Returning to the title of the topic...
Can it really be said "the decline of membership rates" in the church, especially when attempting to make a comparison to Islam?
What is the fastest growing religion in the world? My last check, it was Islam. And there's not even a close second.
What is the fastest growing Christian religion in America? My last check, and maybe this has changed recently, but LDS has been it for a long time.
Draw your parallels if you must, I've hear them all before. But I would hardly conclude that a decine in membership has any correlation to similarities with Islam.
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