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A two-minute primer on Mormon culture

chanson, August 16, 2012

Seriously, if you want to know what Mormons are like, this little human-interest story sums it up a lot better than Kolob jokes and tales of the church’s corporate earnings:

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  1. Seth R. says:
    August 16, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    Cute.

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