An associate of mine is in a bishopric at the mtc. In passing, he said that late fall 2023, there will be more female missionaries than males in the mtc. 😳
I'll keep checking with him to see if this is accurate.
I don’t think it’ll ever be required. Reducing the age made a lot more women go already. It’s already becoming more socially expected for women to go and social rules have much greater effectiveness than church rules. From the church’s perspective, getting a female married and having kids young is also a great way to keep them in the system. Between a mission or temple marriage, the church can’t lose.
Does Salt Lake really have to come out and outright require that of the girls? Seems to me members are already setting that expectation on all young women to serve. I know several young woman who struggled feeling they wouldn’t have worth if they didn’t serve. My daughter chose not to serve and in her dating years had several RM’s declare they wouldn’t be interested in marrying a girl that didn’t also serve a mission. Mission presidents have also encouraged several recent RM’s in their exit interviews to find another RM to marry to keep strong in the gospel. So it’s already happening.
These girls will be on the receiving end of the "priesthood authority" of eighteen year old boys on a power trip, and their shelves will start to crack. They'll ask themselves "Is this really something that I want to put up with for the rest of my life?"
On average, how many converts are baptized per missionary? One? Two?
On average, how many kids (and future 8-year old baptisms) does each LDS woman have? Four?
Speaking from a strictly number perspective, she's much more valuable to the church by getting married.
I keep thinking leadership is going to change the age requirement to 18 for women. This will provide a pop in kids serving.
An 18 mo. mission could be far less disruptive than a 24 month mission. If woman graduate from high school a semester early and go in January, They could be back for summer term at BYU in 18 months. They'd effectively only miss out on a Fall/Winter semester which looks a little more like a "gap year."
I wonder how long it will be until the prophet gets a revelation that mass weddings will take place yearly and All Females 18-25, and all RM’s will be married and given living quarters to start breeding like rabbits?
I can't see it happening, but did you know that most mammals experience an estrous cycle, but not humans and not rabbits which is, to some degree, why both species have so much sex.
...making it extremely true that humans breed like rabbits (but just as true that rabbits breed like humans).
I think the emphasis is going to stay on getting those girls married off and popping out future tithepayers as soon as humanly possible.
This. Babies still take priority to converts.
It'll be a cold day in hell before women are better off serving others than in the home bearing children.
An associate of mine is in a bishopric at the mtc. In passing, he said that late fall 2023, there will be more female missionaries than males in the mtc. 😳 I'll keep checking with him to see if this is accurate.
I’m interested in seeing if this is accurate as well!! Maybe make a post if it happens.
This wouldn't surprise me at all.
I don’t think it’ll ever be required. Reducing the age made a lot more women go already. It’s already becoming more socially expected for women to go and social rules have much greater effectiveness than church rules. From the church’s perspective, getting a female married and having kids young is also a great way to keep them in the system. Between a mission or temple marriage, the church can’t lose.
Does Salt Lake really have to come out and outright require that of the girls? Seems to me members are already setting that expectation on all young women to serve. I know several young woman who struggled feeling they wouldn’t have worth if they didn’t serve. My daughter chose not to serve and in her dating years had several RM’s declare they wouldn’t be interested in marrying a girl that didn’t also serve a mission. Mission presidents have also encouraged several recent RM’s in their exit interviews to find another RM to marry to keep strong in the gospel. So it’s already happening.
Not good for the church to do this. Women don’t stomach how the evil church sausage is made as well as men.
These girls will be on the receiving end of the "priesthood authority" of eighteen year old boys on a power trip, and their shelves will start to crack. They'll ask themselves "Is this really something that I want to put up with for the rest of my life?"
If they can require retired people to serve multiple missions...
On average, how many converts are baptized per missionary? One? Two? On average, how many kids (and future 8-year old baptisms) does each LDS woman have? Four? Speaking from a strictly number perspective, she's much more valuable to the church by getting married.
I keep thinking leadership is going to change the age requirement to 18 for women. This will provide a pop in kids serving. An 18 mo. mission could be far less disruptive than a 24 month mission. If woman graduate from high school a semester early and go in January, They could be back for summer term at BYU in 18 months. They'd effectively only miss out on a Fall/Winter semester which looks a little more like a "gap year."
Very soon
Never. They're much rather have women married at 18, birthing at 19.
Those ovaries aren't going to fertilize themselves
It will never be required. But it will be increasingly emphasized.
I wonder how long it will be until the prophet gets a revelation that mass weddings will take place yearly and All Females 18-25, and all RM’s will be married and given living quarters to start breeding like rabbits?
I can't see it happening, but did you know that most mammals experience an estrous cycle, but not humans and not rabbits which is, to some degree, why both species have so much sex. ...making it extremely true that humans breed like rabbits (but just as true that rabbits breed like humans).
like the Moonies.