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10.05.2009 10:54 pm

A casual study in Facebook religious views

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Ok. I’ll admit it. I’m a little bit of a Facebook junkie. Yes, I teach Pilates, volunteer at the preschool, facilitate youth groups, and raise two kids. And yes, I am 35 years old. But still, I find time to peruse Facebook on a daily basis. Much to my husband’s dismay, I will sit on the couch glued to my laptop “wasting time” on Facebook.

For those of you unfamiliar with Facebook (which from here on out I will fondly refer to as FB), it is a networking website where you can connect with people you know, people you once knew, or people you would like to know (I guess).  You must send a “friend request” or accept one, to view people’s profiles.

Don’t feel bad if you have no idea what I’m talking about. I too was a FB virgin until the teens in my youth group encouraged me to join so…

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04.19.2009 11:35 pm

Easter message is popular viral video

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An Apostle’s Easter Thoughts on Christ

Though Easter is now a week behind us, this video — linked above – posted in celebration of Easter continues to receive hits. A press release explains the popularity of this Easter message:

SALT LAKE CITY 13 April 2009 A short Easter video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quickly spread over the weekend to become the top “viral” video on the Internet, according to the Viral Video Chart.

The four-and-a- half-minute video was extracted from an address delivered by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, at the faith’s general conference on April 4–5, in which he spoke of the final moments in the life of Jesus Christ and talked directly to those who feel alone or abandoned.

Read more: Click here.

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