
FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The website futuremissionary.com is designed to | The website futuremissionary.com is designed to shake the faith of prospective missionaries by blindsiding them with troubling issues related to Church history. The site's anonymous authors claim to be returned missionaries, and write as though "active" members who naively accept controversial statements and ideas. The most prominent and detailed page on the website is "A Letter to a CES Director: Why I Lost My Testimony." The authors claim that such blatant materials will help to prepare missionaries for questions and challenges they will face. In reality, the letter and other material on the site only introduce attacks on the church without discussing crucial context and explanation that would help readers fully understand the material. | ||
==The specific content of the FutureMissionary.com website is addressed in the articles listed below== | ==The specific content of the FutureMissionary.com website is addressed in the articles listed below== |
A FAIR Analysis of: FutureMissionary A work by author: Anonymous
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High Level Summary | |
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Title | FutureMissionary.com |
Type | Website |
Author(s) | Anonymous |
Affiliation | "Active" members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
Accuracy | The site presents a host of troubling issues to the prospective missionary without any significant context. The site refers the prospective missionary to the anti-Mormon site MormonThink.com for further information. |
Temple content | None |
If you, as a missionary, are asked a tough question, it’s your duty to answer them. It’s the only way you can ever expect someone to trust you. To be able to answer truthfully, you need to know the truth. That’s why we created FutureMissionary.com.
—FutureMissionary's advice to prospective missionaries, "What if You Were an Investigator"
The website futuremissionary.com is designed to shake the faith of prospective missionaries by blindsiding them with troubling issues related to Church history. The site's anonymous authors claim to be returned missionaries, and write as though "active" members who naively accept controversial statements and ideas. The most prominent and detailed page on the website is "A Letter to a CES Director: Why I Lost My Testimony." The authors claim that such blatant materials will help to prepare missionaries for questions and challenges they will face. In reality, the letter and other material on the site only introduce attacks on the church without discussing crucial context and explanation that would help readers fully understand the material.
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