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There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
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Originally posted by Moliere View PostOne interesting caveat is that sister missionaries are typically the worst when it comes to issues. I know a mission president that stated that sisters made up 20% of the missionaries but he spent 80% of his time on sister missionary related issues. I do wonder if this change will flip this stigma so that the perception of sisters is equal with that of elders. I think it will as you'll see more "normal" (meaning psychologically sound and physically able) sisters going on missions instead of getting hitched at 19-20.
I can't imagine how tough it will be for a MP right now. Except that they'll probably get a more 'average' slice of sister missionaries - not so many of the ones with problems and not so many of the perfect ones. The bulk will be in the middle somewhere and not as problematic. But it's still going to be a logistical nightmare.
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Originally posted by Indy Coug View PostI doubt that's going to happen, because when you get right down to it, there is no edict that "Every worthy young woman [must] serve a mission".
Women still don't have the priesthood obligation that men do, but "if ye love me..." can really only mean one thing...
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Originally posted by smokymountainrain View PostRight. For all the attention this is getting, it changes very little in regard to the boys.
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Originally posted by statman View PostYou didn't listen to Elder Holland's talk very closely, did you? The whole Peter "If you love me..." talk, and his reference to everyone who was affected by the changes announced on Saturday.
Women still don't have the priesthood obligation that men do, but "if ye love me..." can really only mean one thing...
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Originally posted by Indy Coug View PostThat's all well and good, but the fact remains that one gender has a oft-repeated edict to serve a mission and the other doesn't. Reading between the lines of Elder Holland's talk just doesn't meet that standard.
In 10 years, number of sisters will be about equal to elders. In 50 years, we will look back at how barbaric it was that sisters weren't equally involved in missionary work.
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Originally posted by New Mexican Disaster View PostHell, in 50 years we might let them baptize!
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Originally posted by Indy Coug View PostIn 50 years, they will go back to calling husbands, who will have to leave their career and multiple wives behind to look after the homestead. The church will increase their food storage requirement to 3 years.
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Originally posted by New Mexican Disaster View PostHell, in 50 years we might let them baptize!
I've been wondering about something. Are the callings of District Leader, Zone Leader and AP all priesthood callings? Obviously that is how they are run at this point, but is there any doctrinal backing saying they have to be staffed by Elders instead of Sisters?
If the Church comes out and says there is no such requirement and allows Sisters to be DL's, ZL's and AP's I predict women will get the priesthood within my lifetime."In conclusion, let me give a shout-out to dirty sex. What a great thing it is" - Northwestcoug
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Originally posted by jay santos View PostIn 10 years, number of sisters will be about equal to elders. In 50 years, we will look back at how barbaric it was that sisters weren't equally involved in missionary work."...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
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Originally posted by DU Ute View Post
I've been wondering about something. Are the callings of District Leader, Zone Leader and AP all priesthood callings? Obviously that is how they are run at this point, but is there any doctrinal backing saying they have to be staffed by Elders instead of Sisters?
If the Church comes out and says there is no such requirement and allows Sisters to be DL's, ZL's and AP's I predict women will get the priesthood within my lifetime."It's devastating, because we lost to a team that's not even in the Pac-12. To lose to Utah State is horrible." - John White IV
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Originally posted by kccougar View PostI know my wife was called as a Sister AP though we didn't call them that. She and her companion traveled the mission the same way the Elder APs did to split with all the different sister missionaries in their areas.
*side note: This is how I know that the oft heard "the harder you work on your mission the better looking you spouse will be" is not true, because my wife ended up with me ."Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.
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Originally posted by kccougar View PostI know my wife was called as a Sister AP though we didn't call them that. She and her companion traveled the mission the same way the Elder APs did to split with all the different sister missionaries in their areas.
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