As critical as I am of the Church, one of my most cherished childhood memories was of my dad giving me a blessing when I was terribly ill with a severe viral infection that had caused delirium and even night terrors.
Pretty amazing that the church feels it necessary to deny this power to women, especially with all the single mothers out there.
On my mission, we had plenty of interested female investigators and church members but almost no males. Our baptism rate plummeted because the church required that we only teach discussions with male investigators for a year as a way to compensate for the lack of priesthood leadership.
There are entire branches in Russia that consist almost exclusively of women. Missionaries are the branch presidents and EQ presidents. It is so stupid.
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