Posted by:
alaskawild
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Date: March 04, 2019 11:24AM
I just did a check on the global population. It is currently at 7.5 billion and the annual growth rate is 1.2%. To put that in numbers, that is 90 million people added annually.
We know the church likes to tout 16 million members, but many of us know that number is not true. The true number for active members is likely under 10 million, perhaps its half of that.
So just by normalized population growth, the church continues to be a smaller and smaller number in the big picture scheme of mortals on the planet.
That had been one of the things that caused my shelf to fall. The idea that a perfect, all-knowing, all-powerful God had a gospel plan that failed to influence even 1% of his people. I thought, how could this "perfect" plan of salvation touch so few people? Does every member in good standing truly have to go to the temple and do the work for 1,000 people? What a horribly flawed plan.
But never fear...the board members, er "prophets" and "seers" will tell the world this spring about the amazing growth the church is experiencing. Meanwhile, we know its a farce.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2019 11:25AM by alaskawild.