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Post by maiforpeace » Thu May 03, 2012 7:01 am

Mormonism Is The Fastest Growing Religion In Half Of U.S. States According To 2012 Religious Congregations And Membership Study
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Post by rachelbean » Thu May 03, 2012 7:05 am

Wtf...I don't even :think:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu May 03, 2012 7:11 am

More and more Mormonism?
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Post by Hermit » Thu May 03, 2012 7:33 am

Disappointing? Yes. Scary? No. "the RCMS study relies mainly on self-reported data from churches and denominations." Mormon growth comes off a very low base number, and what is the percentage of the claimed six million followers in terms of the total US population? I'd be more interested in the trend of secular or religiously unaffiliated Americans, estimated at about 16 percent of the country, which the RCMS does not track.
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Post by maiforpeace » Thu May 03, 2012 7:48 am

I guess scary is a little overreacting...I just think of Mormonism as being one of the more crazy, silly, made up on the spots religions, like Scientology...it appeals to the stupid and seems as childish as wanting to be Peter Pan and needing to go to Never Never land, otherwise life isn't worth living.

How people can be held hostage to that nonsense is really baffling.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu May 03, 2012 7:53 am

Are the other flavours of Christianity any less bonkers? They were all made up on the spot, they were just made up on the spot a long time ago....
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Post by Tyrannical » Thu May 03, 2012 8:00 am

Meh, the Mormons I've known have all been decent law abiding people.
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Post by maiforpeace » Thu May 03, 2012 8:11 am

Tyrannical wrote:Meh, the Mormons I've known have all been decent law abiding people.
Yes, that was my husband's personal experience when he worked for a year in Salt Lake City with all Mormons. He said it was one of the kindest, most respectful work environments that he has ever worked in.
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