Elder Pearson: You’ve got roughly 2.2 million members of the church here. You’ve got some of the most active members in the church here. We have 645, soon to be 650, stakes in Utah. So there’s a tremendous amount of strength in Utah. I’m working with some of the strongest membership of the church.
This is really still where the bench strength is in terms of leadership. Probably still 52-plus percent of all senior couples that serve in the world come out of Utah. About 28-29-30% of all the young missionaries come out of Utah. So Utah’s really still the breadbasket of the church. It is a global church, to be certain, but the church globally is facilitated by the faithfulness of the members of the church {in Utah}.
1. Eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable. 2. The best evidence for The Book of Mormon is eye witness testimony, therefore… 3.The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is a type of evidence that is notoriously unreliable.
Do you think that people in Utah would find it harder to leave the church because it is all around them than a person elsewhere without that energy?
Yes. In Utah it’s likely that your entire family, all your friends, and the place where you work is heavily Mormon. Leaving the Church in that circumstance will likely cost you your entire social circle, and probably your career prospects.
1. Eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable. 2. The best evidence for The Book of Mormon is eye witness testimony, therefore… 3.The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is a type of evidence that is notoriously unreliable.
Do you think that people in Utah would find it harder to leave the church because it is all around them than a person elsewhere without that energy?
Yes. In Utah it’s likely that your entire family, all your friends, and the place where you work is heavily Mormon. Leaving the Church in that circumstance will likely cost you your entire social circle, and probably your career prospects.
