Mormonism has had its hay day, but those days are over. People grow up intellectually. They don't buy into modern "prophets" who supposedly speak for God. They've seen the Koresh and Jones debacles. They are far more sophisticated than early credulous followers of Joe Smith - education does count. Here are some reasons Mormonism is on its way out:
1. The internet has exposed many things about Mormonism that stop people dead in their tracks if they are considering it as a religious choice.
2. Mormonism does not appeal to those with any intellectual capabilities. It appeals to the "gut" and to the "warm fuzzyists," but not to thinking people.
3. Mormonism stands or falls with Joseph Smith - and he has been proven to be a liar, a womanizer (look at the "essays") and somebody that people of today really don't consider to be the idolatrous object worthy of praise which Mormons have always imputed to Smith.
4. Young people on the whole aren't into the restrictions and demands Mormonism imposes.
5. White Disneyworld type temples turn off a lot of people in today's economy where you have so many homeless and needy.
6. Thanks to Newnamenoah, Mormon temple rites have been exposed and are seen by many as a Masonic-based charade. Freemasonry was the model of the temple rites, and it's in decline as well.
That's just some of the things I can think of off the top of my head.
1. The internet has exposed many things about Mormonism that stop people dead in their tracks if they are considering it as a religious choice.
2. Mormonism does not appeal to those with any intellectual capabilities. It appeals to the "gut" and to the "warm fuzzyists," but not to thinking people.
3. Mormonism stands or falls with Joseph Smith - and he has been proven to be a liar, a womanizer (look at the "essays") and somebody that people of today really don't consider to be the idolatrous object worthy of praise which Mormons have always imputed to Smith.
4. Young people on the whole aren't into the restrictions and demands Mormonism imposes.
5. White Disneyworld type temples turn off a lot of people in today's economy where you have so many homeless and needy.
6. Thanks to Newnamenoah, Mormon temple rites have been exposed and are seen by many as a Masonic-based charade. Freemasonry was the model of the temple rites, and it's in decline as well.
That's just some of the things I can think of off the top of my head.
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