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My summary (not my belief about the Book of Mormon but my perception of the Early Modern English Theory: A defining characteristic of the Book of Mormon is that it largely written in Early Modern English. Early Modern English grammar, phrases, and vocabulary are used pervasively in the Book of Mormo...

I don't like the word fiction. NEWSFLASH: Just because churchistrue doesn't like something doesn't mean it magically becomes inapplicable. That's not the reason I said that. I just didn't want someone to assume that if I participated in this thread, that I was agreeing with the perspective and fram...

I don't like the word fiction. And I don't like the way you're making fun of the non-historical view. But I am trying to define it as well as possible and pushing for my seat at the table.

https://wheatandtares.org/2019/02/21/st ... storicity/

hey consig, I'm writing your jokes. My post on Mormon Dialogue: I listened some more. OK, I get a little more what RFM is saying and why you'd share that. The conversation turned a little more argumentative in trying to win point vs point. I wouldn't say that Bennett conceded to Reel. I would just s...

I texted McKenna after the press conference, saying that she presents well and I imagine her attorneys were sending a message to the church lawyers that McKenna is going to be a formidable witness at trial. I suspect she'll have a few million after tax dollars to spend in the coming months. I hope ...

So some people are freaking out about people calling such mundane policy changes as "revelation". I think this is a good thing for the church, to move the church and members in a direction where revelation is not considered so grand.

http://www.churchistrue.com/blog/russel ... our-lives/

I have heard it theorized that the spike year in 1989 may indicate the year the church began counting children who had been blessed as members instead of waiting until they were baptized. Your take? Wait, so new members are calculated by adding convert baptisms to new children of record? In 2017 we...

consiglieri wrote:I have heard it theorized that the spike year in 1989 may indicate the year the church began counting children who had been blessed as members instead of waiting until they were baptized.

Your take?

I think that sounds right. Something related to children it looks like.

The net changes in each year do indeed seem to vary more than they appear to when they are added on top of the millions of Mormons already there. How about a bar chart showing just the annual increases, instead of the running total? I can make one for myself, of course, but I don't have a good way ...

Sorry, I guess I'm not understanding the point about why the data looks doctored. There's typical variation from year to year but overall the trend is towards slowed growth. Nothing stands out as being manipulated. What would you expect it to look like? That is a question for Physics Guy but I thin...