Posted by:
captainmoroni
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Date: November 08, 2011 04:15PM
Every mission conference that we had, we were treated to a familiar diatribe. Our MP told us how hard he worked on his mission and then told us that we should work just as hard or be cursed.
If we didn't talk to everyone we met, our children would be disabled.
If we were sent home early, we would end up on the street selling crap and get hit by a train like one of his former Elders.
If we didn't follow the rules, we would be hopeless failures afterward with no chance at success in life.
If the DLs and ZLs didn't tell the MP everything wrong that the Elders in his area were doing, terrible accidents would happen to their families.
If we were good elders, our MP and GA told us that we would be rich like they are.
Our GA (who is now a high ranking member of the First Quorum) told us berated one elder for saying he wanted to be a band teacher in front of the entire conference. He told him that Mormons should go to college and get rich and that they were being wicked and foolish if they did something as lowly as being a band teacher.
Most Elders ignored or mocked this BS. But some were scared out of their minds.