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I love Mormons<\/a>. They make me giggle for so many reasons.<\/p>\n

The whole \u201cAre they Christians?\u201d conversation is pretty amusing too. Everyone in \u201cmainline\u201d churches tend to get upset when Mormons claim to be a part of the church. What most people don\u2019t realize is they\u2019re not saying \u201cwe\u2019re in this together with you guys!\u201d They\u2019re saying \u201cwe are the real church, not you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not convinced? Then you need to brush up on your Mormon church<\/a> history, or as they call it \u201cchurch history\u201d (because once again they\u2019re the only legitimate church). Everything before Joseph Smith was an abomination which is why God appeared to the clever teenage treasure hunter to \u201crestore\u201d the church.<\/p>\n

Fortunately the LDS has put together an \u201ceasy to understand\u201d church history video for you! Well, not you. The video is for the holy underwear faithful.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Qh10hLJick<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"