14 million Mormons and counting

Published: Monday, Jan. 24 2011 9:00 a.m. MST

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It is almost as if Rodney Stark had taken up the ultimate "set a date" missionary challenge — by the time 2080 rolls around, 267,452,000 people will be Mormons.

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FlyingUte

Murray, UT

Forget the numbers the stats, the who's active, who's not. Love your neighbor! Be kind and generous, humble and serving, be active in your community. Do good continually.

8:23 a.m. Jan. 24, 2011
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Bluto

Sandy, UT

Define ACTIVE....

Catholics and Church of England members are considered "Active" if they attend Church 2 or 3 times a year..

Mormons are considered "Active" if they attend Sacrament 3 times a month or 156 More..

9:06 a.m. Jan. 24, 2011
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ClarkHippo

Tooele, UT

Two points:

1. No one can accurately predict exactly how a specific religious denomination will grow in the future, since no one knows for sure what the future will be.

For example, if you told people in 2001, after George W. More..

4:22 a.m. Jan. 24, 2011
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Michael De Groote

I am a staff writer for the Deseret News. My current beat is financial responsibility. I also occasionally write on other topics such as faith. I graduated from Arizona State University and from J. Reuben Clark Law School more ..

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