Mormon missionaries

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> WASHBURN

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> Is the average Mormon missionary this poorly prepared to defend his

> faith?  If so, how can their enterprise be so enormously profitable for

> the Mormon church?  It just boggles my poor little mind.

>

>CURT

>Young Mormons are generally expected to enter a mission for two years

>before they attend college. The social pressure on these people is pretty

>strong, to the point where, I suspect, a lot of them simply go on the

>mission to fulfill what they regard as an otherwise onerous obligation. In

>reading the testimonies of ex-Mormons, I get the feeling that many of them

>simply "go through the motions" for the two years, just to get it over

>with.


JASON
The brother of a friend of mine is a Mormon and went to Japan for his
missionary trip.  Supposedly, the Mormons send a lot of blonde men to Japan.
Since blonde hair is rather rare there, the missionaries stick out more.

It's kind of irrelevant, but still interesting.

Regards,
Jason

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