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Originally Posted by rayliotta
I suppose the fringe rebels eventually become an Empire of their own...
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George Lucas sold his Star Wars/Industrial Light empire to the Trade Federation, aka Disney, for some $4 Billion dollars.... eventually the evil Empire wins. So what if the RCC builds a Basilica which is hailed as the wonder of the world, or the Mormons field a presidential candidate, or if LSM opens training centers around the world? More empire-building. My impression, as one who was in it, is that it's all worldly: it's of the world, in the world, and for the world; it's empire-building. It's disguised in spiritual garb, but at its core it is Babylon redux. Towers that will fall. How high they climb before they fall is irrelevant. As Jimmy Cliff put it, "the harder they come, the harder they fall."
The Idumean (Edomite) usurper, Herod, slayer of Judeans, rebuilt the temple to its massive glory. "Master, look at all these giant stones piled up skillfully! How impressive!" As if that was what God was after.
Luke 21:5,6 Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.”
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Originally Posted by Friedel
What would really interest me is numbers. How many are members of the Local Church in the US, in Europe, in Africa, in Australasia as well as countries in the Far East. How does today's statistics compare with that of 1985?
Perhaps Nigel can provide some input on that.
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Agreed. Tomes has time and interest enough to analyze web traffic. Why not simply look at LSM & Lord's Recovery numbers? Are they too untrustworthy? Or not forthcoming?