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suckers
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Date: July 21, 2017 08:42AM
I could still read the negative comments by clicking the "Comments" link from the archived link in the OP. I can't, but someone should save it; LDS will buy or threaten the archive to be removed.
I think one of the most interesting aspects of this is LDS's tacit acknowledgement that these malleable youngsters are still subject to the effects of abuse and manipulation.
This "child" was technically an "adult," but if treated (and abused) like the dependent child he was, he was prone to yield to that abuse. No support, no prospects, no transportation, essentially set up to become homeless at 18 - "Go on a mission or go homeless."
POS parents, no internal morality whatsoever. Abandoning a kid to bears, for all they knew. Not zoo bears behind glass, but real-life rip the flesh from bone bears. Oh, and there's no reliably clean water source.
https://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/backcountryinfo.htmLDS: "Use life-threatening measures to get your kid to the MTC. We'll take it from there. Sure, we lose the odd kid or two to death, but our overall percentages are low."
And if that kid had been killed, what "tragic" story would those parents have told? As we've been advised, "The [full, unvarnished] truth is not always useful."
Mom: "Our dear boy was leaving for the MTC to serve the Lord the very next day, so we wanted to give him a family day to celebrate, when tragically, we became separated."
How they love to toy with words. And minds. If the other kids had told the [full, unvarnished] truth, LDS gov to the rescue. LDS stories (essays) are made for editing out the nasty bits.
I'm posting this little fantasy for the benefit of young LDS readers. They have read those kinds of words many times, and should learn the full, unvarnished translations.
It's also a cautionary tale for LDS youngsters; yes, get that teen job, save your money, switch it to a fully "adult" account that your parents can't access at 18, and plan to put yourself through college, no matter what parents may "promise." No one can force you to put your life on hold and be an unpaid salesman for two years, especially, a group of old "religious" men living high on the hog of LDS.
BTW, salesmen are the most highly paid group of employees where I work, right behind the executives. If you want that job, you won't learn how to do it at the MTC.
The MTC has one ultimate goal: to finish turning you into a lifetime tithe payer. Your brain is the cherry, ripe for the picking. If you go, you'll notice that the (most painful) lessons are not about convert behavior, but about YOUR behavior. It's not training to close a sale, but a mind.