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My most bizarre interfaith interaction

chanson, August 5, 2017August 5, 2017

This is something that happened to me when I was about 11 years old, and it has stuck with me all these years because it was just so dang weird. As you can tell from the title, I do not mean to imply that this is at all typical of…

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My Utah Show and Tell

Donna Banta, August 7, 2012

Every writer must remind herself to show not tell. Dont waste 500 words telling your reader that your character is a nincompoop. Instead show it. Have him mistake the London Underground for a political movement, or fill an entire evening with praises to his patroness, Lady Catherine DeBourgh, or sketch…

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Does this make sense to anyone else?

profxm, February 26, 2011February 25, 2011

We recently had some visitors to our university from Eboo Patel’s InterFaith Youth Core. They are trying to encourage interfaith dialogue, of course, since that is what their movement is about. One of the handouts they gave us was this guest post from The Washington Post’s “On Faith” site called:Why…

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I don’t care if you’re Mormon, Scilon or Marian … You skateboarders are *all* the same.

Chino Blanco, August 29, 2010January 15, 2011

h/t exmormon.reddit.com and lds.org. Hi, I’m Aron and I’m *not* a Crip. And I’m Josh, but as I explain in my clip (watch and wait for it), I’m definitely *not* a Scientologist. Whatever, Josh and Aron. Check this out. I’m the coolest Franciscan on the planet. Or at least, I’m…

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