Strict Rules Mormon Missionaries Have to Follow

I would not last a day being a missionary at this point in my life. Sometimes I still have dreams that I am a missionary and they won’t let me go home to see my kids. Bleh. I am so glad my two sons will never have to leave for two years to waste their time on this.

Resources mentioned/used in this video:
*Manners for Mormon Missionaries Videos:
*Missionaries returning home early:
*Updated Missionary rules:
*Why I regret my Mormon mission:
*Tribune article on cost of serving a mission:
*Rules for missionary supply funds (pre-paid debit card):
*Connections between Boy Scouts and abuse in the Mormon church
*Mission president avoiding medical care issues
*Listing every rule Mormons are expected to follow:
*Dress guidelines for female missionaries (Sisters):
*Dress guidelines for male missionaries (Elders):

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[nathanbigler]

I was sent home from my mission for learning too much about Joseph Smith. I kept asking questions and challenging rules and my president got fed up with me. It was miserable, a complete waste of my time. It did help me realize the church wasn't true or worth remaining a member

[jchristo]

I guarantee you that there are introverts on Mormon missions who go into the bathroom, not to take a shower or use the toilet, but just to sit there for 5 minutes so they can get some alone time.

[ntazzy]

men being called "elder" but women being called "sister" is also pretty effed up

[dm-dklm]

Sounds like a mission is basically paying to Be trauma bonded to the church. So glad I had a way out before being forced to go!

[phillisob]

This is why I allow missionaries to use my home with the understanding that we (me and my family) will not be discussing their beliefs. They take showers without time limits; call their loved ones in private; search the unfiltered internet; eat what and when they want, etc. They love it.

[AlgyPond]

for the never be alone rule I remember I went on a church trip in high school (non mormon) and we had a similar rule... issue was they paired me and my girlfriend at the time up so we just had ample opportunities to be super gay in secret.

[luiysia]

mormons will be like "don't do anything dangerous like play a competitive game of basketball but btw have fun knocking on doors in the most dangerous places on the planet at nighttime" 💀

[Zopocalypse]

There's another theorized "purpose" of a mission that I've seen go by every so often: to make missionaries feel rejected by the general public, so they lean even more into support from the church and are less likely to question or leave it.

Along with Alyssa's videos, I've been watching stuff by Daniela Mastenyek Young, aka Knitting Cult Lady. She looks at "high control groups, " which the LDS church sure seems to be!

[VeeOrNotVee]

women are asked to wear why???? i haven’t worn makeup since middle school. women look normal with and without makeup. they look pretty and presentable with or without makeup. wtf

[ExmoRaymo]

I hated the lack of alone time. It still affects me and I demand alone time 30 years later. Even happily married, I still insist on my having two master bedrooms in our home.

[aml]

This is why I'm always kind to the missionaries who knock on the door or talk to me on the street. I can only imagine how overwhelmed they must be, and they're SO young 😢

[sybariticcupboardrat]

1:16:45 "...we should maintain a feminine dignity..." she says while wearing shoulder pads in a 80s female power suit style jacket that became fashionable precisely to appear more masculine in order to be taken seriously in the workplace

[katwitanruna]

And here I thought Christ said to care for the poor. My bad.

[giantclaw]

I love my progressive rock and metal. I loaded up my mission phone with a ton of instrumental music ranging from acoustic to electronic to some metal. We would have "device audits" and check over each other's music at one point, but due to the sheer amount of music I had, no one was ever able to sniff out the one death metal album I hid in the sea of hundreds of songs.

[Raşel-]

The reason why you’re never allowed to be alone is preventing you from thinking and questioning.

[srqnate]

I served a mission in the Canary Islands. One of my companions was so incredibly annoying I once had to "ditch him" by leaving the bus right at the last second. That 1/2 hour of solitude was very precious and helped me maintain some sanity.

[StephSilverMoon]

I served my mission in Japan in 2013. I got extremely depressed with two very tough companions that took the white hand book to the extreme and it suffocated me. I left early after serving 10 months. It was the event in my life that left a massive crack in my shelf. And from there my shelf crumbled until I officially left. Couldn’t be happier in my life now that I’ve left the cult.

[bilindalaw-morley]

The "always together" would have me shrieking to go home within days...or maybe one day!

[ngwee]

Staying together sounds like the counterpart to solitary confinement.

[TylerDavis-guqm]

My wife didn’t have enough money for her mission nor did her mom. There were members in the ward willing to help pay for her mission but the bishop denied any assistance for the church/members until my wife had begged all of her family and friends first. She ended paying for her mission from the inheritance from her recently deceased grandfather. This was the second time her family had requested financial help from the church and they were treated like trash both times.