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We can and probably should overlook the slight hint \u2014 reflected in the title and, just a bit, in the article<\/a> itself \u2014 that, in contemplating Utah,\u00a0Christians are observing a laboratory full of heathens. \u00a0(It reminds me of a pamphlet that I saw many years ago that was designed\u00a0to raise money to buy a radio station in Utah Valley. \u00a0The plan was to beam Christian messages into an area that, the authors of the pamphlet informed its readers, had fewer Christians per capita than India<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

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On the whole, the article is positive, pleasing, and . . . well, encouraging<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 7:16-20.<\/a><\/p>\n

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