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Indy Coug · 02-26-2008, 01:30 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayof....ap/index.html

JWs may be the fastest growing faith in the US, but it also has the worst retention rate.

SoonerCoug · 02-26-2008, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayof....ap/index.html

JWs may be the fastest growing faith in the US, but it also has the worst retention rate.

And we're something like 2nd fastest with the 2nd worst retention rate?

Indy Coug · 02-26-2008, 02:13 AM

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And we're something like 2nd fastest with the 2nd worst retention rate?

I didn't see any comments on where we finished in retention. They didn't really define what retention was.

I think the LDS church is pretty high on retention, meaning, relatively few LDS members changing to another faith. Many may stop attending and actively practicing, but unless they formally join another faith, they've been retained, IMO.

SoonerCoug · 02-26-2008, 02:14 AM

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I didn't see any comments on where we finished in retention. They didn't really define what retention was.

I think the LDS church is pretty high on retention, meaning, relatively few LDS members changing to another faith. Many may stop attending and actively practicing, but unless they formally join another faith, they've been retained, IMO.

We had a Seventh Day Adventist in my old lab who was also officially Mormon. She would fit the statistical definition of retention for both denominations, I think.

Indy Coug · 02-26-2008, 02:15 AM

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We had a seventh day adventist in my old lab who was also officially Mormon.

There's a Jew in my office that is a practicing witch.

SteelBlue · 02-26-2008, 02:42 AM

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There's a Jew in my office that is a practicing witch.

I once had a job while putting myself through school in which we had a Mormon, a JW, a pagan and a Wiccan all on the same crew. Made for some interesting conversations.

il Padrino Ute · 02-26-2008, 02:43 AM

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I once had a job while putting myself through school in which we had a Mormon, a JW, a pagan and a Wiccan all on the same crew. Made for some interesting conversations.

Which one were you?

SteelBlue · 02-26-2008, 02:54 AM

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Which one were you?

The pagan. The Mormon guy was a mullah.

il Padrino Ute · 02-26-2008, 02:59 AM

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The pagan. The Mormon guy was a mullah.

Perhaps one day, you will return to your Ute roots. The dark side is not only more fun, but real.

OrangeUte · 02-26-2008, 04:32 PM

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Perhaps one day, you will return to your Ute roots. The dark side is not only more fun, but real.

i can only hope for this to happen. i need a ute in the area to watch games with. it's lonely being a ute fan here.

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