This isn't the thread that I originally intended to post this on, but maybe that's for the best.
Somebody on the thread I read several weeks ago solved the problem by simply asking "What utility does such a link even have."
First allow me to show you my reach-around for generating links to a specific verse or passage, besides manually editing the link in the address bar, as already shown by others.
Then I'll answer the question posed by the moderator/senior member.
First of all, you're going to need to sign into your account. You will need to do this continually throughout the process, and certainly if you close your browser. It's very important that nobody hacks your account and donates money to the church in your name.
Next, go to the chapter with the verses you would like to link to, and simply highlight a random letter or word, it doesn't matter. This will open the menu for adding a note, highlighting, etc. Click the little button that looks like two little links of an awful chain. This is the link function and will open yet another window of the gospel library.
From here you will have to drill down again to your intended verses. That's why I do this all from the chapter I'm working with. You can generate the link anywhere in your scriptures, but doing it from the place your linking to helps you not forget the passage as you repeat it in your head to yourself.
Eventually, with prayer, you'll find the verses you were looking for. simply click on the verse number of each verse you'd like to link to. (note, there is one exception to doing this in the chapter you are linking to. Don't highlight the actual verses you want to link, it has to be somewhere else in the chapter. The servers in Salt Lake don't like it, and it delays The Work from reaching completion for like 10 minutes every time somebody makes the mistake.)
Exit the window, and go back to your actual scriptures, not the special link creating set we all get for free but don't know how to use.
You should see the awful little chains next to your randomly marked word in the chapter heading. click on it and it will open in the sidebar. right click on that link and "copy the link".
Now you can paste it into your blog or hide it in an email.
Now, as for the person's question as to why you would ever need this functionality this side of the Millenium.
The simple answer is "the same reason the church uses this functionality in their posts."
But without resorting to comparisons, I have a blog that I frequently attempt to link to the church website and yes, specific scripture passages. The reason I do this is because I want to and feel like it. But the utility of it is not only an elegant way to provide additional insight to something I said, but a way to trick my friends.
You see, my friends don't like to read the scriptures. So if I say something like "whore of all the earth" in my post, I don't want them to have to read the entirety of 1 Nephi 13.
If they follow a link to that, or any chapter of any book really, they'll never click on a link again, and that's not fun for anybody.
The thing is, I like to put little "easter egg" links in my posts - everything from playlists to scriptures to Youtube to Wikipedia, to yes, even the Book of Mormon.
I'm not the greatest missionary, but wouldn't it be great if the church's website was? I'd love to be able to send my friends to the actual Book of Mormon or Bible, and not bible hub or worse, Wikipedia.
Unfortunately, sometimes in the process of adding links to my texts, I become so frustrated and lose the spirit to such a degree, that all I really want to do is break the Word of Wisdom and watch Youtube and listen to Spotify.
I hope this helped.
Hey, the guy asked.
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