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

I always thought a major religion that finally combines major scientific principles and maybe Christianity would be interesting, but I doubt that could ever spread that far (if at all) in our world.

As for the question, the only way I would think religions would be different is colonization and timing. I'm sure that if major religion-based empires were able to conquer more land, they would be able to convert many. Interesting to think about. But the Latter-Day Saints one, eh, I mean it'd be pretty difficult to convert most of the continent considering the majority of them I would guess were Roman Catholic.