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Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:16 pm
by _Bazooka
It was Thomas S Monson who said you are entitled to the Lords protection whilst on His errand.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=23954442So why does this type of thing happen?
Edited to provide a different link.
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:47 am
by _ludwigm
The link above is NSFW
--- it begins a loud video without any demand
--- stopping the video caused my laptop frost (may be the fault of my opsys, but with low likelihood)
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:56 am
by _Bazooka
From Fox news:
WOODLAND, Oklahoma — A sister missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in Oklahoma was killed on Friday when she was struck from behind by a truck while riding a bicycle.
Scott Trotter, senior public affairs manager for the LDS church, said in an email that Sister Alesa Renee Smith was 22 years old and from Benton, Arkansas. She was serving in the Oklahoma City Mission. Smith was riding single file on the side of the road with her companion in Woodland, Oklahoma when the accident happened.
Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. Her companion was uninjured.
Trotter said: “The entire church grieves at her passing, and we pray for her family and friends at this difficult time.”
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:41 pm
by _ZelphtheGreat
For the same reasons anyone else dies. They have no more or less inspiration and/or protection than anyone else.
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:17 pm
by _subgenius
Bazooka wrote:It was Thimas S Monson who said you are entitled to the Lords protection whilst on His errand.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=23954442So why does this type of thing happen?
Edited to provide a different link.
As this particular topic had been discussed ad nauseaum, could you be more specific?
Particularly with details of being on "His errand" and what is considered as "Lord's protection"....and how this thread is not a feeble attempt at trying to fit a spiritual issue into a temporal concern?
...or is this just a lead into why does God let babies die?
(the obvious answer to why things like this happen is simply to test and prove your faith....not mine....but yours.......see also book of Job).
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:52 pm
by _The Erotic Apologist
Subgenius, where did you serve your mission?
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:15 am
by _Bazooka
subgenius wrote:Particularly with details of being on "His errand" and what is considered as "Lord's protection"....
I don't know, Thomas S Monson wasn't specific on the clauses when he made the claim.
Perhaps you can ask him to clarify...
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:23 am
by _Quasimodo
I've always wondered why missionaries (usually in their early twenties) were called 'Elders'. It's known that elders (usually 70 years old and above) have a higher mortality rate than younger people.
Maybe they should be called 'Youngers'.
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:42 am
by _Fence Sitter
Quasimodo wrote:I've always wondered why missionaries (usually in their early twenties) were called 'Elders'. It's known that elders (usually 70 years old and above) have a higher mortality rate than younger people.
Maybe they should be called 'Youngers'.
On my mission we had a missionary whose last name was Elder so he was Elder Elder. I wonder if he had a sister who served a mission? Now that would have been confusing. Sister Elder!
Re: Why do missionaries die on their mission?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:51 am
by _Quasimodo
Fence Sitter wrote:Quasimodo wrote:I've always wondered why missionaries (usually in their early twenties) were called 'Elders'. It's known that elders (usually 70 years old and above) have a higher mortality rate than younger people.
Maybe they should be called 'Youngers'.
On my mission we had a missionary whose last name was Elder so he was Elder Elder. I wonder if he had a sister who served a mission? Now that would have been confusing. Sister Elder!
Reminds me of the character in "Catch 22". His last name was Majors. When he was born, his father (in a moment of drunken humor) named him Major. After joining the Army Air Corp, Major Majors was promoted to Major (due to a clerical error because of his name). He was Major Major Majors.