Posted on 06/25/2011 10:48:16 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy
The creators of the play Book of Mormon have created the Amos and Andy for the South Park set. We may laugh, but our grandchildren will shudder as decent folk do at “wits” of the last century whose favorite dance was to “jump Jim Crow.”
The parts of the Book of Mormon I have seen are as innovative as a Newsies revival and as funny as the cruel, tasteless jokes told by an inebriated coworker at a Christmas party. The difference is that the coworker might sober up in the morning, but the mindless mockery that also gave us South Park will continue.
After all, the theater establishment toasted the two with Tony’s and the insiders would never cheapen themselves by rewarding a play for picking on a minority religion loathed in the theater community or behave like decadent Romans horrified by a growing moral minority comforting the libertines by mocking the moral.
I cannot know for sure without seeing the entire play. If we assume the play a brilliant satire with PR unfortunate enough to release only the cruel and facile bits, then we are still left with two unfortunate truths about this play. First, the writers are cowards. They inflict pain and mockery on those already despised while going soft on the tired assumptions of their rich and powerful patrons. Second, in a pluralistic society they have targeted a group already misunderstood and discriminated against.
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The Book of Mormon Testifies of Christ
http://lds.org/study/prophets-speak-today/unto-all-the-world/the-book-of-mormon-testifies-of-christ?lang=eng
He was from Saskatchewan and it was 1988. I do have them. Will you be gracious and admit error in implying that I did not?
Amen, brother, amen.
Whereas, Christians share the Word of God and the love of Jesus - the Good News.
The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
by Chris Tomlin
St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
Mystic massacre
“I know The Book of Mormon is true”
Prove it.
What facts, evidence or logical support can you use to demonstrate
that this absolute claim of truth is true?
Gnadenhutten massacre
Point?
Point?
Point?
Massacre of Tripolitsa
Lattimer massacre
Ludlow Massacre
Of course no group has been as cruelly treated as African-Americans, but Mormons have a history of being persecuted. They have been exiled in their own land, but have returned unfailing devotion to our Constitution.
Yes, but some things were just neccessary. The whole polygamy issue was something that had to be resolved for the sake of society as a whole. I will admit that it is a good thing that the church leadership and Utah territorial government at the time submitted to the idea of getting rid of polygamy and becoming part of the United States. Actually caring about whether or not you are part of the U.S. is something I wish really happened with plenty of people. If it did in the U.S., the illegal immigration would hardly be an issue. If it happened in Europe, radical Islam would hardly be an issue. It was also important in retrospect, as we actually set a pretty concrete definition back in the late 19th century as to what was acceptable by law as being a marriage, but we have since fallen from that.
As far as this musical is concerned, you are talking about the makers of South Park, which I was never all that fond about in the first place. Rude, crude toilet humor gets a little old with time, and I personally wouldn’t have much interest in paying to see a musical by these guys, even though I am not a fan of Mormonism itself, just like I didn’t watch, or miss much from South Park either, you don’t have to be a Mormon to figure out that most of the material from these guys is crude, or rediculous anyways.
The BOM, when using the word “Jesus”, is not speaking of the same personality the bible is when it uses the word “Jesus”. For starters, the mormon Jesus did not die as a sacrifice for our sins. Rather, He died as a partial sacrifice. There is a chasm between the implications of each of those.
See my post #114.
“I stand in solidarity with my Mormon neighbors.”
As do I.
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