http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865660447\/Church-News-Viewpoint-Children-of-light.html?pg=1<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a small thing, of course. \u00a0I don\u2019t read it as a hint that I\u2019m going to be called into the First Presidency this week.<\/p>\n
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Nonetheless, it\u2019s not quite compatible with the demonology that some have invented and peddled with considerable energy (and perhaps even with some conviction) since the summer of 2012.<\/p>\n
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Of course, many<\/em> facts are incompatible with that body of agenda-driven legend.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posted from my current place of miserable exile in Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n
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