Sethbag wrote:Or even worse, "sorry Bishop, but I'm not going on a mission because I'm entering into my second year of college and that's more important to me than acting as a door to door salesman for a false belief system."
Yep, this is a very slippery slope. Once young men are honored for thinking for themselves, it opens them up to all kinds of evil temptations, like donating that 10% of their income to their retirement, or waiting till they're emotionally ready to get married rather than the moment they step off the plane from their mission. And then where would the church be?
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
I think it's okay to mace any Bishop who invades personal space and tells a young man that he should serve a mission, especially when the young man has not brought up the subject. It's called aversion therapy. It's also good to teach boundaries to Bishops.
thestyleguy wrote:I think it's okay to mace any Bishop who invades personal space and tells a young man that he should serve a mission, especially when the young man has not brought up the subject. It's called aversion therapy. It's also good to teach boundaries to Bishops.
Before we left Texas, our bishop called on a Saturday night and asked if I thought my 18 year old would be attending church the next day. I said I didn't know (he hadn't been in months). He said, "Would you ask him to come tomorrow? I would like to talk to him."
When my son got home, I told him the bishop wanted him to come and talk to him. He said, "I know what that's about. He wants me to go on a mission. Like that's going to happen."
To his credit, the bishop didn't bug him about it.
thestyleguy wrote:I think it's okay to mace any Bishop who invades personal space and tells a young man that he should serve a mission, especially when the young man has not brought up the subject. It's called aversion therapy. It's also good to teach boundaries to Bishops.
I like your style, though I'm not a mace carrying type of guy :)
I don't expect to see same-sex marriage in Utah within my lifetime. - Scott Lloyd, Oct 23 2013
SatanWasSetUp wrote:What's the big deal. If Steve Young can choose football over a mission, why can't this rugby player? Of course the argument can be made that Rugby isn't as important as football. Once we allow rugby players to skip missions, next it will be soccer players, then volleyball players, then Little League coaches, then ballerinas, and the next thing you know someone will say, "Sorry bishop, I can't go on a mission because my company's weekend kickball team really needs me." THe church needs to draw the line somewhere between a good excuse for skipping a mission and a bad excuse.
If I were a ballerina, I definitely would not go on a mission.