FEW years, 1817-182?. (Read the Apologetic Literature)

If the Church was to celebrate it in 2020, that might mean that they are advocating that date for the vision, and you know how they are at being evasive with something that they won't make "official". So this is basically them saying there is NO "OFFICIAL" stamp on the year of the claimed "first" vision.

Notice in the recent anonymous essay which has an "official" stamp, there is no specific declaration that it took place in 1820 and they throw out a lot of dates in it: https://www.lds.org/topics/first-vision ... g&old=true

Documentary evidence, however, supports Joseph Smith’s statements regarding the revivals. The region where he lived became famous for its religious fervor and was unquestionably one of the hotbeds of religious revivals. Historians refer to the region as “the burned-over district” because preachers wore out the land holding camp revivals and seeking converts during the early 1800s.6 In June 1818, for example, a Methodist camp meeting took place in Palmyra, and the following summer, Methodists assembled again at Vienna (now Phelps), New York, 15 miles from the Smith family farm. The journals of an itinerant Methodist preacher document much religious excitement in Joseph’s geographic area in 1819 and 1820. They report that Reverend George Lane, a revivalist Methodist minister, was in that region in both years, speaking “on Gods method in bringing about Reformations.”7 This historical evidence is consistent with Joseph’s description. He said that the unusual religious excitement in his district or region “commenced with the Methodists.” Indeed, Joseph stated that he became “somewhat partial” to Methodism.8

We do though, know the date of Joseph's first arrest for glass-looking, (and have the actual evidence) and that is 1826.

Also, when he borrowed, (and afterwards stole) the peepstone he used to "translate" the Book of Mormon: 1822. https://user.xmission.com/~research/central/resth9.htm