Hi Pirate,
I was a Missionary for the LDS Church for two full Years. Being a Missionary is a lot of hard work.
Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
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_Brackite
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Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
"And I've said it before, you want to know what Joseph Smith looked like in Nauvoo, just look at Trump." - Fence Sitter
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_William Schryver
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Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
The first thing I would suggest, before you do any other thing, is to make and keep a vow to avoid this message board at all costs.
Then I would set out to read the Book of Mormon "with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ."
If, after doing so, you receive the knowledge that it is true, by the power of the Holy Ghost, then you will be ready to serve a mission. Short of that, you might as well stick around here until exposure to the miscreant disbelievers on this board erodes the faith you currently possess, and completely conforms you to "fit right in" with them.
Then I would set out to read the Book of Mormon "with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ."
If, after doing so, you receive the knowledge that it is true, by the power of the Holy Ghost, then you will be ready to serve a mission. Short of that, you might as well stick around here until exposure to the miscreant disbelievers on this board erodes the faith you currently possess, and completely conforms you to "fit right in" with them.
... every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol ...
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_Paracelsus
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Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
Did you discover the hidden goals of this board?William Schryver wrote:exposure to the miscreant disbelievers on this board erodes the faith you currently possess
by the way
William Schryver wrote:The first thing I would suggest, before you do any other thing, is to make and keep a vow to avoid this message board at all costs.
If she did this as the first thing, she couldn't have ever known your smart advices. (I hope the tenses are correct.)
I know of nothing poorer
Under the sun, than you, you Gods!
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Should I honour you? Why?
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Under the sun, than you, you Gods!
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Should I honour you? Why?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Prometheus
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_William Schryver
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Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
Paracelsus wrote:Did you discover the hidden goals of this board?
Indeed. Long ago. It took about ... oh ... I'd say 3 seconds. At most.
... every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol ...
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Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
William Schryver wrote:Short of that, you might as well stick around here until exposure to the miscreant disbelievers on this board erodes the faith you currently possess, and completely conforms you to "fit right in" with them.
Like what happened to you?
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
--Louis Midgley
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Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
Dr. Shades wrote:William Schryver wrote:Short of that, you might as well stick around here until exposure to the miscreant disbelievers on this board erodes the faith you currently possess, and completely conforms you to "fit right in" with them.
Like what happened to you?
Of course, I represent a unique entity among believing Mormons. I am impervious to the machinations of the denizens of The Great and Spacious Trailer Park™. There are but few of us.
We are the champions.
... every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol ...
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Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
William Schryver wrote:Of course, I represent a unique entity among believing Mormons. I am impervious to the machinations of the denizens of The Great and Spacious Trailer Park™. There are but few of us.
We are the champions.
You're better than the vast majority of your fellow-Mormons. Of course; it all makes sense now.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
--Louis Midgley
--Louis Midgley
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_Paul Osborne
Re: Preparing for a Mission... What does it take? N/T
William Schryver wrote:The first thing I would suggest, before you do any other thing, is to make and keep a vow to avoid this message board at all costs.
Then I would set out to read the Book of Mormon "with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ."
If, after doing so, you receive the knowledge that it is true, by the power of the Holy Ghost, then you will be ready to serve a mission. Short of that, you might as well stick around here until exposure to the miscreant disbelievers on this board erodes the faith you currently possess, and completely conforms you to "fit right in" with them.
Yeah, let them stick around with us poor sinners. We are sooo miserable.
Lord, hear our cries. Me and Will are tormented! Our faith is being tried!
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