Exclusive: Brigham Young’s Great-Great-Granddaughter on Mormonism and Mitt Romney

To: Las Vegas Ron

Some of these people are obsessed, bordering on psychosis.

WE are NOT!!

61 posted on 08/07/2012 5:12:30 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

To: Las Vegas Ron

Some of these people are obsessed, bordering on psychosis.

We DO follow these rules to the LETTER though!!

The Rules

Learn and obey all missionary rules.
Keep your thoughts, words, and actions in harmony with the gospel message.
Read only books, magazines, and other material authorized by the Church.
Don't debate or argue.
Center your mind on your mission.
Dress conservatively. Elders: white shirts, conservative ties, and business suits. Sisters: conservative colors and skirts that cover your knees. No floor-length skirts or dresses.
Cut your hair regularly.
Keep your hair clean and neatly combed at all times in the approved style.
Be neat and clean.
Bathe frequently.
Use deodorant.
Polish your shoes.
Iron your shirt and business suit.
Arise at 6:30 A.M.
Study for 2 hours every morning.
Proselytize for 10 hours between 9:30 A.M. and 9:30 P.M.
Turn off your lights at 10:30 P.M.
Exercise regularly.
Write in your journal regularly.
Follow the "Missionary Gospel Study Program" (31157) for your personal study.
Regularly study the Missionary Guide and the Discussions.
Attend Sunday priesthood or Relief Society meetings, Sunday School, and sacrament meeting.
Attend the general session of Stake Conference.
Attend general conference broadcasts if available.
Avoid all other church meetings unless you have a special assignment or are brining an investigator.
Proselytize as much as possible on weekends and holidays because this is when you'll find people home.
End your preparation day at 6:00 P.M. and proselytize from 6:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.
Wear your missionary uniform in public on preparation day while not engaged in recreational activities.
Arise at 6:30 on preparation day and study for 2 hours from the approved books.
Take care of your physical preparation for the week on preparation day: wash your clothes, clean your apartment, wash your car, get your haircut, and shop for groceries.
Write to your parents every week on preparation day.
Write less frequently to your siblings, friends, and acquaintances.
Don't communicate with any friends or acquaintances that are within or close to your mission boundaries, except as a part of official mission business.
Plan safe, wholesome, and uplifting activities for preparation day.
Stay with your companion during all activities.
Do not go on road trips.
Do not leave your assigned area without permission
Do not watch television.
Do not view unauthorized videocassettes.
Do not listen to the radio.
Do not listen to unauthorized audiocassettes or CD’s.
Do not participate in musical groups.
Do not participate in athletic teams.
Do not sponsor athletic teams.
Do not engage in contact sports.
Do not engage in water sports.
Do not engage in winter sports.
Do not engage in motorcycling.
Do not engage in horseback riding.
Do not engage in mountain climbing.
Do not embark on a private boat.
Do not embark in a private airplane.
Do not handle firearms.
Do not handle explosives.
Do not swim.
Do not play full court basketball.
Do not play basketball in leagues.
Do not play basketball in tournaments.
You may play half-court basketball.
Never be alone.
Seek advice from your mission president if your companion is "having difficulties".
Be loyal to your companion.
Ask your mission president for help if your companion doesn’t obey the rules.
Pray with your companion every day.
Study with your companion every day.
Plan your work with your companion every day.
Take time at least once a week for companionship inventory.
Seek to be one in spirit and purpose and help each other succeed.
Always address your companion as Elder or Sister.
Sleep in the same bedroom as your companion.
Do not sleep in the same bed as your companion.
Do not arise before your companion.
Do not retire after your companion. (apparently, being together is more important than getting the correct amount of sleep that your unique body requires.)
Frequently study with your companion the Missionary Guide section on companions.
Never be alone with anyone of the opposite sex.
Never associate inappropriately with anyone of the opposite sex (conversely, they don't mention whether or not it is against the rules to associate inappropriately with anyone of the same sex).
Do not flirt.
Do not date.
Do not communicate via phone or letter with anyone of the opposite sex living within or near mission boundaries.
Do not visit a single or divorced person of the opposite sex unless accompanied by a couple or another adult member of your sex.
Try to teach single investigators in a member’s home or have missionaries of the same sex teach them.
Always follow the above rules, even if the situation seems harmless.
Use the commitment pattern to get referrals from members.
Keep your dinner visits with member briefs and during the customary dinner hour in the area.
Remember to say thank you to those who feed you.
Visit members and nonmembers only at appropriate times.
Do not counsel or give medical treatment.
Do not stay in the homes of people when they are on vacation.
Only write letters to family members and friends at home.
Do not telephone parents
Do not telephone relatives.
Do not telephone friends.
Do not telephone girlfriends.
Contact your mission president in case of an emergency.
Take problems and questions to your mission president.
Do not write to the President of the Church or to other General Authorities. Letters from missionaries to General Authorities are referred back to the mission president
Respect the customs, traditions, and property of the people who you are trying to convert.
Obey all mission rules.
Obey the laws of the land.
Do not get involved in politics.
Do not get involved in commercial activities.
Do not give any information about the area.
Respect the customs and cultures of those who you are trying to convert to your own customs and culture.
Respect the beliefs, practices, and sites of other religions.
Do not say or write anything bad about the political and cultural circumstances where you serve.
Do not become involved in adoption proceedings.
Do not suggest or encourage emigration. (This rule is a bit ironic, given the now-defunct doctrine of gathering the believers to Zion)
Be courteous.
Provide community service.
Do not provide community service that isn’t approved by your mission president.
Do not provide more than 4 hours a week of community service.
Do not provide community service during the evening, weekend or holidays—those are peek proselytizing times.
Your mission president must approve your housing.
Keep your housing unit clean.
Do not live with single or divorced people of the opposite sex.
Do not live where the spouse is frequently absent.
Your living unit must have a private bath and entrance.
You may occasionally fast for a special reason, but generally the monthly fast is sufficient.
Do not fast longer than 24 hours at a time.
Do not ask friends, relatives, and members to join in special fasts for investigators.
Maintain your health.
Eat a healthy diet.
Sleep from 10:30 to 6:30.
Follow the approved exercise program.
Keep your body, clothes, dishes, linens, towels and housing unit clean.
Dispose of your garbage properly and promptly.
Follow the safety rules for all of your stuff.
Seek medical care if you are in an accident or become sick.
Be immunized.
Spend your money only on things relating to your mission.
Budget your money carefully.
Keep a record of what you spend.
Do not spend more than your companion.
Do not loan money.
Do not borrow money.
Keep a reserve fund of $50 to $100 at all times for transfers.
Pay your bills before leaving an area.
Pay cash for all resale literature and supplies ordered from the mission office.
Do not waste money on souvenirs.
Do not waste money on unnecessary items.
Be a frugal photographer.
Do not accumulate excess baggage.
Obey custom laws and regulations.
Pay fast offerings each fast Sunday to the bishop or branch president where you serve.
Pay tithing on outside sources of income (i.e. interest) to your home bishop or branch president.
Evaluate your funds a few months before the end of your mission. If you have more than you need, ask that less be sent so that you can return home without excess money.
Do not drive without a license.
Drive only Church-owned vehicles.
Do not drive members’ cars.
Do not drive nonmembers’ cars.
Do not give rides to members or investigators in Church-owned cars.
Use cars only on approved mission business.
Use cars only within the assigned geographical area.
Be conscious of safety at all times.
Drive defensively.
Wear your seat belt.
Pray for the Lord’s protection while driving.
If your companion is driving, assist him or her.
Do not tamper with the vehicle’s odometer.
Know bicycle safety rules.
Use extreme caution on your bicycle.
Do not ride your bicycle after dark.
Do not ride your bicycle in heavy traffic.
Do not ride your bicycle in adverse weather conditions.
Go directly to your new area when transferred.
Find your new companion without delay when transferred.
Have a maximum of two suitcases and a briefcase.

62 posted on 08/07/2012 5:14:08 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

YOU can have your “non-Mormon” Pres_ent and we’ll take the Mormon.

MORMONs have already thrown their god under the bus anyway...

Inasmuch as laws have been enacted by Congress forbidding plural marriage...

I hereby declare my intention to submit to those laws..."

~ Wilford Woodruff, 4th LDS President

63 posted on 08/07/2012 5:15:44 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

MORMONs have already thrown their god under the bus anyway...

Well... ONE of them...

64 posted on 08/07/2012 5:16:02 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Funny, are people who Witness the Gospel of Christ obsessed?

65 posted on 08/07/2012 5:16:29 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)

Well... ONE of them...

If You Could Hie to Kolob

#284 – William W. Phelps

1. If you could hie to Kolob In the twinkling of an eye,
    And then continue onward With that same speed to fly,
    Do you think that you could ever, Through all eternity,
    Find out the generation Where Gods began to be?

2. Or see the grand beginning, Where space did not extend?
    Or view the last creation, Where Gods and matter end?
    Me thinks the Spirit whispers, “No man has found ‘pure space,’
    Nor seen the outside curtains, Where nothing has a place.”

3. The works of God continue, And worlds and lives abound;
    Improvement and progression Have one eternal round.
    There is no end to matter; There is no end to space;
    There is no end to spirit; There is no end to race.

4. There is no end to virtue; There is no end to might;
    There is no end to wisdom; There is no end to light.
    There is no end to union; There is no end to youth;
    There is no end to priesthood; There is no end to truth.

5. There is no end to glory; There is no end to love;
    There is no end to being; There is no death above.
    There is no end to glory; There is no end to love;
    There is no end to being; There is no death above.

66 posted on 08/07/2012 5:16:50 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

I am serious, it’s the only explanation for your obsession and hatred.

ONLY?

You SURE?

67 posted on 08/07/2012 5:17:50 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Were you sexually abused by a Mormon?

HHMMmmm...

THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 132

51–57, Emma Smith is counseled (commanded) to be faithful and true; 58–66, Laws governing the plurality of wives are set forth.

51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did it, saith the Lord, to ^aprove you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.

52 And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, ^areceive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God.

53 For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he hath been ^afaithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him.

54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and ^acleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be ^bdestroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.

55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an ^ahundredfold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of ^beternal lives in the eternal worlds.

56 And again, verily I say, let mine handmaid ^aforgive my servant Joseph his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her, and multiply her, and make her heart to ^brejoice.

Whatever HAPPENED to Emma???

Eliza was a devout Mormon. At age 38, she became Joseph Smith's 14th plural wife (in addition to Smith's lawful wife, Emma). In 1842, after learning Eliza was pregnant, Emma Smith beat Eliza with a broomstick and knocked her down a flight of stairs, causing Eliza to miscarry Smith's baby.

Wow!!

I guess ol' Emma got VAPORIZED by GOD!!!

We know that multiply him thing sure didn't work out!

68 posted on 08/07/2012 5:18:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

That sums it up for my experiences.

69 posted on 08/07/2012 5:21:22 PM PDT by pingman ("Human history seems logical in afterthought, but a mystery in forethought." (Strauss & Howe))

Last time I did 3rd party was Perot. Like I have stated before, still praying for a miracle. Won't know what I will do until election day. What I WON'T do is write in or vote for 3rd party.....unless it's Sarah. As of this moment, it's Sarah or Mitt.

"(If Obama loses in '12; re-runs as an (R) in 2020 vs. a more liberal Dem"

Oh please....now you are bordering on hysterics. I usually don't push meds....but in your case PUSH.

70 posted on 08/07/2012 5:22:06 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)

If you folks continue to rail about Romney being Mormon, you’re going to end up having 0bama for 4 more years.

If you folks continue to ignore Romney being either a DECEIVED Mormon or else a DECEIVING one, then you’re going to end up having to account for the deception of others that a MORMON president would achieve.

What's THAT; St. Pete?

No; I DIDN'T think religion was that important.

71 posted on 08/07/2012 5:22:18 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

To: JSDude1; Colofornian; fishtank; RaceBannon; Elsie; aMorePerfectUnion

I know a lot of people will burn me for this- but I know what Jesus did for me (Eph 2:8-9) and that the Mormon religion is based on lies and Satanic beliefs, not the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Romney ~may~ end up the tyrant that we all hope doesn’t come to pass in our lifetimes. Not saying he will, but he may.

Better to be burned by pretend entities on an internet forum by those who are ignorant to the danger than to answer to God for following a false prophet. Good for you.

72 posted on 08/07/2012 5:23:29 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Tell the 52,000 mormon missionaries to stop going worldwide proclaiming Christianity to be false.)

MORMONs have already thrown their god under the bus anyway... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well... ONE of them...

LOL...you're hypocrite in the highest order.

Please explain how you are serving The Good Lord Jesus by denigrating another faith, rather han Witnessing to them to show them the way?

Nah, never mind, you're waste of time.

73 posted on 08/07/2012 5:23:58 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)

To: Las Vegas Ron

LVR dislays the false excluded middle again...

74 posted on 08/07/2012 5:24:47 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Mormons comprised most of the personnel that investigate and grant security clearances for just about everybody as I found out during my service with the Army. When I asked why, I was told that they are “clean” meaning there’s nothing in the investigators’ background that could be used for blackmail

You were misinformed. Take it from an ex-mormon who has lived in mormon-controlled communities.

OR...are you saying that if Mitt wins the presidency he has a ready made "investigatory" army in place? Sounds an awful lot like Obama.

75 posted on 08/07/2012 5:28:11 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Tell the 52,000 mormon missionaries to stop going worldwide proclaiming Christianity to be false.)

Why, by pointing that you’re so weak in your own convictions you have to belittle others to try and show your own faith?

NOtice you didn’t adress the Witnessing part....

76 posted on 08/07/2012 5:31:39 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)

To: Las Vegas Ron

Please explain how you are serving The Good Lord Jesus by denigrating another faith, rather han Witnessing to them to show them the way?

Read my tagline. The claims made daily by 52,000 missionaries are not "witnessing" the glory of God and His Son, but putting forth a false prophet and a phony "restoration" of the Gospel of Christ.

But, I guess that hasn't occurred to you, huh?

77 posted on 08/07/2012 5:34:09 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Tell the 52,000 mormon missionaries to stop going worldwide proclaiming Christianity to be false.)

To: Louis Foxwell

Both are a problem, but Obama is a much bigger problem, and he will do much more lasting damage, much sooner. They aren’t two equal evils.

78 posted on 08/07/2012 5:35:15 PM PDT by pallis

Muzzie or Mormon, your choice, obot.

79 posted on 08/07/2012 5:35:36 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)

You do have a reading comprehension problem...yes?

80 posted on 08/07/2012 5:37:36 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)

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