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Mormon Endowment Ceremony Tv - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 16th Mar, 2009 - 8:18pm
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| QUOTE (JB @ 11-Mar 09, 12:47 PM) |
| however I will see if I can view it to verify accuracy. |
According to the producers:
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| "In approaching the dramatization of the endowment ceremony, we knew we had a responsibility to be completely accurate and to show the ceremony in the proper context and with respect," Olsen and Scheffer said in a separate statement issued through HBO. "We therefore took great pains to depict the ceremony with the dignity and reverence it is due." |
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In the show, one of characters faces excommunication from the Church and goes through the Temple Endowments.
And the Church press release:
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| SALT LAKE CITY 9 March 2009 Like other large faith groups, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometimes finds itself on the receiving end of attention from Hollywood or Broadway, television series or books, and the news media. Sometimes depictions of the Church and its people are quite accurate. Sometimes the images are false or play to stereotypes. Occasionally, they are in appallingly bad taste. As Catholics, Jews and Muslims have known for centuries, such attention is inevitable once an institution or faith group reaches a size or prominence sufficient to attract notice. Yet Latter-day Saints - sometimes known as Mormons - still wonder whether and how they should respond when news or entertainment media insensitively trivialize or misrepresent sacred beliefs or practices. Church members are about to face that question again. Before the first season of the HBO series Big Love aired more than two years ago, the show's creators and HBO executives assured the Church that the series wouldn't be about Mormons. However, Internet references to Big Love indicate that more and more Mormon themes are now being woven into the show and that the characters are often unsympathetic figures who come across as narrow and self-righteous. And according to TV Guide, it now seems the show's writers are to depict what they understand to be sacred temple ceremonies. Certainly Church members are offended when their most sacred practices are misrepresented or presented without context or understanding. Last week some Church members began e-mail chains calling for cancellations of subscriptions to AOL, which, like HBO, is owned by Time Warner. Certainly such a boycott by hundreds of thousands of computer-savvy Latter-day Saints could have an economic impact on the company. Individual Latter-day Saints have the right to take such actions if they choose. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an institution does not call for boycotts. Such a step would simply generate the kind of controversy that the media loves and in the end would increase audiences for the series. As Elder M. Russell Ballard and Elder Robert D. Hales of the Council of the Twelve Apostles have both said recently, when expressing themselves in the public arena, Latter-day Saints should conduct themselves with dignity and thoughtfulness. Not only is this the model that Jesus Christ taught and demonstrated in his own life, but it also reflects the reality of the strength and maturity of Church members today. As someone recently said, "This isn't 1830, and there aren't just six of us anymore." In other words, with a global membership of thirteen and a half million there is no need to feel defensive when the Church is moving forward so rapidly. The Church's strength is in its faithful members in 170-plus countries, and there is no evidence that extreme misrepresentations in the media that appeal only to a narrow audience have any long-term negative effect on the Church.... |
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They are really pushing this, now it has actually been published and featured in TVGuide. Now I normally would not put this here, but seeing that it is already so public there is nothing new. Here is the page from TV Guide - no longer do people have to search the net - the Temple Ceremony is coming to them on TV and in print.
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Did you notice in one of the comments on the article, it states that the producers of this show are in a same-sex relationship? Executive producers Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer. Source 5
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| Gay Monogamous Couple Are Brains Behind Polygamy Show From a story in the San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle July 2007 Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, the screenwriting team that created "Big Love," don't have a personal interest in Mormonism or polygamy, but they do know something about family lifestyles outside the American mainstream. That's because, offscreen, they're a gay couple celebrating the 16th year of their own monogamous relationship. |
You think this is maybe retaliation for Prop 8?
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They just want to boost ratings and they know the members of the Church would get very angry and they would indirectly help to promote it by causing the huge uproar, now more people want to see it hence the Church did not call for a boycott.
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Just saw the clip, it really is revealing to what happens near the end of the endowment. Including is full ceremonial attire, signs and words and even shots of everyone in the 'Celestial Room'. This is really going to rock a few people who only know about Mormons from smiling faces, missionaries and home baked cookies. It really was not necessary, but its obvious they want shock value.
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