▁topics . ▁Dou bt : ▁J ensen ▁described ▁question ing ▁his ▁religion ▁while ▁in ▁philosophy ▁classes ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁" test ▁[ his ] ▁belief ▁against ▁... ▁other ▁theories ." ▁ ▁This ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁rein force ▁his ▁faith ▁through ▁deeper ▁study . ▁Cor relation : ▁" We ▁are ▁really ▁trying ▁to ▁take ▁account ▁of ▁cultural ▁differences ▁and ▁to ▁not ▁feel ▁that ▁this ▁Ut ah ▁influence ▁or ▁even ▁the ▁American ▁influence ▁has ▁to ▁be ▁world wide ." ▁Fol kl ore ▁of ▁the ▁priest hood ▁ban : ▁J ensen ▁re called ▁his ▁attempts ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁church ▁rep udi ate ▁the ▁r ationale ▁some ▁use ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁priest hood ▁ban . ▁Historical ▁truth ▁claims : ▁" I ▁think ▁we ▁take ▁it ▁very ▁literally . ▁We ▁don ' t ▁de construct ▁and ▁feel ▁that ▁what ▁we ▁have ▁is ▁the ▁fig ment ▁of ▁language ▁or ▁our ▁imagination , ▁or ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁some ▁middle ▁ground . ▁I ▁know ▁that ▁is ▁very ▁polar izing . ▁In ▁a ▁sense , ▁I ▁think ▁the ▁hard est ▁public ▁relations ▁sell ▁we ▁have ▁to ▁make ▁is ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁true ▁church ." ▁Hom osex ual ity : ▁J ensen ▁said ▁the ▁g ospel ▁allows ▁either ▁heter osex ual ity ▁or ▁cel ib acy . ▁He ▁em path ized ▁with ▁cel ib ate ▁gay ▁members , ▁since ▁the ▁church ▁cannot ▁offer ▁them ▁hope ▁of ▁eventually ▁finding ▁love ▁in ▁this ▁life ▁as ▁it ▁can ▁with ▁single ▁heter osex uals . ▁Fa ith - prom oting ▁history : ▁J ensen