The 80/20 rule is often used to create more profits for a corporation. 80 percent of your profits come from 20 percent of your customers. 80% of your problems come from 20% of your employees.

TSCC is run by some pretty smart businessmen. They want to get rid of 80% of their losses by getting rid of 20% of their active members. If 20% of their active members leave, TSCC will be as to close less productive ward buildings all over the USA saving millions in costs to keep the buildings open.

The members that stay will be rewarded with titles and told they are the chosen ones.

I think they're just playing it by ear. Throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.

It's not like they're prophets...

I think you're right. The essays are risky but the leaders are betting that the core church members will downplay the enlightened church history which is laced with some truth. The theory is that diehard TBMs will take the essays with a grain of salt and continue praying and paying. The shaky TBMs will bail out and go away - like I did.

Ok. I left. I've already multiplied that several times over that I know of for sure. I plan to keep on plugging away. I'll never know the end result. I'm ok with that. I know for sure that i've multiplied my leaving by at least 8 times. I'm not stopping any time soon.

Weed out members now who know the church has lied and will make a stink about it. Then later on, the church can claim it never lied. The people that stay can be asked to give more and do more. I'm sure the church can always come up with some special project or cause members should give money to on top of tithing. 10% just won't do.

When will the biggest amount of people leave the cult in a massive wave?

When the message that the rest of the world is laughing at them gets louder and louder, and the the message of praise and being "chosen" doesn't carry as much of an ego boost.

That day is here....Google is god. Cults are being exposed and the lds church is one of the biggest ones out there that is going to crash and burn.

Once the members that leave because they were lied to, the members that stay loyal to TSCC have given carte blanche for TSCC to continue lieing to them. What could be better than that?

The problem is, though, that they appear to be bleeding out a lot of people who are active, tithe-paying members. It is some of the best-educated, with the best earning potential, who are appalled by the history and the cover up, and they aren't sticking around to see if it gets better.

Guys I gotta say you are blowing me away.

You all are the cream that arose and floated away from the skim milk of mormonism as evidenced by the way you get it.

The ones who stubbornly cling on are only to be pitied but only cause they're dum dum dum dum dum.

Those that stay are Kligons. You know the turds that refuse to move on.

I think my relatives are just so into the good deed side of the church that they really aren't looking around at anything else. I haven't seen any mention of the essays amongst my kin,for example, but did see a positive mention of the Anti-Pornography effort.

For them, the talk is all about having the missionaries over to dinner, or the quilt that someone made for my SIL who is ill, or the nephew's temple wedding, or the sweet new grandchild. They are very focused on being good and kind - and there are worse things you could do in this life.

Of course, I don't see it in such a rosy light. I see the strain it puts on the unmarried ones, and the financial burdens placed on everyone, the division of the family that it causes, and I feel sad about the devotion they show to a man I totally have no respect for.

But I think they simply see no reason to question or verify the truthfulness of what they are being taught.