Greg Prince is doing a study on why people leave the Church

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Greg Prince is doing a study on why people leave the Church

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Nelson Chung wrote:Kinda like the Dehlin study without the crappy methods.


There leaving Mormonism because with the internet, people can see how the Mormon message is a lie
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Mittens wrote:
Nelson Chung wrote:Kinda like the Dehlin study without the crappy methods.


There leaving Mormonism because with the internet, people can see how the Mormon message is a lie


Interesting Mittens. The Mormon message is one should seek and speak with God. Is God a lie Mittens?
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Tobin wrote:Interesting Mittens. The Mormon message is one should seek and speak with God.


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Nelson Chung wrote:Kinda like the Dehlin study without the crappy methods.


Do you have a link or something we can use for more information or to participate in the study?
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Tobin wrote:
Interesting Mittens. The Mormon message is one should seek and speak with God. Is God a lie Mittens?

Seek whose god and speak to this god concerning what? The Mormon god is not a one and a only God and the Mormon message is to seek concerning the validity of the Book of Mormon. It doesn't seem to be one of questioning what the Mormon Prophet says God says.
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Nelson Chung wrote:Kinda like the Dehlin study without the crappy methods.


tagriffy wrote:Do you have a link or something we can use for more information or to participate in the study?


Nelson Chung wrote:No. You don't choose a good sample by putting an internet link to it.


So how is he going to identify people who leave the Church in order to get a sample?
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LittleNipper wrote:
Tobin wrote:
Interesting Mittens. The Mormon message is one should seek and speak with God. Is God a lie Mittens?

Seek whose god and speak to this god concerning what? The Mormon god is not a one and a only God and the Mormon message is to seek concerning the validity of the Book of Mormon. It doesn't seem to be one of questioning what the Mormon Prophet says God says.


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LittleNipper wrote:
Tobin wrote:
Interesting Mittens. The Mormon message is one should seek and speak with God. Is God a lie Mittens?

Seek whose god and speak to this god concerning what? The Mormon god is not a one and a only God and the Mormon message is to seek concerning the validity of the Book of Mormon. It doesn't seem to be one of questioning what the Mormon Prophet says God says.


Are you claiming God is incapable of telling a Mormon the truth? Is your God omnipotent or not?
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