Are there any huge religions that rose and fell fairly quickly?

Question

The reason I ask is because youtube is killing the mormon religion. In the past not many people knew of all of the damning evidence against the reality of the book of Mormon, like anthropology, archiology, disasterously bogus translation of egyptian, DNA evidence to sugest they are wrong. No other religion I can think of has been attacked in such an undeniable way. It's a huge organization, and I honestly see it going away. Even though they send out thousands of missionaries and have huge families.

one of you sort of clumped them up with other religions on factual correctness. BYU archeologists are spanning north central and south america to find one artifact that even presents plausability for the existance of the civilization in the book...see what I'm getting at?

Answer 1

Well, there was that Jonestown thing...
And Zoroastrianism seems to have gone the way of all flesh...

Answer 2

Funny....very very funny. Every statement you make is false.

Youtube is not killing the Mormon religion.
What you call "damning evidences" are not evidences at all, but rather points of contention that can't be universally agreed upon by scholars.
There has been no instance of Anthropology, Archeology, or DNA evidence that proves the Book of Mormon is false. Actually, it builds a stronger and stronger base for Mormonism as time goes by.

The day the Book of Mormon was published there was lots of conflicting evidences that "proved" it was false. As time has gone by, scholars and scientists have changed their beliefs and teachings. The Book of Mormon has more support and evidence now than it did when it was printed. Do you realize that the largest city in central America (El Mirador) has not even been excavated? There is much more to discover and learn when it comes to the Ancient Americans.

The internet and technology has only helped the missionary effort. The LDS church is growing faster than ever. It is the 4th largest church in the United States and the fastest growing. It's growing at a rate of nearly a million per year....and accelerating.

The church is full of imperfect mortals. We've never claimed to be anything else. You can find dirt in any organization with 13 Million+ members.

God prophesied that he would raise up a peculiar people....and that we are.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ cannot and will not be stopped. Watch and see.

Youtube and the internet are a great media for people to learn about Mormons who otherwise would not have.

We invite all men to:

1. Learn the basics of what we teach.
2. Read the Book of Mormon
3. Pray to God and ask him if the things that you've learned are true or not.

God will reveal truth to all those who humbly, sincerely, and diligently seek it.

Edit 1: When Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon scholars "knew" and taught that the Spanish brought the first Horses. After Joseph Smith had died, archaeologists found skeletal horse remains in the Americas dating back to Book of Mormon times. Based on 1820's knowledge he SHOULDN'T have included horses in the Book of Mormon. There are many things just like this. There are names that appear in the Book of Mormon that had not ever been discovered among ancient civilizations. In recent years, many of these names have been discovered in ancient texts and artifacts. The Book of Mormon contains several elaborate examples of ancient poetry called a chiasmus. When the Book of Mormon was printed no one even knew this form of poetry existed. The Book of Mormon mentions cities that were swallowed up in the Sea. No such city had ever been discovered. When men began flying, developed sonar, and scuba diving....guess what they found? Cities off of the coasts of Belize, Cuba, and under Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.

None of these things "Prove" the Book of Mormon to be true, however they do offer support.

So....If they find a city in the Americas that has a Book of Mormon name, are you immediately going to call up the Missionaries, read the Book of Mormon, repent, be baptized, and become a devout Mormon?

My guess is that you'll ignore it or explain it away and keep on bashing Mormons. A knowledge of the truth comes from God's spirit and not archeology. Afterall, the Bible mentions Jerusalem, we know where Jerusalem is....why isn't the whole planet Christian because of that archeological fact???

Answer 3

The short period of 1353 BCE to 1336 BCE (17 Years) is one such religion.

Re and Amen

The central divinity of Egyptian religion is the sun, and from early times the most important sun god is Re. He is believed to sail his boat under the world each night. Every time, during the journey, he has to defeat an evil spirit, Apophis, before he can reappear.

At Thebes, which becomes the capital in about 2000 BC, another god, Amen, is of great importance. In about 1500 BC combines with Re to become Amen-Re, who from then on is effectively the state god of Egypt, identified with the pharaoh. The two greatest temples at Karnak and Luxor are dedicated to Amen-Re.

The challenge from Aten: c.1353-c.1336 BC

For one brief period Amen is shifted from his central position in the Egyptian pantheon. Soon after Amenhotep IV comes to the throne, in about 1353 BC, he changes his name from Amenhotep ('Amen is satisfied') to Akhenaten ('beneficial to Aten'), signifying that the new state deity is to be Aten, the disk of the sun. Six years later Akhenaten moves the court from Thebes to an entirely new capital city, some 300 miles down the Nile at a site now known as Tell el Amarna. A great temple to Aten is its central feature.

At the same time Akhenaten attempts to have the name of Amen erased from all inscriptions. Aten is to be the only god.

The insistence that there is no other god but Aten represents a first step towards monotheism, and for this reason much attention has been paid to Akhenaten by western historians. In the Egyptian perspective he seems less significant. Within a few years of his death, in about 1336 BC, the old religion is restored, the court moves back to Thebes, and Tell el Amarna is destroyed.

Again the change is symbolized in a change of name. Akhenaten is succeeded by two boys, each married to one of his daughters to give them legitimacy. The second of the two is called Tutankhaten. In the resurgence of the cult of Amen, the new pharaoh's name is changed to Tutankhamen.

The return of Amen: from c.1336 BC

Aten's brief blaze of glory is over. Amen, or Amen-Re, is back as the main Egyptian deity - a position which he will retain as long as Thebes survives.

As an aside:

Utube will have no impact on the Mormon Religion.

Answer 4

All youtube is doing is showing the extreme ignorance of anti-Mormons.

If people want to believe that drek, there's nothing we can do about it. THEY are the losers, not us.

Answer 5

i doubt anybody becomes a mormon because they are convinced by the religion's evidential base. and the last i heard the latter day saints were one of america's fastest growing religions.

religions don't need to be true for people to believe in them. if they did there would be no religions at all.