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Posted on 04/24/2007 12:35:04 PM PDT by Rameumptom
FRONTLINE and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Profile a Religion That Is One of the Great Neglected American Narratives -
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest-growing religions and, relative to its size, one of the richest. Church membership, now at 12 million and growing, sweeps the globe. But from the moment of its founding in 1830, the church has been controversial. Within a month, it had 40 converts and almost as many enemies. In the early years, Mormons were hated, ridiculed, persecuted and feared. Yet, in the past several decades, the Mormon Church has transformed itself from a fringe sect into a thriving religion that embraces mainstream American values; its members include prominent and powerful politicians, university presidents and corporate leaders.
Mormons have always had a peculiar hold on the American imagination, but few know who the Mormons actually are, or who they claim to be, and their story is one of the great neglected American narratives.
This spring, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and FRONTLINE, two of PBS' most acclaimed series, join forces to present THE MORMONS, a new documentary series about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In two, two-hour episodes, filmmaker Helen Whitney ("John Paul II: The Millennial Pope" and "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero") explores both the history and the current reality of the Mormon faith. Whitney gained unusual access to Mormon archives and church leaders as well as dissident exiles, historians and scholars both within and outside the faith. "Through this film, I hope to take the viewer inside one of the most compelling and misunderstood religions of our time," says Whitney. The two-part film airs Monday, April 30, and Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS.....
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You can see the preview on YouTube here YouTube Mormons / Latter-Day Saints on PBS documentary 2007 USA TV
Which documentary did they pull?
I remember seeing “Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero” and thinking it was pretty good.
Mitt Romney and Mormonism http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/video/...-and-mormonism
Jesus Christ / Joseph Smith http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/video/...t-joseph-smith
Examining Facsimile One from the Book of Abraham http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?...96&lineup =-1
How Did Joseph Smith "Translate" the Book of Mormon? http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/video/...te-book-mormon
How Heavy Were Joseph Smith's Golden Plates? http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?...96&lineup =-1
The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1mFdO1wB08
DNA vs. The Book of Mormon http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...53898478873054
The Lost Book of Abraham http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...324ED5E82F7D94
Who is that in those images LOL
It must be left overs from you know who Easter DVD campaign!:)
So what else is new from the drive bys....
Somebody just posted a thread on "Islam vs. Islamists". That may be it.
I wonder if they will broach the topic of the early Mormons in Utah of Bringem Young practicing blood atonement through a group of assassins called the Danites?
That's cuz we don't execute those who investigate our faith. :-)
“The persecution of the Mormons was officially sanctioned by at least two different state governments,” says Dallin Oaks, elder of the Mormon Church. Adds Truman Madsen, author and historian, “House burning, rapings, abuse, taking over land and possessions, all that was part of it, but it was also denunciation from every other level, from state houses to pulpits.”
We were told that the LDS Church leaders at all levels was very open with the filmmaker.
Gee. Did they do a special on Keith Ellison’s faith?
Hubby and I just finished reading Hugh Hewitt’s book “A Mormon in the White House?” WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting a photo of the Missionaries. I always get a warm feeling when I see them. And to think, some people are so mean to them.
I'm not claiming the documentary is pro or anti,(liberal or conservative) but I am interested in what the MSM says about my faith as it relates to politics. (The pre-view shows Orin Hatch, Harry Reid, and Mitt Romney.)
The director is Mormon. I have not seen her other works. I heard good things about her documentary of the Pope. I have no idea whether the director is lib or conservative. Seeing how it is on PBS I am apprehensive, but occasionaly PBS puts out a decent documentary just to act like they don't have an agenda.
I am proud to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The evil wrong misguided ignorant anti-Mormon comments are worn as a badge of honor. Rejoice in persecution for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior.
P.S. It is un-American to hate people of other faiths.
Read about it here: http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/whitehorseprophecy.htm
Then you should be proud of the whole Mormon story being told.
This with be the (liberal) PBS attempt to get Romney out of the running early using his religion as a means. Harry Reid is also Mormon, why is his picture not on the PBS website? I’d like to learn more about the Rev. Al Sharpton or Jessie Jackson’s religion, since they are both ministers. I doubt I’ll ever see that on PBS.
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