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Yep, the parents of those sweet-cheeked mormon boys have to pay for their two-year missions out of their own pockets.

When I went on my mission, I pad for the whole thing myself, thanks.

Pretty cool system...and then the LDS church can include those payments to missionaries as part of their famed "charitable contributions" in their PR propaganda.

So, if your sister goes on a mission to some third world country to teach hygiene and Christianity, donating money to support her is a crass tax maneuver and a PR stunt, her service is also now tainted because she only went to generate said tax savings and PR event, right?

I can't help what you think, but normal 18 year olds do not spend two years on any kind of a "mission" for PR, or for Tax credit for their family.

I can't speak for others, but reason I went was because of my testimony of Jesus that I wanted to share with others who didn't have a testimony.

It's Anecdotal evidence, but it proves your blanket statement wrong.

I have to ask, did you write that answer on answerbag yourself?

I can't speak for others, but reason I went was because of my testimony of Jesus that I wanted to share with others who didn't have a testimony.

How about the ones who DID have a testimony? Did you accept their testimony if it didn't agree with yours? Or did you try to convince them their testimony was wrong. You wouldn't accept MY testimony.

I didn't see anything wrong with the answerbag quote...and I don't seen anything wrong with parents writing off the money.

It just seems a little penurious of the LDS church to make members pay for their own missions when the mormon church is one of the richest corporations going. Many individual churches, (mine for example) have a mission fund that is supported by the general membership to support their missionaries. There is no hardship on the individual members.

And as I noted, I suspect that the LDS church includes the payment of these funds (raised from members) in their "statistics" when quoting the amount of giving to charity in their PR releases.

It's Anecdotal evidence, but it proves your blanket statement wrong.

Sorry DU; it 'proves' nothing.

Just like your ANOTHER testement of Jesus Christ 'proves' nothing new.