Next week: "Sorry, the mission president told us not to talk to you, bye"
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Wow. With ranters like this defending it, TSCC doesn't need critics. http://www.christopherrandallnicholson.com/blog/tax-the-churches
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If my anecdotal exposure to youths and YSAs is anything to go by, a majority of Mormons under 30 in the Western world believe in evolution, or if they don't they're embarrassed to admit it. I was even in a YSA sacrament meeting a couple years ago where one of the speakers quoted Darwin in a favorable light to support his point. Both of my bishops in that ward believed in evolution too, one becaus
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There will always be people who would stay in the church even if the GAs revealed themselves as flesh-eating lizard people. It will probably become a lot less white though. It's stagnating in the US and Europe, but who knows how long it will continue to grow in Africa... Irony at its finest.
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If you steal millions of dollars but pay tithing on it, do you still go to the celestial kingdom?
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Levi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I checked out that link. > > What's up with that long list of west Africa > stakes? Some senior missionaries or somebody reported to the blog guy that West Africa is anticipated to reach 100 stakes by 2018, so he predicts those will all be created this year, though I think it's far more likely they meant
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cinda Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This guy's blog certainly tries to put the typical > Mormon spin on the report. Yes, but that makes it a good source to share with TBM friends and family without them dismissing it as "anti" (hopefully). Despite the spin, he is very blunt about retention and activity problems, slowed growth rates, and c
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http://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2017/05/lds-congregational-growth-significantly.html
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Thanks for sharing that channel! Looks like it will provide hours of entertainment... I need to get a life, don't I? :P
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http://www.mormondetox.com/ I've always thought it was ludicrous how evangelicals work so hard to de-convert Mormons even though the majority then become atheists, who must be even more doomed to hell. I guess they're finally catching on, but this still looks like a cult (and they aren't shy with the placement of their donation button).
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What's the bit about passport confiscation? Is that common in Australia for missionaries, or Americans, or both?
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Has she read the Gospel Topics essays?
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I didn't know England and/or Germany was involved in the Cold War. I thought it was just the US and Russia squabbling like children (and occasionally using smaller nations as pawns).
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