How can anyone say that anyone else is not a Christian? That is a personal thing. We know that we are, and it doesn't really matter what other people think. The Lord knows what is in our hearts, and they do not. The Lord looks at the heart and not what people appear to be.

I guess that's enough for now. — Carol H. West Jordan, UT

I was pleased with the *historic* accuracy. That is, I didn't find myself thinking "oh, that's misinformation" very often. Truly, it appears that Mrs. Whitney spent countless hours getting the facts straight.

I was displeased with her efforts on the ensuing commentaries. It seemed that the vast majority of historians and other commentators were at best sympathetic and at worst antagonistic towards the church; there appeared only a glimmer of proponent comments or analysis. Perhaps she was concerned about "spiritual bias" entering into a secular view of the church's history; however, this is a flawed perspective since it will yield a "secular bias", preventing people from understanding "Mormons" and "Mormonism", heavily spiritual topics, even if they get better information regarding the jots and tittles. Without the spiritual element, what does any of this documentary or even our history matter?

A good resource for learning about "The History of the Mormon Church", but not for learning about "The LDS Faith". — Josh Cummings, Utah, USA

When you start with the premise that Joseph Smith made everything up, you will never come to the right conclusion. The temple rituals were misrepresented, there was no mention of the doctrine of agency. The fact of individual testimony and finding out for oneself was never explored. Big gaps. Big errors in conclusions. The filmmaker tried. She didn't make it. — Lois Kerr, West Jordan

It was insidiously bad. Like much of today's journalism, subtly skewed. The obvious is the handling of the persecution of the Mormons compared with the Mountain Meadows incident.

Bishops storehouses were made to sound like we hoard food for the second coming rather than a discussion of our welfare beliefs and practices.

No mention of the Relief Society nor BYU.

Missionary work was portrayed as a dismal event or programmed duty and not the wondrous experience it mostly is.

Excommunication was covered without the basic fact that it is a process of repentance not a punishment being discussed.

The discussion of polygamy was based on lust and sexuality not responsibility.

Bottom line, if I were a non Mormon I would not be favorably impressed by the church. As a member I think we got skinned, again. — James Buel, California USA