Buffalo wrote: Having never been a Mormon or served a mission, you don't really know what it's like.
I am not MCB or Jersey Girl.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
why me wrote:Zee, I realize that you have me on ignore but you really must provide the reference. To place a quotation without quotation marks and then provide no reference is not a good way to post to such information.
hey why me!
Source: God
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
Not according to the Aaronic Priesthood lesson titled 'Every Young Man Should Serve A Mission'...
Should is the key word. It doesn't say 'must'.
In the lesson the words 'commanded' and 'obligation' are used. Let's see what they mean shall we...
Commanded - Verb: Give an authoritative order.
Obligation - Noun: An act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment. The condition of being morally or legally bound to do something.
Care to roll the dice again...?
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
It is that you do consecrate yourselves, your time, talents, and everything with which the Lord has blessed you, or with which he may bless you, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for the building up of the kingdom of God on the earth and for the establishment of Zion.
Need we say more?
Romney bowed his head and said 'Yes'...
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator