On the one hand I must be consistent with other Mormons, on the other hand I am completely mystified what my response has to do with a world wide church of god moment, when my response to Ingtar was directly off the Official LDS Church web site addressing a false premise he/she was attempting to promote.
Excuse my density but I really don’t get it.
Pentecostalism is suffering the same sort of "conventionalism" ~ a survey last year revealed about 40% of them don't believe in speaking in tongues ~ and that used to be the hallmark!
Converts can bring strength to any religious body. They can also tote in the customs of their former church. That's how Santa Claus showed up in Scandinavia ~ and then in Northern Europe and America. The Christmas Tree is yet another phenomenon of a similar nature, and it's too late for the purists to eradicate it.