Someone asked "There are 15 million Mormons at the moment. In 20 year's time, will there be 150 million Mormons?"

The heart of the answer (after a few paragraphs of "answering questions that weren't asked") is:

"It may be surprising to some, but having a large membership is not a church objective. The goal is spread the knowledge of God over the whole earth. The process to accomplish this is commonly discussed within the church in the terms of a ‘tent’ metaphor. God has instructed Israel to enlarge the borders of the the tent, meaning to add more material so it could be spread over a larger area. The larger tent was supported by more poles, longer cords and more stakes. It is no accident then that a properly organized community within the church is called a ‘stake’. It refers to an anchor for the tent of Zion; a place of security and strength. Membership is incidental to the establishment of these stakes and the corresponding construction of temples."

Well, well, that should give missionaries pause.

I kinda like reading the answers about mormonism on Quora, because it gives me a chance to say "WTF!?" out loud at least once a day...

What part of a tent is called 'ward', then? Sounds to me like a ward should be called a pole...

And all that missionarying? What's that about if the quest is not increasing the membership?

Mormons.

I don't get it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2017 06:53PM by csuprovograd.

What, exactly, is Quora?

'Quora' is a site where, well, I guess people just ask anything, and others, who are supposedly knowledgeable about that subject respond. So you get weird questions like "What's really in McDonald's burgers?" and weird answers like "Soylent Green". I don't know how the hell I got connected with it and started getting postings in my email.

Probably the CIA, or NSA, or Illuminati, or our Reptilian Overlords, or my cat...

Oh, thanks CNB . I may have to check it out ;) My vote is.... your cat! lol

Chicken N. Backpacks Wrote:
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> Someone asked "There are 15 million Mormons at the
> moment. In 20 year's time, will there be 150
> million Mormons?"
>
> The heart of the answer (after a few paragraphs
> of "answering questions that weren't asked") is:
>
> "It may be surprising to some, but having a large
> membership is not a church objective. The goal is
> spread the knowledge of God over the whole earth..."

Now that's worth a what the FUUUUCK!!!

It's a circus with a big tent. Three ringmasters, 12 clowns, and thousands of freak shows.