{"id":1380,"date":"2011-08-08T13:31:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flunkingsainthood\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2011-08-08T13:32:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:32:27","slug":"ask-a-mormon-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flunkingsainthood\/2011\/08\/ask-a-mormon-faq.html","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Mormon: FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today on Rachel Held Evans’s blog<\/a>, I attempt to answer her readers’ top questions about Mormonism. You can also check out prior interviews in her “Ask” series, in which she’s talked to an atheist, a Catholic, and an Orthodox Jew.<\/p>\n

It’s always touchy to try to represent my religion when I am just one person among fourteen million. I want to do so honestly, warts and all, while also pointing out that I’m on the left side of the Mormon continuum. I hope the Q&A points to the wide range of opinions that exists within Mormondom. I’m grateful for the opportunity. –JKR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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