Another 95 Theses

 5: The church provides a wonderful social environment for most of its members: loving homes, large extended families, lifelong friends, and a sense of acceptance and belonging that fills a deep social need not easily met in the isolation of today’s suburban, technology-driven society.

25: The church fears and discourages public discussion of its doctrines in anything but an officially sanctioned, devotional manner, on the Internet or otherwise.

26: The church cites “God’s Time” as a reason for its evangelical silence during much of the last century, when a reluctant God let the “dead faith” Christians of Finland go off and preach supposedly empty words in foreign countries while his true believers sat around preaching to each other and awaiting some sort of divine inspiration to undertake any missionary efforts of their own.

82: The church’s rejection of intermarriage between members and outsiders leaves its youth in North America with fewer than 600 potential marriage partners on their own continent, a considerable number of whom are likely to be relatives.

85: The church’s efforts at “sowing the seed” are almost entirely focused inward, dedicated to proclaiming the Word over and over again to those who have grown up hearing it and enforcing conformity within the fold.