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Why would they think missionaries are in danger?Subcomandante wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 7:25 amThat doesn't matter. A completely different situation versus what is going on in RU.InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 6:41 am Did President Hinckley send foreign missionaries home from the U.S. when the U.S. invaded the middle east?
Let's see...InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 8:10 amWhy would they think missionaries are in danger?Subcomandante wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 7:25 amThat doesn't matter. A completely different situation versus what is going on in RU.InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 6:41 am Did President Hinckley send foreign missionaries home from the U.S. when the U.S. invaded the middle east?
Subcomandante wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 11:59 amLet's see...InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 8:10 amWhy would they think missionaries are in danger?Subcomandante wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 7:25 amThat doesn't matter. A completely different situation versus what is going on in RU.InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 6:41 am Did President Hinckley send foreign missionaries home from the U.S. when the U.S. invaded the middle east?
Anti-Americanism and anti-Zapadnism is at an all-time high there.
For the same reason why missionaries were evacuated from places like Nazi Germany and Poland in the run-up to World War II.
InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 12:05 pmThat's why I mentioned the second one. Zapad is the Russian term for Western. It's not just America that Russia's government hates. They hate the NATO countries too.Subcomandante wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 11:59 amLet's see...InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 8:10 amWhy would they think missionaries are in danger?Subcomandante wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 7:25 am
That doesn't matter. A completely different situation versus what is going on in RU.
Anti-Americanism and anti-Zapadnism is at an all-time high there.
For the same reason why missionaries were evacuated from places like Nazi Germany and Poland in the run-up to World War II.
You still have Russian volunteers in Russia, but no more foreigners. Keep in mind that a credit card issued outside of Russia is not going to work in Russia. And vice versa.
I said foreign missionaries, not necessarily Americans. I know they sent all Americans home, but what about other countries? I think we still have many foreign missionaries in Russia. So, I'm thinking that if our church leaders do a blanket "send them all home", it'll sound that they're making a political statement.
You didn’t read my response. Foreign missionaries were moved out of Russia already before the war started.InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 12:05 pm I said foreign missionaries, not necessarily Americans. I know they sent all Americans home, but what about other countries? I think we still have many foreign missionaries in Russia. So, I'm thinking that if our church leaders do a blanket "send them all home", it'll sound that they're making a political statement.
inho wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 6:35 am The amount of foreign volunteers (a.k.a. missionaries) in Russia was very low:Note that they were moved out already in mid-February.On Friday, Feb. 25, Penrod said the Church currently has no foreign full-time volunteers in Russia.
“I can confirm that as of mid-February, approximately 50 young volunteers have taken assignments outside of Russia, given the recent recommendation of many foreign governments advising against travel to Russia,” he said.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/20 ... sia-244215
inho wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 1:28 pmYou didn’t read my response. Foreign missionaries were moved out of Russia already before the war started.InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 12:05 pm I said foreign missionaries, not necessarily Americans. I know they sent all Americans home, but what about other countries? I think we still have many foreign missionaries in Russia. So, I'm thinking that if our church leaders do a blanket "send them all home", it'll sound that they're making a political statement.
inho wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 6:35 am The amount of foreign volunteers (a.k.a. missionaries) in Russia was very low:Note that they were moved out already in mid-February.On Friday, Feb. 25, Penrod said the Church currently has no foreign full-time volunteers in Russia.
“I can confirm that as of mid-February, approximately 50 young volunteers have taken assignments outside of Russia, given the recent recommendation of many foreign governments advising against travel to Russia,” he said.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/20 ... sia-244215
I don’t know, but I would guess that the general answer is that they are listening the countries whose citizens the missionaries are.InfoWarrior82 wrote: ↑March 8th, 2022, 2:09 pm So which countries are they listening to? Russia certainly didn't say anything.
When did the church join up with WEF/UN 2030? Was it before or after the Russia temple announcement?I suspect this is due to the Church’s own self-interest. In 2018, President Russell M. Nelson announced the creation of Russia’s first-ever Latter-day Saint temple. The fact that the location for the temple has not been announced suggests it’s still a sensitive topic of negotiation. It seems likely that LDS leaders have no wish to antagonize Putin, regardless of what he has done in Ukraine and at home.