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During the Kikuchi years. My friend failed to inform me that he was released early for a "friendship" with a convert.
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That was an interesting time for The Church in Japan, and in the Tokyo South Mission in particular. And I'm not using the very positive interpretation of "interesting." I leave it to someone else closer to the situation to discuss the particulars, but there was a major clean-up project after that era.
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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My mom was supposedly a superstar missionary in Japan. When she visits Japan she is greeted as a minor LDS celebrity. According to my dad.
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We called her "Mike no Okasama-sama"
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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not, O-Mike no Okasama-sama-ohama?
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They still allow them if they've had pre-marital sex, they just have to be like everyone else and wait a year. As far as my understanding goes even before the raising the of the bar...that was the norm. 1 year wait minimum. Some kids have sex when they're 15, 16, 17,,,but by the time they turn 19 have already gone through the repentance process and left for a mission.
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I think the intention, as BlueK said, was to have prospective Elders preparing their whole youth to serve. I fully agree that one of the unintended (or perhaps it was well understood) consequences is that some of the best people persons will be excluded. Let's face it, that's how some of them got into trouble in the first place. |
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