Is God Reluctant To Give Missionaries Contacts?

[Duncan]

On my mission we would call that the "rocks in the shoes" theory. If I put rocks in my shoes i will be suffering, then God can bless me more. It is a common notion in most religions that if you suffer, plead, beg and generally "humble" yourself God will bless you more. Personally I do not like a God who treats his children in such a way. Sounds very petty to me. I would not treat my children that way. Making them beg and stand at attention every time they needed my help. I would prefer a God who is just straight up and answers my questions when I ask them.

It is funny because in our mission in August of 1999 we had to put a rock in our pockets until we baptized someone, it was supposed to remind us to baptize, it turns out my comp lost his and I fell off me bike and landed on my side with the rock in the pocket and subsequently got hurt and so I chucked it, baptism or no baptism my leg hurt!!!

[bluebell]

There is unnecessary suffering...suffering just for the sake of suffering and there is suffering whose end result is learning something of value. I prefer a God that allows the second to happen so that I can progress and grow and not remain an idiot forever in my life.