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To: Katelew who wrote (83533)	9/10/2008 11:09:50 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544243

>>It sounds like maybe your own parents weren't members or were not active?<< Kate - They were marginally active. I remember mother being involved in quilting bees and bake sales at the LDS church in Salina, Kansas. Things like that. I remember being present at a quilting bee, with all the women sizing me up and making comments about me. Mostly positive, I'm sure. I was four or five and still cute. But after my bad experience at Primary, my mother backed me up when I said I didn't want to go there anymore. FYI, I have since delved into various sources of information about the church, including the Book of Mormon itself, which I find completely screwy, to be honest, for a number of reasons. But I could tell you stories about some of my ancestors, including one man who was instrumental in founding the city of Heber, Utah, having given over all his worldly possessions to the Church, and being asked to go first to Texas, then to Utah, by none other than Brigham Young himself. Brigham Young also provided him with advice about marriage. My ancestor ended up having five wives, and thirty two children. By the way, as I said to my cousin, I find his missionary effort to be very sweet, and also hubristic. I have my own beliefs, after all, and I don't try to convert him. - Allen