Kevin Graham wrote:Only $7 billion? It was said to be more than $6 billion back when I was fresh off my mission in the early 90's, in a Time article about the Church. You'd think that a Church that had supposedly grown substantially over twenty years would see its income grow as well. What does this say about its real growth?
I think it is partially a reflection of the economic conditions along the Intermountain corridor.
Oh, and good on Mr Romney. I'm actually impressed with his faithfulness. If anything, he is at least determined. We aren't looking at a sluggish character.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
I wrote:I think the main data in the article is correct. 6 of the 7 billion (milliard... damn!) is from US. Anyway, this is an american church, which has a lot of (half of) walk-on. (procession man? showgirl? supernumerary?) We, in Hungary, use the word "vatta" (bombast/cotton/wad).
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Kevin Graham wrote:Only $7 billion? It was said to be more than $6 billion back when I was fresh off my mission in the early 90's, in a Time article about the Church. You'd think that a Church that had supposedly grown substantially over twenty years would see its income grow as well. What does this say about its real growth?
Perhaps it says the growth has come almost entirely from some of the poorest people in the world.
"The DNA of fictional populations appears to be the most susceptible to extinction." - Simon Southerton
You can't use income from outside the US to generalize to income in the US. You have to remember that the old-time families support each other in money-making activities. Case-in-point __________.
Huckelberry said: I see the order and harmony to be the very image of God which smiles upon us each morning as we awake.