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Knowing Emma and Joseph’s History: A Response to the Speculative Essay on Early Polygamy– Alison Udall

Alison, October 31, 2014

It was really enjoyable to work my way through this. This is the first response I’ve done with these new church essays since I had read enough to be able to notice things that I recognized were missing, or implications that were being made that felt incomplete or inaccurate. As…

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hand shake based reality

profxm, November 5, 2010November 4, 2010

Another fun tidbit from my conference conversations is worth noting here as well. I don’t remember how this one came up, but some how we got on the topic of things Mormon prophets had taught. The ever-mos in the group, in an effort to outdo one another, started dropping some…

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