Endowment ceremony to be shown on HBO
Sometimes I feel that turning the other cheek only brings more abuse. Certainly it seems that the policy of certain Muslims of beheading people who disagree with them ideologically has brought them results.
Not that I'm encouraging the Mormon church to issue a fatwa against HBO, or set effigies of HBO execs on fire - I actually believe (intellectually at least) that turning the other cheek is the right thing to do in the long run. It's just hard when you feel so righteously indignant...
Amen. I felt shocked/indignant/annoyed/depressed, in that order, when I read about this. I know it's all online, but this seems worse to me. Instead of actively googling "Mormon endowment", these viewers will just be passively sitting on their couch and having this stuff fed to them.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, my first instinct when I see something happening that I don't like is to rally, protest, write angry letters, publicize the offense, etc. until the appropriate concessions are made. However, the church's well-worded, level-headed (very Christian) response is spot-on: raising a (media) fuss clearly isn't the way to go here. Makes me proud of my church. I'll not rally or protest, though I admit the indignant itch remains.
Nobody really knows what will be shown yet. It could still be that the outrage isn't warranted.
ReplyDeleteWe're Big Love fans and the show has been amazingly respectful in the practices they have portrayed so far, and the conflict between the family, the rural fundamentalists, and the mainstream membership has been clear in every single episode.
http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/02/23/big-love-36/#comment-123461
(the link marks the part of the thread where conversation turns to the temple rumor. I didn't participate but I find comments 131 and 182 agreeable)
you can watch the next episode (33) preview here
http://www.hbo.com/biglove/video/
The woman at the beginning being asked by mainstream leaders to admit if she's in a polygamous situation is the same one frantic at the end saying "my life is in crisis and I need to go" which may indeed mean the temple - or not. She's the only ex-LDS in the Big Love family and part of her story is her sisters and parents trying to get her back on track (as they see it). The other Big Love spouses have atheist or fundamentalist histories.
I'm eager to watch but until season 3 dvd comes out I have to make due with the clips and summery on hbo.com and what I hear on forums. pffffff.