Posted by:
Honest TBM
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Date: March 07, 2018 01:48PM
Oh gosh darn its articles like
http://www.churchistrue.com/blog/why-are-people-leaving-the-mormon-church that will cause people to leave in droves. They'll think "this Church isn't being honest" and thus begin to have Doubts. If we want to know why people are leaving then we have to look at the facts. That could be hard to do though unless its part of the curriculum. However it seems like the beloved Correlation department is having us focus on the sacred doctrine/law of Obedience a lot right now so no time to focus on research.
What will get people to stay in the Church is when they think "gosh this Church is so honest/transparent about everything, especially the finances, statistics, doctrines, and history; that means its truthful and thus it could be true" and then they ponder/pray and get a confirmation that this super honest/transparent Church is true.
Its also going to be what empties out RfM and other non-TBM places on the Internet as people here become so happy/excited to see how super honest-transparent the Church is being.
Well to prove my point I need to go provide some links to the Church's website where you can see how super honest they are on things. For example, the summary (and by nation & USA State) annual financial statements for 2001-2017 on cash flow, assets/liabilities, and revenue/expenses would be a good start. That way I can establish some credibility :) If I were to fail, but lets not think about that because that would cause Doubts, then my credibility is toast.