Fact check: Mormons don’t go on missionaries until they are at least 18 for men and 19 for women.
Missionaries can be single men between the ages of 18 and 25, single women over the age of 19 or retired couples. Missionaries work with a companion of the same gender during their mission, with the exception of couples, who work with their spouse. Single men serve missions for two years and single women serve missions for 18 months.
Also, ever since the most recent transfer of power, Mormons have decided they want to be called “members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” instead of “Mormons”.
When referring to Church members, the terms “members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” “Latter-day Saints,” “members of the Church of Jesus Christ” and “members of the restored Church of Jesus Christ” are preferred. We ask that the term “Mormons” and “LDS” not be used.
Also, could I seriously advise not mimicking the Mormon missionary program? Mormon missionaries are basically cut off from everyone and everything except the Mormon church. Until about three years ago, they weren’t even allowed to call home more than twice a year. Apparently it’s also so stressful that about half of them return home early, where they’re further shamed for not meeting the exacting expectations of their church. It’s basically human trafficking in the name of religion. You can read all kinds of mission horror stories on (the admittedly terribly biased) https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon.
Oh I’m well versed in the horrors of contemporary religious tradition and ritual. The idea was always to mimic the good without the bad.
That brings its own horrors. See the recent events and commentary around SBF and FTX.
The tradition itself would never be good, it would be the end to which it serves that makes it good. This ideally keeps traditions in check.
When the end is everything, everything else is nothing, and the zealous bull of paperclip utility maximisation tramples every Chesterton fence in sight.
Fact check: Mormons don’t go on missionaries until they are at least 18 for men and 19 for women.
See https://news-pg.churchofjesuschrist.org/topic/missionary-program.
Also, ever since the most recent transfer of power, Mormons have decided they want to be called “members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” instead of “Mormons”.
See https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/style-guide.
Also, could I seriously advise not mimicking the Mormon missionary program? Mormon missionaries are basically cut off from everyone and everything except the Mormon church. Until about three years ago, they weren’t even allowed to call home more than twice a year. Apparently it’s also so stressful that about half of them return home early, where they’re further shamed for not meeting the exacting expectations of their church. It’s basically human trafficking in the name of religion. You can read all kinds of mission horror stories on (the admittedly terribly biased) https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon.
Oh I’m well versed in the horrors of contemporary religious tradition and ritual. The idea was always to mimic the good without the bad.
The tradition itself would never be good, it would be the end to which it serves that makes it good. This ideally keeps traditions in check.
That brings its own horrors. See the recent events and commentary around SBF and FTX.
When the end is everything, everything else is nothing, and the zealous bull of
papercliputility maximisation tramples every Chesterton fence in sight.