Numbers don't support LDS Church's one true church claim

[SeattleUte]

Last night on NPR I heard Pat Robertson say that "charismatic Evangelicals" number 600 million worldwide. Holy cow! That's a 50 year old phenomenon. If you consider rival American-born sects that like LDS don't consider themselves "Protestants," Seventh Day Adventists have 16 million members, compared to 13.5 million LDS (per Wikipedia). Even the freaky JW's have 7+ million. Within 170 years of its founding Islam covered practically half the world. Medieval Christianity wound up the unrivaled steward of all of Western, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia, not to mention the dominant faith in the New World.

Clearly the LDS church isn't on the Judeo-exclusive model. It emulates these older, ultimately dominant, theocratic churches. Why is it growing do slowly?

[RC Vikings]

Why is it growing do slowly?

Only the best and the brightest.

[Indy Coug]

Since when do membership numbers imply correctness?

[DU Ute]

This explains most of your football posts.

[JohnnyLingo]

Shoot, if I believed all I had to do to be saved was accept that Jesus is my savior and move on with my life, I'd probably join up, too.

[SeattleUte]

Sorry, I can't accept that the one true church should be anything other than inexorably taking over the whole world. We're in the latter days?! Speaking of which, how much time has to pass before that name itself becomes an indictment?

[YOhio]

Last night on NPR I heard Pat Robertson say that "charismatic Evangelicals" number 600 million worldwide. Holy cow! That's a 50 year old phenomenon. If you consider rival American-born sects that like LDS don't consider themselves "Protestants," Seventh Day Adventists have 16 million members, compared to 13.5 million LDS (per Wikipedia). Even the freaky JW's have 7+ million. Within 170 years of its founding Islam covered practically half the world. Medieval Christianity wound up the unrivaled steward of all of Western, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia, not to mention the dominant faith in the New World.

Clearly the LDS church isn't on the Judeo-exclusive model. It emulates these older, ultimately dominant, theocratic churches. Why is it growing do slowly?

The masses are asses.

[Blueintheface]

This explains all of your football posts.

I fixed that for you.

[creekster]

Sorry, I can't accept that the one true church should be anything other than inexorably taking over the whole world. We're in the latter days?! Speaking of which, how much time has to pass before that name itself becomes an indictment?

WHy do you thik this? Why will it take over the whole world?

[Indy Coug]

Sorry, I can't accept that the one true church should be anything other than inexorably taking over the whole world. We're in the latter days?! Speaking of which, how much time has to pass before that name itself becomes an indictment?

Define "inexorably".

179 / 4,500,000,000 = 0.0000040%

Or if the earth's history was 24 hours long, the last dispensation has taken 0.0034368 seconds.

[DU Ute]

Define "inexorably".

179 / 6000 = 2.9833%

Or if the earth's history was 24 hours long, the last dispensation has taken about 43 minutes.

I fixed your math!!!

[Blueintheface]

I fixed your math!!!

Adam rode a dinosaur to work everyday and Eve vacuumed the house with a pelican.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It's amazing how far a little antipathy can go.

[Indy Coug]

I fixed your math!!!

Even if you used the 6,000 year calendar, the 24 hour clock would put the beginning of the last dispensation at 23:17:02.

"The hour is upon you."

[RC Vikings]

I think it is a valid question. Why wouldn't God want more of his children to enjoy all the blessings that are out there?