For me this book was very interesting because I grew up surrounded by mormons. It traces the religion back to it's roots and walks through it's humble beginings revealing and expounding on many of the tails and stories I was warned about as a kid. Mormanism began in the 19th century in the America before the U.S. was the U.S. and began migrating over from New York until it eventually settled in Utah and made its home there. Being such a young religion it is widely documented and traceable which is increadible because you can read how and why it developed the way it has from pretty much first accounts. In the end it just blows me away that so many people find faith in mormonism, and that it keeps growing so rapidly today. I suppose most people just want to believe in something and want to feel like they have found something special so when introduced to momanism they are just waiting for anything really.

Of the 60,000 missionaries out their prostletising at a convert rate of 2 per year it isn't so unfathomable why this religion grows so quickly. Eventhough that number seems so small to me I guess it is humbling as I wonder how many people I'm introducing to Jesus each year...