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its the jerks like you that drive people away from the church, its a shame that you are so shallow maybe you should not be so judgemental andpratice what you preach

ya I am pissed off about my sons case, but I am also talking for all of the others that have been turned away. If you go get a physical for the church under church guidelines and by policy that doctor signs you a clean bill of health you have a ekg etc. and according to the doctor you are fit to go on a mission than the church says you are not something is wrong.

Tneir are some obese people that I know that just because they are overwieght does not mean that they donot have any stamina or cannot handle strenuous activity. Yes being overweight does not help but I know people that are not overweight and cannot handle the activity eithier. Someone that is not a couch potato and does strenuos activity can handle the stress. If a doctor gives you a physical and says that you are physically fit to serve than who is the church to question that. The church has exceptions for people with medical issues and disabilities but not for some one that is overweight. Yes you can say they are capable of medical conditions but I bet you that if a study was done that no more overweight idividuals have any more problems than the average missionary when it comes to medical conditions. Do you relize how it makes the prospective missionary feel ? I can tell you it does a wonder on their self esteem. Lets see a study on how many prospective missionaries actually loose the wait out of the number turned away. How many have fallen away from the church do to this policy I can name a few. I think that it is said throughout church history there has been overweight missionaries until recentley. It easy for those of you who have never stugled with a weight control problem to say if they would at least try, get of the couch and exercise etc. what about those who have given it an honest effort should they not serve the Lord. I am disgraced that the chuch follows this policy. Its to bad for the young men and women who cannot serve and have fallen away. I never knew that God cared what race, or what a person looked liked or weighed to serve him. Those who are told they cannot serve are constanley asked why this is degrading for them. Its to bad all they ever wanted to do is serve the Lord.

I have a son that has wanted to serve a mission since he was a little boy. When he turned 19 he put his papers in to find out that he couldn't go due to being overweight. His self esteem went being excited about serving the lord to not wanting anything to do with the church. He struggled 8 months trying to lose the weight required, he has been overweight all his life. Their is no consideration he can't even serve in the states. I have known a few who had this problem most of them will now have nothing to do with the . church.For years there was no weight requirement young men and women served with all their heart families . required to carry them on their insurance which I had no problem I can not believe that the lord would care if a missionary is overweight I have heard of disabled people being alowed to serve why discriminate against the obese.

I have a son that has wanted to serve a mission since he was a little boy. When he turned 19 he put his papers in to find out that he couldn't go due to being overweight. His self esteem went being excited about serving the lord to not wanting anything to do with the church. He struggled 8 months trying to lose the weight required, he has been overweight all his life. Their is no consideration he can't even serve in the states. I have known a few who had this problem most of them will now have nothing to do with the . church.For years there was no weight requirement young men and women served with all their heart families . required to carry them on their insurance which I had no problem I can not believe that the lord would care if a missionary is overweight I have heard of disabled people being alowed to serve why discriminate against the obese.