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Reader responses regarding "The Mormons" PBS series
Some elements were fairly accurate/others demonstrated lack of doctrinal understanding. no name
IT WAS AN UNFAVORABLE REPORTING OF THE CHURCH AND WILL SURELY PERPETUATE MYTHS ABOUT POLYGAMY AS A CURRENT PRACTICE. PBS HAS LOST MY DONOR SUBSCRIPTION. no name
Most Mormon families don't home school, and don't have eleven children. no name
As a Latter Day Saint watching "The Mormons" I came away with mixed emotions. Appreciation for the exposure of some gospel truths and the early struggles of the saints. Offended at the exposure of temple rites held sacred and which members only understand symbolically. Missing was the excommunicated member who has been loved back into the gospel and his or her feelings about church courts. The shock was the portrayal of a completely foreign Angel Moroni in red, looking evil. Joseph Smith's account clearly describes the Angel Moroni, radiant and in white. Janet Dickson, Arizona
SINCE I DON'T LIVE IN UTAH, THE COMMENTS BY THE VARIOUS EXPERTS ON SCREEN SEEMED TO BE CALCULATED TO LEAVE TWO VERY DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS ON THE TOPICS PRESENTED. DR.DON LINDLEY, MANHATTAN ,KS.
While it was intriguing to watch, it was also bothersome. They focused on a lot of negative stories in church history as well as current day issues. The people they interviewed had been excommunicated, how is that not a slanted story? And the families they choose to highlight are not the typical LDS family. No most families do not have 11 children, and no most families do not get their family portrait taken as if they are in heaven. Going into such detail about Mitt Romney being a part of our faith and placing our faith in such a strange way could not have helped his campaign. I thought that the most common questions about our faith still went unanswered. no name
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