Mormonism is a Hideous Monster

[Peter]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2017/09/the-decline-of-mormonism.html


“I think Mormonism is doomed, sooner or later — the sooner the better . . . this foul blot [Mormonism] upon our civilization shall be known only as a horrid night mare of the past — this ‘hideous she monster’ shall retire to the black caverns of hell from which she came. God grant it may be so!”Reverend Edgar Estes Folk, author of The Mormon Monster, 1900

[Peter]

The growth rate is on the decline for Mormonism




Here's how net growth rate for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is calculated: You take the total membership number reported for 2016 (15,882,417) and subtract the total from 2015 (15,634,199) and you get 248,218. That tallies to an increase of 1.59 percent.




For the first time in decades, independent LDS demographers say, the number of additional members (counting, among other categories, new converts and new children while subtracting deaths and defections) was fewer than 250,000.
http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5381411&itype=CMSID


Is the Mormon church growing?

The Deseret Morning News Church Almanac gives information on historical membership records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The church's reported membership as of December 31, 2016 was 15,882,417. The growth of 1.59% in 2016 is the lowest percentage growth since 1937.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history

[Peter]

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