Very interesting, reaganaut. Thank you for replying to my question. The dates you mention are interesting to me, as I was last active in church in the mid 1980s. (My own issues and shortcomings have since made it very difficult for me to attend.)
At that time, the Mormons were making a great headway in conversions on cultural Christians - those who were not really grounded, had no personal exerience or doctrinal understanding or interest. The fact that Mormons appeared to walk the walk with more integrity was persuasion enough for those folks. I remember one deacon who did not know what the doctrine of the Trinity was.
Anyway, the internet was not a factor at that time. The rise of the internet and erosion of the LDS as you present is most interesting. Again, I sincerely thank you for your reply.
placemarker