User talk:Chandlerball17

Hello, Chandlerball17, and welcome to Wikipedia! I wanted to use this post to welcome you, give you some tools that will be helpful as you embark upon your Wikipedia experience, and finally to explain why your change in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was reverted. Please see the tools below that you can use in your editing.

Welcome!
Hope that welcome template proves helpful to you. Now, as to why your change in the Wikipedia article about the LDS Church was reverted, the reason was as follows: One of Wikipedia's policies is to always maintain in every article a Neutral point of view. This means that unless there is proof from a reliable source unconnected with the article topic, we need to list Joseph Smith as the founder of the LDS Church. As an active member of the LDS Church, I can tell you that I would much rather prefer that Jesus Christ was given due credit for the restoration of the Church. However, according to the NPOV policy, we can't say that. We are not permitted to say that Jesus Christ was the founder of any church, except the one he formed in New Testament times. Because it would not be neutral to say that the LDS Church is the same Church established by Christ, all we can say is that the LDS Church is an religious organization, and that the members thereof view it as the same church that existed in Christ's day. Does that make sense? I hope so. Again, enjoy your editing, shoot me a note on my talk page if you have any questions, and I hope this post served to explain why the article had to be changed. Best wishes to you! --Jgstokes (talk) 10:15, 16 August 2015 (UTC)