President Uchtdorf tells a faith promoting white lie...

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_Bazooka
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President Uchtdorf tells a faith promoting white lie...

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Speaking via satellite broadcast to all congregations in western Europe, he said: “The first LDS missionaries arrived in western Europe more than 170 years ago. The Church now has more than 15 million members worldwide, with half a million in Europe. This is a great and marvelous work; it is not a small thing in a corner. It is God’s work and glory to bring the blessings of the gospel into the lives of His children, wherever they live!”

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/p ... nts-europe

Activity at Sacrament meeting averages 100,000 in total for Europe. (see leaked European Area Presidency Report)
Europe has a population of 733 million.
Active Mormons represent 0.0136% of the population.

This work is hardly great, not so marvellous, and is a very small thing in a tiny little corner.


Lying is intentionally deceiving others. Bearing false witness is one form of lying. The Lord gave this commandment to the children of Israel: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour” (Exodus 20:16). Jesus also taught this when He was on earth (see Matthew 19:18). There are many other forms of lying. When we speak untruths, we are guilty of lying. We can also intentionally deceive others by a gesture or a look, by silence, or by telling only part of the truth. Whenever we lead people in any way to believe something that is not true, we are not being honest.

https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-princ ... y?lang=eng
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
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Re: President Uchtdorf tells a faith promoting white lie...

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Do you have a link for the aforementioned "leaked European Area Presidency Report"?
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Re: President Uchtdorf tells a faith promoting white lie...

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never mind, here it is.
I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.

“I believe if I had a house in hell and one in St. George I'd rent out the one in St. George and live in hell.”
-J. Golden Kimball
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