Unity or Uniformity? A Warning from the Nemenhah

- July 15, 2025

🕊️ Unity or Uniformity? A Warning from the Nemenhah

(Lessons from Tuhcahntohr and the Book of Mohrhohnahyah)

The Comfortable Kind of Unity

I sat in fast and testimony meeting recently, listening as person after person shared how thankful they were for our “wonderful ward family.”
“We’re so united.”
“We take care of each other.”
“I know the Church is true because I feel this love here.”
And I get it.
Good people. Kind hearts. Service freely given.
But something in me felt unsettled.
Not because any of that is wrong—it’s a beautiful thing when people care for each other.
But I couldn’t help but notice how many of us find security in that feeling of belonging—as if a united ward family automatically proves the truth of the gospel.
That’s a dangerous place to rest our faith.
Because unity—if it’s not rooted in listening to the Savior for ourselves—can be used to pull us away from Him just as easily as it can pull us toward Him.
The Nemenhah warn us about this very thing.

📜 The Tuhcahntohr Problem

In Mohrhohnahyah, Chapter 15, there’s a sobering story.
A man named Tuhcahntohr:
Was once humble, a true Way-Walker.
Loved by his people. Trusted. Elected to the highest spiritual office—Tiwehkthihmpt.
At first, he truly walked with the Peacemaker.
But then…
“He ceased to subject all things unto the confirmation of the Haymehnay.”
(Mohrhohnahyah 15:9)
He began to believe every thought in his heart was God’s will.
And worse, he told others:
❌ “Don’t ask the Peacemaker for yourself—I already have the answer.”
❌ “Only I can receive revelation for this nation.”
The people followed him.
Why wouldn’t they? He had always been trustworthy. He was one of them.
But their mistake was simple and tragic:
They stopped asking the Peacemaker for themselves.

⚠️ Our Subtle Danger Today

That same trap is alive and well—sometimes in ways we don’t even notice.
We can sit in a ward that feels loving and united and quietly think:
✅ “This must be right. Look how good the people are.”
✅ “We all feel the Spirit together—this has to mean the Church is true.”
But good people and kind service are not the measure of truth.
The Nemenhah warn us: even the best, most loving communities can go astray if personal revelation is replaced by group security.

✅ The Real Test of Unity

True unity lifts every soul.
False unity silences them.
The Savior’s way—and the Nemenhah way—has always been this:
✨ Ask. Seek. Confirm by the Haymehnay.
✨ Never trade your personal revelation for someone else’s confidence—or for the comfort of belonging.
The first mistake of Mayntinah wasn’t wickedness.
It was trust without confirmation.

🔥 Your Turn, My Friend

So here’s the quiet question for you (and for me):
Do we dare ask the Savior for ourselves?
Do we dare confirm, even when it’s uncomfortable, even when the crowd feels so sure?
Because in the end, unity that is real and holy doesn’t come from a man’s command or even from a loving ward family.
It comes from every heart connected to Him, bound by love—not control.
🕊️ Ask Him. He will answer.

🌿 A Gentle Reminder

Nephi said it simply:
“Hear Him.”
Not “Hear them.”
Not “Follow the man in the white robe.”
Just Him.

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