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mentalgymnast wrote:

Maksutov wrote:The MG subroutine: the dependable loop of passive aggression, whining, hyperbole, evasion and pouting, rinse and repeat. You've captured it perfectly....guess you've seen it a few times, eh? It's like a compulsive kabuki, maybe a weird OCD variant?

Attacking the messenger again, I see. Making stuff up. Rinse and repeat.

Can't you just play nice? I asked the same of IHAQ and he failed to respond. Playing nice is not in your repertoire?

Read my OP. Read my other contributions during the thread. Look to see/notice where a derail occurred. Watch how others such as yourself come into attack the messenger, so to speak. THAT is the "dependable loop".

What did you find so offensive with my orginal post and the other contributions I made as I initiated this thread? Can you be specific please and as I've said before...use context...and my own words, to show that I am guilty of "passive aggression, whining, hyperbole, evasion and pouting"? Can you? Sure, I've pointed out that you and IHAQ are entering into a predictable pattern of deceit and provocativeness, but, heh, what would you expect me to do? Sit back and take a licking? Nah. YOU have predictably jumped into this thread to make it all about me again as a derail. You'll notice, by the way, that I'm not the one that moved it that direction.

When the dogs start barking, however, I have to...as I have before...point it out and try and bring things back around to a hoped for positive/productive discussion and sharing. Usually, from my experience, the dogs just keep on barking in unison and make a lot of noise much to the dismay of the neighbors/inhabitants in the neighborhood. I don't expect to be able to stop the barking. This thread will probably...now, unfortunately...continue to deteriorate into negativism and variants of hyperbole.

THAT, fellow board members, is a colossal waste of time for everyone.

Play nice?

Regards,
MG

mentalgymnast wrote:Net positive? Let me see...

Resource allocation and relief for both the church and the missionaries being called?

https://www.LDS.org/callings/missionary ... s?lang=eng

Better to have them there...or move all these prospective missionaries to Utah?

As I pointed out earlier in the thread, IHAQ, you are prone to looking at what you perceive to be negative and pointing it out to the exclusion of all else. What's the point in doing that?

The fact is, as I pointed out in my OP, the church has many more MTC's throughout the world than they did back in the day when I served a mission. I think that...in and of itself...is a good thing. A net positive. I ask you, how can it NOT be?

mentalgymnast wrote:
I simply want to point out the growth in the number of MTC's that the church has built throughout the world and the positive net effect that it has had on the missionary program of the church. Would you disagree with me when I propose that the net effect has been positive?

Regards,
MG

Themis wrote:

mentalgymnast wrote:
I simply want to point out the growth in the number of MTC's that the church has built throughout the world and the positive net effect that it has had on the missionary program of the church. Would you disagree with me when I propose that the net effect has been positive?

Regards,
MG

I don't think there is a strong correlation to increasing missionary numbers and the increase in MTC's. I suspect it is just trying to keep missionaries from having to travel less to get to a MTC. No point in going half way across the world for a few weeks only to travel back to the same area.

Themis wrote:I don't think there is a strong correlation to increasing missionary numbers and the increase in MTC's. I suspect it is just trying to keep missionaries from having to travel less to get to a MTC. No point in going half way across the world for a few weeks only to travel back to the same area.

Lemmie wrote:

Themis wrote:I don't think there is a strong correlation to increasing missionary numbers and the increase in MTC's. I suspect it is just trying to keep missionaries from having to travel less to get to a MTC. No point in going half way across the world for a few weeks only to travel back to the same area.

True, a possible decrease in expenses, but no indication that it increased the efficiency of missionary work. In fact, the extreme drop in the efficiency of missionary work is completely inversely correlated with the increase in MTCs.

mentalgymnast wrote:I served a mission back in 1973-75. The number of mission homes has increased quite dramatically since those days.

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/f ... 5948a.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionar ... ing_Center

I wonder how the missionary outreach from other churches compares with the LDS Church in regards to the number of training facilities throughout the world? The Church seems to have developed a very efficient system by which to move the gospel message forth to the countries that are open to missionaries.

Regards,
MG