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“Pretender” Mormons?


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(Hat tip to Antonio Parr at BCC)

To get this post, you’re either gonna have to spend 7 minutes listening to this song ..or be a Jackson Browne fan….but here’s my question:

How many of you out there have fallen prey…at one time or another….to being a “Pretender” Mormon?  And I don’t mean pretending to be Mormon.  I mean falling into the middle-class life of which Jackson Browne so eloquently (and slightly condescendingly) sings, after some youthful phase of idealism.  I know I have at times.  More importantly, have any of you found a way to successfully escape?  Or is the whole idea only a mirage?

(Click “Continue reading” below to read the lyrics while listening…my preferred method.)

Anyway….a moment of music-induced self-reflection for those willing to engage. :)

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Our Foundation Stories Part II: The Meaning of the First Vision


Now that we’ve discussed the nature of the First Vision, what did it mean?

There are many meanings, the most vital being those which each person can discover for herself or himself. Here are those we are most familiar with, because they have been written and spoken about at length in the official media of the institutional LDS Church: Continue reading…

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