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The website futuremissionary.com is designed to introduce prospective missionaries to a number of troubling issues related to Church history. The site claims to be run by three returned missionaries, all of whom remain anonymous. | The website futuremissionary.com is designed to introduce prospective missionaries to a number of troubling issues related to Church history. The site claims to be run by three returned missionaries, all of whom remain anonymous. | ||
==The specific content of the FutureMissionary.com website is addressed in the articles listed below== | |||
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|summary=({{antilink|http://futuremissionary.com/10-things-every-pre-missionary-should-know/}}) This FutureMssionary article concludes, among other things, that you should not "spread lies, even if they serve a higher purpose," that your girlfriend will probably not wait for you, but not to worry since "you’ll get to come home and marry a girl waiting for her missionary," and that "You’ll probably have a gay companion." This last point is illustrated by a photo of two male missionaries holding hands. | |||
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Revision as of 14:46, 13 June 2013
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 |
A FAIR Analysis of the critical website FutureMissionary.com
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"
Overview
The website futuremissionary.com is designed to introduce prospective missionaries to a number of troubling issues related to Church history. The site claims to be run by three returned missionaries, all of whom remain anonymous.
The specific content of the FutureMissionary.com website is addressed in the articles listed below
A FAIR Analysis of MormonThink page "Joseph Running with the Plates"
Summary: ( http://futuremissionary.com/10-things-every-pre-missionary-should-know/) This FutureMssionary article concludes, among other things, that you should not "spread lies, even if they serve a higher purpose," that your girlfriend will probably not wait for you, but not to worry since "you’ll get to come home and marry a girl waiting for her missionary," and that "You’ll probably have a gay companion." This last point is illustrated by a photo of two male missionaries holding hands.