First off, what exactly does that mean? It means the LDS gospel, which is a thick rule book compared to the real simple Gospel we all have heard of, whether believer or athiest.

And a million? Urff...

And of course tithing is mentioned as "devotion".

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663053/Brazil-LDS-frontier-a-land-of-great-promise.html

Hey, mormons: appeal to popularity is a fallacy.
And most of that million are inactive/out.

Sheesh. :)

"In 2012, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported a membership of 1,173,533 [in Brazil].... This represents a dramatic differential from the 2010 national census that reported 226,509 self-identifying members,[19] causing some to question the membership numbers reported by the LDS church.[20]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Brazil#Latter-day_Saints


" ... [C]ausing some to question the membership numbers reported by the LDS church."

Ya' think?!?



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Makes you wonder about all the other numbers in other areas of the world they are exaggerating.

I once attended a Presbyterian congregation's annual meeting.
One of the things that was handed out to everyone who came in
the door, was an accounting of how many names had been dropped
from membership for not attending the past year. The
Presbyterian church's national membership numbers are the total
of all the congregation members. If the LDS Church were to not
count anyone who hadn't attended in the past year in their
membership records their numbers would be a LOT lower.

To underscore the importance of the LEADERS of the Church, the
words "Jesus" and "Christ" appeared only in the footer that says
"The LDS Church News is an official publication of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." The words "Jesus,"
"savior," "Christ," and "God" do not appear anywhere in the
article itself.

I'd apply that same 5:1 ratio across the board. When they say 15 million, they actually mean 3 million. On average, anything the church says is 20% accurate. It seems a bit high when you throw in doctrine the number is a bit high. Could the church be 20% true?

"“The people there love the gospel,” he said. “They have enormous respect for the leaders of the Church. They don’t see a member of the Twelve very often.”"

Wow. They really do put themselves on a higher pedestal. It's easy to see once you're out. But, I did see it when I was TBM too. The hierarchy always bugged me.

Yeah, the people sitting in the background look thrilled.

About as thrilled as my parents would be at an Eminem Concert. lol

You know tithes don't pay themselves. They have to cajoled and courted with sweet lies. Brazil nuts get bitter with age.

Yeah, that caught my eye too.

“The members are devoted,” he said. “They pay their tithing and they raise the children in the gospel.”

and then a couple of paragraphs later...

“We reassured the members that the strength and goodness of Brazil would emerge and that prosperity would return. The future is bright in Brazil.”

Yeah keep payin up, even if you can't feed your family!

Sigh, the lies of TSCC regarding membership.

From the 2012 Census in Brazil:

15.3 million Brazilians said they are of no religion

1.3 million Brazilians are Jehovah's Witness (Watchtower claims 800,000)

226,000 are Mormon (Mormon church claims over 1.1 million)

407,000 are Umbanda (An African religious offshoot)

107,000 say they practice Judaism and about

35,000 say they are practicing Muslims.

The Mormon church wildly lies about its membership. Look at the JW number - 1.3 million. The Mormon church number is a pure lie. If the official Watchtower number was also off significantly from the census, then a claim could be made the census was not accurate.

The Watchtower only counts thos actively going door to door, so the census would include babies, young children, the old and infirm. So i would say the census is pretty accurate!

athiest ?