A Terrifyingly Realistic Scenario

DISCLAIMER: Before we dive into the uncomfortable yet hilarious parallels between current LDS leadership and Joe Biden's age-related challenges, let's be clear about what's at stake here. This isn't just about church administration or policy decisions—this is about your eternal destiny.

Every LDS member reading this must ask themselves a sobering question: Are you willing to trust your soul's eternal fate to men who are cognitively older and more disconnected than Joe Biden?

Russell M. Nelson may be a genuinely kind person, but niceness doesn't qualify someone to receive revelation for 17 million souls when they're struggling with the same age-related decline that concerns Americans about their political leaders, like Joe Biden.

The LDS leadership consists of dead men walking—literally—and they're making decisions that affect where you'll spend eternity. Don't put your trust and faith in an old man or an institution led by an entire group of people just as old. THINK! Your eternal life is too precious to gamble on geriatric leadership that can't even navigate a smartphone, let alone the complex spiritual challenges of the modern world. This comparison may be humorous, but the implications are eternally profound.

The Biden-LDS Leadership Parallel: Too Close for Comfort

Imagine waking up Sunday morning to attend your local LDS ward, only to discover that President Joe Biden (age 82) has been called as your new Prophet, Seer, and Revelator. Sounds absurd? Welcome to the current reality of LDS leadership—you've essentially had "Joe Biden" running your church for the past 40 years.

Prophet Biden's First General Conference Address (Age 82)

[Shuffles to podium, squints at teleprompter, clears throat multiple times]

"My fellow... uh... Saints. Listen, Jack, I've been in the gospel business longer than most of you have been alive. Back when I was serving with... you know... the thing... Brigham Young—great guy, by the way, we worked together on the transcontinental railroad—anyway, where was I?"

[Long pause, looks confused]

"Oh yes, tithing. We need to talk about inflation, folks. When I was a young elder—and I was the youngest elder in Delaware history, by the way—a candy bar cost a nickel. Now my grandson tells me they cost... what do they cost, Jill? Anyway, we're raising titling to 15% to keep up with... you know... the economy."

[Aide whispers correction]

"What? Oh, TITHING. Right. Tithing. C'mon, man, you know what I meant."

A Day in the Life of Prophet Biden (Age 82)

6:00 AM: Wakes up, forgets he's the Prophet, asks wife Jill why they're in Salt Lake City instead of Delaware. "Honey, did we drive to Utah again? I thought we were going to that ice cream place in Rehoboth Beach."

7:00 AM: Morning briefing with apostles. Falls asleep during discussion of temple ordinances, wakes up and says, "Look, fat—I mean, Elder—we handled this back in '94 with the Crime Bill. What does temple work have to do with Corn Pop anyway?"

9:00 AM: Attempts to review missionary reports on his iPad, accidentally FaceTimes his granddaughter while trying to open email. "How do you make this thing work? Back in my day, we used paper and pencils, and they worked just fine, Jack!"

10:00 AM: Gives blessing to sick child, can't remember the words, improvises: "By the power of the... the melted cheese... no, wait... the Melchizedek... you know, the thing... be healed. May the force be with you. Wait, that's Star Wars. Anyway, God bless America."

11:30 AM: Tries to dictate revelation about modern issues, gets confused: "The Lord says... uh... the thing about the gays and the... the technology... look, I marched with Martin Luther King, okay? I know about civil rights. The Lord wants everyone to be nice to each other."

12:00 PM: Lunch meeting with General Authorities. Orders chocolate chocolate chip ice cream for everyone, insists it's a revelation about the Word of Wisdom. "The Lord told me dairy is good for you. Double scoops for everyone!"

2:00 PM: Press conference about church finances. "The church's $200 billion fund? That's a bunch of malarkey! We only have... uh... Jill, how much do we have? Anyway, we're spending it all on ice cream trucks for every ward. It's what Joseph Smith would have wanted."

3:30 PM: Attempts to use smartphone to call Elder Oaks, accidentally livestreams himself on TikTok asking, "How do I turn this damn thing off? Is this thing on? Can you hear me now? What's a TikTok? Sounds like a clock."

4:00 PM: Meeting with youth leaders about missionary work. "When I was your age—and I was the youngest prophet in Utah history, by the way—we walked uphill both ways to church. In the snow. These kids today with their... their Pokémon cards and their hip-hop music... back in my day, we had respect."

5:00 PM: Tries to review temple construction plans, holds blueprints upside down for the entire meeting. "This temple looks funny. Why is the spire pointing down? Are we building it in Australia?"

6:00 PM: Dinner with visiting stake presidents. Tells the same story about meeting Brigham Young three times during the meal. Each time the dates get more confused. Claims he was there when they drove the golden spike.

7:30 PM: Evening prayers. Kneels down, can't get back up without help. Prays for "all the good Catholics... I mean Mormons... wait, what religion am I again?"

7:31 PM: Bedtime

The Terrifying Reality Check

What Prophet Biden Would Actually Say About Modern LDS Issues:

DNA Evidence Disproving the Book of Mormon: "Listen, Jack, I don't know anything about DNA. Back in my day, we didn't have DNA. We had blood types, and that was good enough for everybody. This whole DNA thing is probably fake news anyway."

Archaeological Evidence Against Book of Mormon: "Archaeology? I met an archaeologist once. Nice lady. Had a dog named Indiana... no wait, that was a movie. Anyway, who needs archaeology when you have faith, man?"

Joseph Smith's Polygamy: "Multiple wives? Sounds like a nightmare, if you ask me. One wife is plenty—ask anyone who's been married 50 years. Jill keeps me busy enough, I can't imagine having 30 more telling me what to do."

Modern Technology Questions: "Technology is the devil, I tell you. These smartphones are ruining America. When I was a kid, we played outside and talked to real people. Now everyone's staring at these little boxes. What's an Instagram anyway?"

The Daily Struggles of Prophet Biden:

Trying to Use the Temple Computer System: "Where's the 'Any' key? It says press any key, but I don't see an 'Any' key anywhere. Is it next to the space bar? What's a space bar? Sounds like something astronauts drink at."

Attempting to Understand Tithing Settlement: "So people give us 10% of their money? That's... that's a lot of money, right Jill? What do we do with all that money? Can we buy ice cream? I like ice cream."

Reviewing Missionary Applications: "This kid wants to go to Japan? That's where they make those Nintendo things, right? Tell him to bring me back one of those... those... game boxes. Do they still make Pong?"

Meeting with BYU Professors: "So you teach college? I went to college. University of Delaware. Great school. We had a football team. Do you have football? What's your mascot? A cougar? That's... that's a big cat, right?"

The Uncomfortable Truth

The LDS Church has been operating under "Biden-style" leadership for 40 consecutive years—and it's locked in for another 15-20 years minimum. Meanwhile, young members are leaving in droves because:

They bring smartphones to church and fact-check teachings in real-time, while leaders ask "What's a Google?"

They ask about DNA evidence and get answers from leaders who think DNA stands for "Do Not Ask"

They want authentic engagement and get responses like "Back in my day, we didn't question the prophet"

They seek spiritual vitality and encounter leaders who need help finding the On/Off switch

The Ultimate Irony

The same LDS members who might worry about Biden's age and mental acuity are simultaneously sustaining leaders who are:

18+ years older than Biden (Nelson is 100+ vs Biden's 82)
Less technologically savvy (Nelson has never sent a tweet vs Biden's Twitter account)
More institutionally isolated (haven't held regular jobs in decades vs Biden's lifelong public service)
Even more confused by modern issues (need interpreters to explain social media vs Biden who at least tries to use it)

The Bottom Line Question

If Joe Biden stumbling over words and getting confused is concerning to you, why are you okay with Russell M. Nelson (18+ years older) doing the same thing while claiming to receive revelation for 17 million people worldwide?

The math is inescapable. The LDS Church has been stuck in a "Biden-level" leadership model for four decades—except Biden is actually younger, more technologically aware, and has more recent experience dealing with modern problems.

At least Biden knows what TikTok is. Can the LDS Prophet say the same?

And unlike American politics, where we get a chance to vote every four years, the LDS succession system guarantees you'll be stuck with this gerontocracy until every single one of these elderly men dies... which could take another 20 years.

So, LDS members: If Biden's too old to run America, what does that say about your church leadership? Because right now, you've got someone who makes Biden look young and sharp by comparison—and no election to change it.
It’s really not funny.

Why the LDS Leadership Has Fallen

Our premise regarding LDS Leadership reveals a catastrophic institutional failure where the LDS Church has been led exclusively by men aged 80-100+ for four consecutive decades (1985-2025), creating an unprecedented leadership crisis that perfectly explains the massive exodus of young members who are confronting undeniable evidence of the church's fraudulent foundations through modern technology, DNA analysis, and archaeological research.

These LDS elderly leaders (so called prophets)—averaging 85.8 years old when assuming power and currently led by a 100+ year-old man experiencing inevitable cognitive decline—are fundamentally incapable of addressing legitimate questions about Joseph Smith's documented history as a con artist, the Book of Mormon's proven status as 19th-century fiction rather than ancient scripture, and the church's systematic deception spanning nearly two centuries.

When intellectually honest young people present irrefutable scientific evidence disproving core Mormon claims, they encounter geriatric leadership whose diminished mental capacity, technological illiteracy, and institutional self-preservation instincts respond with shame, condemnation, and excommunication rather than honest engagement, forcing these truth-seekers to choose between intellectual integrity and social/family connections. This choice increasingly leads to their departure from a dying institution that cannot survive the collision between its fabricated narrative and the information age.

This leadership age crisis is directly relevant today because it demonstrates how religious organizations built on deception inevitably collapse when their elderly guardians can no longer effectively suppress truth, making this a perfect case study for why people must seek an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ rather than trust in man-made religious systems destined for divine judgment.

THE LAST 5 LDS PRESIDENTS/PROPHETS

Russell M. Nelson (2018-present)

Became President at age 93
Currently serving at age 100+
Years served: 7 years (and counting)

Thomas S. Monson (2008-2018)

Became President at age 80
Served 10 years, died at age 90

Gordon B. Hinckley (1995-2008)

Became President at age 84
Served 13 years, died at age 97

Howard W. Hunter (1994-1995)

Became President at age 86
Served 1 year, died at age 87

Ezra Taft Benson (1985-1994)

Became President at age 86
Served 9 years, died at age 94

The Stunning Mathematical Latter Days-Saint Reality

40 consecutive years (1985-2025) led exclusively by men 80+ years old
21 years led by someone in their 80s (52.5%)
19 years led by someone in their 90s (47.5%)
Currently led by someone 100+ years old
0 years led by anyone under 80 years old
Average age when becoming President: 85.8 years

The Leadership Crisis This Creates

At ages 80-100+, these leaders face:

Significant cognitive processing decline
Greatly reduced physical energy and stamina
Extreme difficulty adapting to new technology
Massive generational disconnect with young members
Conservative, slow decision-making patterns
Inability to relate to modern challenges and questions

The Internet's Devastating Impact

The Internet has destroyed the LDS church, driving many younger members away. Studies and reports state that many young LDS people (born into the LDS) feel deceived and lied to.

Young LDS members now have access to:

DNA evidence disproving Book of Mormon claims about Native American ancestry

Archaeological evidence showing no pre-Columbian civilizations matching BoM descriptions

Historical documents revealing Joseph Smith's treasure hunting, polygamy, and deception

Scholarly research demonstrating the BoM's 19th-century origins and Biblical plagiarism

Primary source documents about the real origins of Mormon doctrines

Constantly changing doctrines

The Institutional Response Problem

When young LDS members bring legitimate questions based on this evidence, they encounter:

Elderly leaders who don't understand the technology or evidence
Defensive responses rather than honest engagement
Shame and condemnation for asking "faithless" questions
Excommunication threats for persistent inquiry
Social and family ostracism for questioning official narratives

The Mathematical Verdict

The LDS church has been led by increasingly elderly men for 40 straight years, with the current leader functioning at 100+ years old. This creates an impossible situation where:

Ancient leaders cannot effectively address modern challenges
Young members seeking answers encounter geriatric leadership unable to engage
Institutional preservation becomes more important than truth-seeking
Generational exodus becomes inevitable as questions go unanswered

The math doesn't lie: 40 years of 80+ year-old leadership, culminating in a 100+ year-old current president, creates exactly the leadership crisis and member exodus happening now in real-time. The combination of advanced age, technological disruption of carefully maintained narratives, and institutional defensiveness has created a perfect storm for the LDS church's decline among younger generations.

The LDS Leadership Succession: The Age Crisis Is LOCKED IN

CURRENT LEADERSHIP HIERARCHY

The LDS succession system operates on seniority in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. When Nelson dies, the most senior Apostle automatically becomes President.

NEXT LDS PRESIDENT: Dallin H. Oaks (born 1932)
Currently 93 years old
Will become President at age 93-95 (depending on when Nelson dies)
Has been an Apostle for 41 years
Same generation as Nelson - no generational change whatsoever

THE SUCCESSION LINE:

Current: Russell M. Nelson (100+ years old)
Next: Dallin H. Oaks (93+ when he takes over)
After Oaks: Jeffrey R. Holland (85+ when his turn comes)
After Holland: Henry B. Eyring (92+ when his turn comes)
After Eyring: Dieter F. Uchtdorf (85+ when his turn comes)

THE MATHEMATICAL REALITY

Your age crisis premise is not just validated for the past 40 years—it's mathematically guaranteed for the next 15-20 years. The LDS Church has created a gerontocracy where:

Every potential successor is already 85-97 years old
The "youngest" in succession are 85 years old
M. Russell Ballard is actually 97—older than the next President
The entire pipeline consists of men in their 80s and 90s
No leader under 80 exists anywhere in the succession line

THE DEVASTATING IMPLICATIONS

This succession system ensures that the technological disconnect, cognitive decline, and generational gap will continue and worsen for decades. Young LDS members seeking answers about DNA evidence, archaeological fraud, and Joseph Smith's deception will continue encountering:

93+ year-old Dallin Oaks (next President) who was born in 1932
Followed by men in their 80s and 90s with similar technological and generational limitations
Zero possibility of younger leadership that could credibly address modern challenges

The LDS Church has essentially guaranteed its continued decline among younger generations by locking in elderly leadership for the foreseeable future. Age-related institutional failure isn't just a current LDS reality—it's the unavoidable future of Mormon leadership.