The LDS leadership bribe.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Hades! It's not a bribe. Callings suck. You even have Waters lecturing apostates that they are selfish and narcissistic because the LDS Church is a worthy vehicle for service even if you don't believe in the dogma. Per Waters, the noble thing to do is stick it out life long because service is the thing, no matter how excrutiatingly banal. Callings recipients are martyrs, not bribees.

One man's banality is another man's devoutness. It's all in the attitude.

[MikeWaters]

Serving others isn't for everyone. Obviously. Trust me, I'll bet you'd be hard-pressed to find a Bishop who calls his experience "banal".

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Serving others isn't for everyone. Obviously. Trust me, I'll bet you'd be hard-pressed to find a Bishop who calls his experience "banal".

Yeah, I know. My dad was called to be bishop at age 69. He'd been avoiding the call playing workaholic. He tells me ghastly war stories I'd rather not hear. When my sister delivered severely traumatized quadruplets he couldn't make it to the hospital. Tithing settlement.

Still, not everyone gets to be bishop. Many wind up, say, in smelly 100 degree tents contending with water mocasins, swamp rats, and little ill-behaved ingrates.