There fixed it.
These rules are vile, and so unBiblical it boggles the mind that thinking individuals would fall for such blasphemy.
From Colofornian's post: "So, Reaganesque, is the following your representational idea of what "free republic, free liberty" is all about???? Massive, intrusive, micromanagement of Lds missionaries where everything is tightly controlled from the outside-in vs. instead of operating from the inside-out where the Holy Ghost helps them maintain self-discipline and self-control & self-government?"
You left out the part where these missionaries are encouraged to save up their money so they can AFFORD to pay for their own missions (with their family's help, also)......Christian churches (the ones to actually PAY a pastor) don't expect their missionaries to pay their own way.
Proselytize for 10 hours between 9:30 A.M. and 9:30 P.M.
Provide community service.
Do not provide community service that isn’t approved by your mission president.
Do not provide more than 4 hours a week of community service.
Do not provide community service during the evening, weekend or holidays—those are peek proselytizing times.
These "Missions" are nothing more than sales efforts....
The church missions I have been on built something, a house, a school, a church, with some preaching in the evenings before rest.
Odd that for a "works" based group, the LDS makes little time for works...
That's disgusting... [tennessee nana]
Ejonesie22:
I love these:
Do not provide community service that isn’t approved by your mission president. Do not provide more than 4 hours a week of community service.
Do not provide community service during the evening, weekend or holidays—those are peek proselytizing times.
These "Missions" are nothing more than sales efforts....
The church missions I have been on built something, a house, a school, a church, with some preaching in the evenings before rest. Odd that for a "works" based group, the LDS makes little time for works...
Imagine someone approaching you and saying: "We want almost 3% of your life. Even though you're adults, we're going to give 167 commandments that will micromanage every minute of your life for that time period. And, you have to pay up front for that 'privilege.'"
You left out the part where these missionaries are encouraged to save up their money so they can AFFORD to pay for their own missions (with their family's help, also)......Christian churches (the ones to actually PAY a pastor) don't expect their missionaries to pay their own way. [greyfoxx39]
Thank you for the correction. :)
FWIW, I have never seen this list before.
You say it’s vile, I thik this list is redculously verbose.
Many of the rules seem to be “look both ways” rules... As a missionary, I arived and left with two suit cases... Becasue that is what the airlines allowed. (I also shipped some boxes.. but not by the plane I was going to fly on.)
The other rules make sense to me if you are trying to keep foriegners (espacially young men) safe in another land.