tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post7421450350500109678..comments2023-10-30T04:38:32.153-06:00Comments on Mormon411: Generations PastMormon411http://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-22098013889363464512008-08-07T00:55:00.000-06:002008-08-07T00:55:00.000-06:00I didn't claim that I know that 250K people resign...I didn't claim that I know that 250K people resign each year. It's just an estimate. But I got that impression from reading several articles over on the MormonCurtain. It could be way off.<BR/><BR/>But the very fact that the church does not provide exit numbers only goes to show that they again are witholding information from the general public. It is because they 1) don't want members to Mormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-2430185432841533242008-08-06T13:24:00.000-06:002008-08-06T13:24:00.000-06:00A couple of points - How do YOU know how many peop...A couple of points - <BR/><BR/>How do YOU know how many people are leaving the church? I mean, that's one of the many numbers they don't publish, so where do you get the idea that it's like 250,000 a year? WHO estimates it's that high??<BR/><BR/>Also, I could not agree with more that the increase in loss of membership is due to the internet. Anything that allows people to communicate and not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-6386639488286454142008-08-04T23:30:00.000-06:002008-08-04T23:30:00.000-06:00Thanks for that information. It really doesn't su...Thanks for that information. It really doesn't surprise me that the church would have the option for name removal but doesn't make it easily available to the members. And it's sad that people have to learn how to resign from the church through different sources... but of course that is how we found out about all the junk in the first place.<BR/><BR/>They will happily show you how to get in, butMormon411https://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-87503431990096537682008-08-04T18:41:00.000-06:002008-08-04T18:41:00.000-06:00It wasn't just 10 years ago that if someone reques...<I>It wasn't just 10 years ago that if someone requested their name be removed from the records of the church, the church would ex-communicate them. </I><BR/><BR/>This option was actually available around the very late 1980s, possibly 1990. I asked for name removal in 1988 (my story is rather complex though), and received a letter to attend a high council court a year later (that's how hesitant Ray Agostinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690953722091721596noreply@blogger.com