Originally Posted by All-American
In the year 2000, the church experienced the lowest number of baptisms in decades, 273,000. BYU went 6-6. In 2001, the football team improved considerably, and the number of baptisms went up to 291,000. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, BYU had three losing seasons and baptisms dropped to 282,000; 243,000; and 241,000, respectively. This year, after going 6-6 again, baptisms went up to 243,000.
In 2006, when BYU went 11-2, baptisms went up to 270,000.
In 2007, when BYU went 11-2 again, baptisms went up to 279,000.
QED.
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