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|claim=The website claims that "more and more missionaries seem to be going home hungry. This is a result of the 'No investigators, no dinner' policy." | |claim=The website claims that "more and more missionaries seem to be going home hungry. This is a result of the 'No investigators, no dinner' policy." | ||
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*There is no such thing as a universal "no investigators, no dinner" policy. Each mission president can create his own rules. | *There is no such thing as a universal "no investigators, no dinner" policy. Each mission president can create his own rules. | ||
*This seems to be a result of the author's own experience on a mission in Brazil. Lunch is the large daily meal, and "dinner," as we experience it in the United States, doesn't exist. | *This seems to be a result of the author's own experience on a mission in Brazil. Lunch is the large daily meal, and "dinner," as we experience it in the United States, doesn't exist. | ||
*A missionary is never prohibited from buying their own food if they are hungry. | *A missionary is never prohibited from buying their own food if they are hungry. | ||
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|claim=The website implies some sort of brainwashed culture of obedience that is so strong that a missionary will let himself starve. The author states "It’s natural to feel pressure to be obedient, but it’s important to remember that your health comes first." | |claim=The website implies some sort of brainwashed culture of obedience that is so strong that a missionary will let himself starve. The author states "It’s natural to feel pressure to be obedient, but it’s important to remember that your health comes first." | ||
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*If you don't have a dinner appointment, then buy something to eat. If you are fasting, then don't fast to the point of exhaustion. | *If you don't have a dinner appointment, then buy something to eat. If you are fasting, then don't fast to the point of exhaustion. | ||
*Of course, ''fasting'' is a principle that is taught for a specific purpose, but there is no such thing as a mission rule that requires missionaries to starve themselves to the point of sacrificing their health as an incentive to seek out investigators. | *Of course, ''fasting'' is a principle that is taught for a specific purpose, but there is no such thing as a mission rule that requires missionaries to starve themselves to the point of sacrificing their health as an incentive to seek out investigators. | ||
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What if You Were an Investigator | A FAIR Analysis of: FutureMissionary.com A work by author: Anonymous
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The positions that the FutureMissionary article "No Investigators, No Dinner" appears to take are the following:
The website claims that "more and more missionaries seem to be going home hungry. This is a result of the 'No investigators, no dinner' policy."
The website implies some sort of brainwashed culture of obedience that is so strong that a missionary will let himself starve. The author states "It’s natural to feel pressure to be obedient, but it’s important to remember that your health comes first."
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