\u201cChurch News: Elvis Presley\u2019s copy of the Book of Mormon ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a forgery, Church history experts say\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Personally, given my immunity to Elvis\u2019s appeal, I couldn\u2019t possibly care less.<\/p>\n
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To soften the harshness of that statement, though, I\u2019ll offer an authentic Elvis story with a Church connection:<\/p>\n
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My brother served for several years as the bishop of a ward in San Marino, California. \u00a0One of his ward members had been a bodyguard for Elvis, and this story comes from that bodyguard as it was told to my brother.<\/p>\n
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After a show one night in Las Vegas, Elvis expressed a desire to go down to southern California. \u00a0Apparently he didn\u2019t have a private plane at the time, or it was unavailable, and apparently his desire to go to California was too late and too spur-of-the-moment for him to catch a commercial flight.<\/p>\n
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So he asked if the bodyguard would drive down with him in the famous pink Cadillac. \u00a0The bodyguard was happy to do so, because his wife and family and his home were in the San Marino or Pasadena area and, consequently, this would give him a chance to see them.<\/p>\n
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They drove through the night, arriving at their approximate destination early in the morning.<\/p>\n
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The Latter-day Saint bodyguard asked if Elvis would allow him to drop by his kids\u2019 early morning seminary class as a surprise. \u00a0Elvis said yes, but only on condition that he could come in, too.<\/p>\n
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So Elvis dropped by an early morning seminary class in the Pasadena area, astonishing the kids. \u00a0I wonder if any of their fellow high school students believed them.<\/p>\n
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***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
An important item from the wider world of religion:<\/p>\n
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Poll: Majority Of Evangelicals Would Support Satan If He Ran As Republican Candidate<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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