[Colofornian]

From the BYU piece: A couple of months ago I ran into a dear friend of mine. After exchanging pleasantries and walking along campus, she turned to me and said, “Does it feel that everyone you know is falling away from the church?” Relieved that someone could understand how I feel, I looked at her and sighed. It seems like more and more of my friends are losing their faith in God and leaving the church. She and I have a close friend who recently told us that she’s now an agnostic. Or maybe she’s an atheist. I’m not too sure at this point and she’s not too sure either. For her there is a war waging inside her heart as she tries to reconcile what she believes.

There's NO doubt about it: The Lds Church is hemorrhaging members deeply!

2012 stories:
* When He Stopped Believing [Mormon exodus underway] [July 2012 Official Lds magazine Ensign]
* But I’m a good Mormon wife: Sean and I had the perfect life. Then his faith started to crumble...

Around the globe:
* A Glimpse of Mormonism Around the Globe [Vanity] [See links within this article for additional shows of Mormon hemorraging]
* Notes: Mormonism and the Internet [Duplicity/mixed messages cited; baptism-of-dead issue lingers]
* Survey on Mormon Disbelievers to be Released at UVU Forum [74% point to theological concerns]
* Why Mormons flee their church
* Number of faithful Mormons rapidly declining
* Mormons opening up in an Internet world [& Losing members accordingly]
* Special report -Mormonism besieged by the modern age [Lds church is hemorrhaging in member losses]
* See also 2010 posting: Why Mormons Leave

[svcw]

Thanks

[cherry]

while I personally believe that Joseph Smith was a perverted arrogant con man, and his "religion" based totatlly on lies and perversion, I don't understand why we have to constantly berate our Mormon freepers, nor more than I like the way Catholics are berated....

perhaps what is needed is a sense of common goals and values, not attacking each other...

[PGalt]

Out differences are microscopically insignificant compared to the differences we have with individuals/collectives who want to deceive, enslave, kill YOU. Know your crucifier.

Thread BUMP!

[Elsie]

But I believe in God, and I’m not ashamed of it.

So?

It's 'believing in' Joseph Smith's LIES that will put you on the wrong path to 'god'.

[Colofornian]

From the article: Religion has fallen out of favor in our society.

Well...some religion does need a falling out.

My Bible has only one "reference" to "true religion" -- the book of James...where he says "true religion" is to help the orphan and widow.

Other than that, it's been the legalistic religions that wind up turning off so many to the true God and the true Jesus.

Too many disaffected and disassociated Mormons think that Ldsism represents "Christianity" -- and wind up not wanting any of it, or anything they think might resemble it.

In this way, Mormonism becomes a poor "PR" example of so-called "Christianity" to these jack Mormons.

What IS needed is a true relationship--not a religious structure.

In the Bible people are baptized INTO Jesus Christ; not into a religion or church.

And Jesus Christ defined "eternal life" as knowing the only true God, and Jesus whom God sent. (see John 17:3)

[Truth2012]

Religion is and always has been the problem. Religion is man made way, a human invention, to worship God. He doesn’t want a man made system to worship him. That is what Leviticus is about. Under that system, there is no way for us to get close to Him- or to get it right.

He want’s us to love one another, show mercy, and follow Him humbly- exalting only the one God (because everyone else wants to consume us), and nothing else.

Religion is this woman’s problem- not unbelievers.