To email me

From time to time it is necessary for someone to send me a private message. It does not appear that this site offers a way for you to email me without showing my address. So, I have created a junk account that I probably will not check that often and will probably be hit hard with spam. But, you can contact me there and I will eventually get back to you:

enochville (at) yahoo (dot) com

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Shane said…
Hueffenhardt

I really appreciate your exit story. I admire and respect those who can look at the evidence and not just follow blindly. I enjoyed your post, especially because it was one day as a new second counselor in the Bishopric that I in my study accidently came accross the BoA issue. Like you I feel the evidence speaks for itself.
Wed Jul 20, 12:12:00 PM PDT
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