Not sure where the OP is getting that the Mormons are getting their asses kicked given that it is still growing, though the rate of growth is not as fast as it once was.
The growth of Mormonism isn't surprising, especially since global missionary work is required of all males. It'd be interesting to see the growth of Mormonism in North America vs. its worldwide growth. I do agree that Mormonism does not stand up well to modern analysis, given its young age and history. When originating claims of your faith don't align with modern DNA analysis and archeological evidence (see: Dream Mine, it's tough to stand up to scrutiny.
For real. I played in a Mormon church once and everyone was dunking. Crazy But it's sad how brainwashed they are. Not saying other religions aren't BS but we have documented proof that they're religion was bs and their founder a con man.
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there's a full court basketball gym in every meeting house. it's god's game for mormons. i don't want my voice to be the only one in the thread and i'm not the greatest communicator via writing - but i will find some time to contribute to this thread. if you're believing member - great just hope you've done your homework -and at the very least read bushman's rough stone rolling. thanks for all the comments - just thought this was worthy of discussion. there are countries in the world who filter their internet for this very purpose. other religions are dealing with this same issue. there's a war going on in Washington right now around who controls the freedom of information via web
you are correct, huge drop in growth. http://roundelmike.com/2013/05/lds-church-growth-statistics-anomalies-since-1970/ i am getting this from the hundreds of people i know across the western U.S. many who are mormons who no longer believe, but from all denominations really. Salt Lake City may be ahead of the curve on this one. (but i'll see if i can find some data)
I think it was Lawrence Krauss who said "faith" is the ability to believe anything based on insufficient evidence, which captures all the major religions in a nutshell.
