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Has anyone been drawn into watching this series - it's an interesting take on polygamy and the Mormon Church, sort of indirectly.

I would think that anyone watching it may just hesitate voting for Mitt in the end. Although the Mormon Church does not support polygamy - does anyone really believe that is actually the case?

1 posted on 06/13/2007 12:29:15 PM PDT by Sonora
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Don’t know about the correlation in your post, to Mitt. But I never watched it, and won’t watch it, ever.


2 posted on 06/13/2007 12:31:12 PM PDT by gidget7 (2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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Bruce Dern was on with Bob Costas, he won’t be voting for Mitt. His philosophy is that you can’t believe anything a Mormon says. But he’s not a bigot.


3 posted on 06/13/2007 12:31:57 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Sonora

We watch it and would have no problem voting for Romney


4 posted on 06/13/2007 12:32:45 PM PDT by italianquaker ("blue dog democrats", that dog don't hunt)
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To: Sonora

Stay tuned for...”It’s Hollyweird advocating/making fun/glorifying polygamy. I’ve never seen it but I’m sure it’s bad!”


5 posted on 06/13/2007 12:32:51 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Sonora
This is the new Soprano's Movie theme ... Tony, Carmela and Dr Jennifer help Tony make a new life and bring him real happiness and contentment on a Pacific Island. Yes he keept all the money.

Next series.
7 posted on 06/13/2007 12:35:53 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Sonora; mikrofon; martin_fierro; PJ-Comix; Cletus.D.Yokel; bcsco
At Bill Henrickson's house. . . .

No relation.

Why, oh why, did they pick the good name "Henrickson" to portray a Mormon polygamist? It's not a common name, especially spelled this way (no "d"). And it's an Americanization of "Henriksson," a Swedish name. Swedes, historically, have been Lutheran (as am I), not Mormon.

8 posted on 06/13/2007 12:40:20 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Swedish-American Lutheran pastor, the husband of one wife--and that's enough!)
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I watch it and find it to be very interesting. I’m not a Mormon (and never will be) but I have a lot of Mormon (and former Mormon) friends. Some even have polygamous relatives. From my perspective it is much more accurate than the LDS church would like you to believe. People like the Henricksons would definitely be a very tiny minority, but they do exist. And, as was described in the last episode, as long as they pay their taxes, don’t commit welfare fraud or traffic in underage girls they probably won’t be hassled much.

But the regular LDS folks take the word of the “Prophet” as straight from God’s lips so thir attitude is that polygamy was God’s will for a particular time and then things changed. They see no conflict in that.


11 posted on 06/13/2007 12:44:34 PM PDT by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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I signed up for free Showtime & HBO a couple of months ago and have been watching alot of their series. Did DEXTER, The BROTHERHOOD, 6 FT UNDER series and then started with the first episode of BIG LOVE and am embarrassed to admit that I got HOOKED. I went all the way thru the first season only to find out that first episode of the 2nd season premiered Monday evening.

It is pure entertainment to me and I don’t get into the Religion part of it at all. It is very interesting to me from that standpoint of how the community/neighbors relate to the family and how the family copes. I am enjoying the actors. There are some excellent comedic moments. THAT’s It!


14 posted on 06/13/2007 12:48:03 PM PDT by acoulterfan
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As for voting for Mitt, I would not expect it to make much of a difference. It is clear in the show that the polygamists are not part of the mainstream LDS church.

Mitt is not on my “A” list at the moment (I’m holding out for Newt—a kind of serial polygamist, I guess) but I can say that if it came down to Mitt vs. anyone even remotely mentioned among the Dems, I’d vote for him in a heartbeat.


15 posted on 06/13/2007 12:50:24 PM PDT by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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I’ve watched it a few times, realized Paxton’s character is basically an idiot, the three women are even dumber, and lost interest completely.


16 posted on 06/13/2007 12:50:48 PM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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Has anyone been drawn into watching this series...

After trying to watch a few 1st season episodes - I'm out. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz. Women probably watch it more - ton's of relationship issues.

17 posted on 06/13/2007 12:51:32 PM PDT by muleskinner
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I am a Big Love addict, lol! I watched the first season and now just started the second.

Now, this doesn’t mean I have become supportive of polygamy, cause after watching it you can’t help but feel sorry for just about everyone of the characters. It truly is sad.

I have a mormon friend, but I think the mormons don’t like to acknowledge that their faithful former leaders had multiple wives and were all polygamist and didn’t believe you could get to the highest place of the celestial kingdom w/out having 3 or more wives.

It is called Denial!


22 posted on 06/13/2007 1:11:01 PM PDT by Halls (check out my profile and it will explain everything!(Vote for someone who will seal our borders!))
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Back are the domestic hassles and secret scandals of Utah's most popular polygamist family, which likely will cause more strife for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Beehive State's tourism bureau.

Whatever it does for the reputation of Mormonism, Big Love will more likely boost tourism to Utah, even though it isn't filmed there.

It's the same with The Sopranos: some New Jersey Italians may hate it, but that show actually attracted tourists to an unlikely corner of the Garden State.

30 posted on 06/13/2007 1:45:57 PM PDT by x
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