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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: (OT) They're not all crazy in Europe
Date: 29 Apr 2025 03:20:17 GMT
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:37:20 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> On 2025-04-28 14:40, rbowman wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:43:13 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>> 
>>> Apparently, much of it is due to the fact that the Internet is now
>>> available to Muslims, and they can easily discover that their "faith"
>>> is a work of bad plagiarism filled with contradictions and lies.
>>> Perhaps exposure to Western content also played a part.
>> 
>> Apparently exposure to the internet hasn't hindered the LDS church.
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_Hebrews
> 
> I think they just enjoy the fact that they can have a number of wives
> and don't want to admit that it's all garbage.

Garbage sells.

https://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/

Mainstream Christian churches are losing members but they keep on growing. 
There is a temple planned for here and there are already a number of ward 
churches or whatever they are called. 

There is a LDS fundamentalist town about 30 miles south. It's generally 
believed they are polygamists but they don't cause problems so it's don't 
ask, don't tell.