User blog comment:LurkerLordB/Rise of New Religions in the Modern Era/@comment-3967693-20120625031702/@comment-1630894-20120625033108

There are liberal Christian denominations, such as the real Quakers and the Episcopals and Anglicans and others. A more liberal or modernized world could lead to more of them.

The Mormon thing was a random example of a religion that developed in modern times.