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Related: About this forumHow is Romney doing missionary work a positive example in his life
when it is something that is considered required? And does not prove he has grown in character. Big difference between voluntarily without any coercion to volunteer to help others.
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How is Romney doing missionary work a positive example in his life (Original Post)
LiberalFighter
May 2012
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1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)1. At least ...
That's the rightwing christian argument against taxation.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)2. Especially if "missionary work" is just "attempting to convert people"
It's not like he was out there feeding the hungry and tending to the sick.
demosincebirth
(12,530 posts)3. Volunteer: offer, give etc. of ones own free will
IggleDoer
(1,186 posts)4. A good device to get him out of Vietnam.
Makes him a conscientious objector, or a "man of the cloth."
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)5. I know it is a movie
But I suggest watching the movie "Latter Days" (2004). It is a gay themed movie, about a Mormon missionary who is gay.
[link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345551/|
dimbear
(6,271 posts)6. Give Mitt credit. He saved France from Catholicism and drinking wine.
I assume.
madmom
(9,681 posts)7. How is him doing missionary work in college something they
can talk about, but the assault of a fellow student, during the same time period, was a long time ago and not relevant now?