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Many Pagans celebrate a holiday on or around Feb. 2. Most call it Imbolc, and it is traditionally seen as the transition from winter to spring.

What do you want to know about Evangelicalism? Submit your question here. By Elizabeth Backstrom and Cassy Benefield In a recent column, Cassy Benefield wrote thatBiblehub.com “provides commentary from sources favorable to the Evangelical views of the Christian faith.” What does that mean? What is meant by Evangelical views of the Christian …

...and birds chirping in the background on this cold winter morning as if to taunt me with their joy and song and carefree nature

But for those who could suffer backlash as a non-believer, you could answer in a way that is technically correct, something like, "I don't think I attend the church you do," smile, and change the subject to something less controversial, like politics.

Part of me – or let me risk being presumptuous here and say: part of us – wants to distance ourselves from faith because so many screwed-up and hateful things have been done in the name of God.

For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the temple is something above and beyond a customary chapel or meetinghouse. Temples, just as in Old Testament times, are special, sacred places.