Maksutov wrote:MsJack wrote:I think I've told this story before, but I was once marked down on a religion test at BYU because I wrote "Joseph Fielding Smith" instead of "Joseph F. Smith." I managed to argue the points back with the teacher. I mean, Joseph F. Smith's name is, in fact, Joseph Fielding Smith. I did have the earlier Joseph Fielding Smith in mind when I wrote the answer, I just didn't know Mormons take this initials stuff so seriously.
A friend of mine who served as a bishop said there's an actual church policy somewhere that says you have to use an initial in your name, either first or middle.
People who don't have middle names are the exception, I guess.
In Mormonism everybody has a bombastic name and or/title. It's part of the embryonic deity training.
And even if its just "wife of....", it's still training.
