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I am a non-Mormon living in Utah. Its good to know the details of the religion that runs the government in our state. While Mormons often come off as a "cult" to mainstram religions, most religions do have their quirks. The LDS may have more than most and this film shares and capitlaizes on some of those. The film won't take an LDS member and make them non-believers, and it won't take a non-LDS and turn them into one. But the information portrayed in the film is accurate if produced in a somewhat amateur presentation. Worthwhile is the Mormon's interest you.
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I was happy with my order. This DVD came in quickly and was in great shape. I enjoyed watching it. It's a great witnessing tool.
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To fully appreciate this work you have to first put in it and it's authors in their full 1983 (the original publication date) historic context.
I think that the early-1980's will be come to be considered a transition period by many Church Historians. The Jesus Movement of the 1970's was maturing as was the Charismatic Movement. Both Movements were mellowing and casting off some of the excesses of their infancies. At the same time the Vineyard movement had exploded on the scene bringing some new infant excesses to both challenge and refine the Church Universal. At the same time, traditional mainline denomination membership was beginning to see the first signs of decline as an interest in the more intimate, demonstrative worship of the Charismatic/Vineyard Churches and a unifying "Evangelical" Theology was diminishing denominational uniqueness. However, some of the infantile excesses of all the above lingered. Specifically the sensationalism of the "Bible Thumping" past was still in vogue. The memory of such best selling books as "The Late Great Planet Earth" (1970) and "The Kingdom of the Cults" (1965) dominated Christian Publishing. The popular Apocalyptic "End Times" preaching of Chuck Smith, Hal Lindsey and others was pulling in huge crowds and influenced many. On the air TBN, PTL, "The 700 Club" and a whole host of radio personalities boasted audiences of literally millions (remember the Baaker and Swaggert scandals had not hit yet). Finally, the boomers were hitting their late 20's and early 30's - looking back an awkward age where you know just enough to be dangerous and not nearly enough to be truly wise. As a result, I recall that the spirit of the age was still very much "in your face", idealistic and rather judgmental. On the popular culture side, shows like "That's Incredible!" were all the rage. In a nutshell, sensationalism was "in", "good scholarship" and "reason" was viewed skeptically. In fact, the scholarship of the day could generally best be described as "good enough, is good enough!" And please remember this was in an age where Personal Computers were only available to a small segment of the population of and the Internet was only known in government and academic settings. "Nuanced" was a word that you looked up in the dictionary rather than lived - everything was either "black or white" or "us versus them". Not a dark age, just another human age and one that contains many lessons for us today. Ed Decker and Dave Hunter were unquestionably influenced by all this (just read their other books from this period compared to their recent work) and, therefore, wrote a book on Mormonism that is sensational, abrasive, and lacking in a high degree of scholarship. Yes, they overstate things A LOT. Yes, they miss nuance again, again, and again. Yes, they exaggerate. Yes, their writing and film documentary style can best be described as "National Enquirer". Yes, they are often unkind, insensitive and downright mean. Yes! Yes! Yes! All true. However, for the time it could have been A LOT worse! (Trust me on this one - I was there) Is this the first book that I would pick up and read on Mormonism? Not now, but it was back then and I benefited greatly from the overview despite it's flawed style. The message that they bring is objectively and empirically true. Unfortunately the style that that message was delivered in is rather ugly and unappealing. So this is another sad case where bad judgment overshadows good intention and reasonable content. Personally, I prefer the following "Starter" books on Mormonism - you'll note that I'm particularly fond of ex-Mormon testimonies: Beyond Mormonism : An Elder's Story Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith Secret Ceremonies Out of Mormonism: A Womans True Story Mormonism, Mama & Me And for still accessible but more advanced books please consider these: I Love Mormons: A New Way to Share Christ with Latter-day Saints Speaking the Truth in Love to Mormons Mormonism - Shadow or Reality? The Mormon Culture of Salvation: Force, Grace and Glory The Mormon Murders
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