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The Epiphany (Conclusion of BYU)

chanson, March 31, 2008March 31, 2008

Then I allowed myself to ask the one most forbidden question of them all: What if it’s not true? It was hard for me to ask myself this because I had been trained that doubting the truthfulness of the gospel is itself a sin. Yet I couldn’t escape seeing this as the only possible conclusion. Read the rest of the story »

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    The positive things I got out of being raised Mormon are very similar to the items the both of you…

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