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          <body><![CDATA[Hey Gil, I also really like Krakauer's writing and I liked this book. I'll go ahead and validate your point that it is ridiculous to compare Islam and Al-Quaeda as the same thing  but I'll have to kindly disagree with you because I thought Krakauer did a pretty good job of distinguishing between fundamentalist Mormons and current day LDS. Maybe, though, because I'm a fan of his I'm a little biased and I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. I never once felt while reading it though that he was trying to put down or slander the church in any way. I have to laugh at the comment made before this one by Sam where he thinks you're the only Mormon who has read this book. (now there's at least two, Sam) I can see where he's coming from though, I read this book during my BYU days and it was funny to see some of the looks that I'd get while on campus from those students that saw me reading it. One student even asked me if I was afraid of losing my testimony because of the book. <br/><br/>I think the work that went into examining why the Lafferty boys did what they did and what could've influenced them was very interesting and I thought Krakauer did a good job with his research. Krakauer does bring up certain dark aspects of Mormon history that many of us would just rather forget, but it is our history nevertheless and we shouldn't hide from it. Krakauer has a blog? Did not know that, I should check it out sometime. Take care Gil.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Let me know when you're reading this, I'd like to know what you think because I may want to read it as well.]]></body>
        
    
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