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From the article: Over thirty movies portrayed the church in a less than flattering light.

(Sometimes that's what realistic historical portrayals wind up doing -- telling the truth minus the expensive public relations attempt to present most things in a "flattering light")

From the article: The film helped modify the perception of the Mormon church's public image.

Of course it did. Here we have a film about Brigham Young. Polygamy was barely mentioned. His 27 wives were glossed over, as if they didn't matter. Same with his 57 kids -- about half of whom were born to girls in their teens and women in their 20s. In a dozen of Young's marriages, the age differences were:
41-20; 42-18; 42-15; 43-20; 43-19; 44-16; 45-20; 45-16; 45-19; 61-24; 63-22; 66 or 67 - 23 or 24.

A 45 yo marrying a 15 yo & a pair of 16 yo? Sounds to me like the perfect thing even 1940 Hollywood might be interested in. (But no, that got censored out as the Mormon church ensured the film in the prep stages was as the article said "adjusted")

From the article: ...feeling the historical inaccuracies and a doubtful Brigham Young were minor issues...

Listen, if Hollywood had actually gotten into very many "historical accuracies," it would have dealt with:

#1 Brigham Young as territorial governor during the first 9/11 domestic act of terrorism in our nation -- when 120 innocent children, women and men were executed at close range by Mormons their remaining children aged 7 & under kidnapped by Mormon families in Southern Utah, -- all under the watchful eye of Young who acted as both "prophet" and "Guv" of the people. (Ya gotta know this event didn't just happen in a day; the Fancher party was under siege for several days before seeing no alternative but to surrender their weapons and being forced by Mormons to go on their death march)

#2 How about Brigham's "interesting" teaching of blood atonement, which led to some avenging angels & Danites ensuring men were punished for their own sins by "helping them" shed their own blood? (That, too, sounds like Hollywood intrigue; but, no, that, too was skipped over)

#3 What about Brigham's quarter-of-a-century teaching that the first man, Adam, is our god? Surely this "tidbit" highlighted -- if only briefly on the big screen -- could have added more "historical reality" to who Young was.

But, of course, Mormons want a "prophet-hero" they can name a school after and send their kids to.

A movie on Brigham Young and Joe Smith? Cool! I love comedies, or is this categorized strictly under outlandish fiction?

The image of Brigham Young in the movies changed "from perverted religious fanatic to virile striving pioneer."

I think also in the minds of many ldsers today, just can't seem to see the guy as he really was.

Attack the Mormons. Leave the Muslims alone. We can’t even have a cartoon about Muslims.

Of course there will be an accurate rendering of the Muntain Meadows massacre where Brigham oung ordered the murders of 120 unarmed men women and children and babes in arms who were under a flag of truce, and kiddnapped several children 7 and under and held them captive in starvation, want and squallor for two years before the US Army made them give them back...

And brigham young stolle the wagons, horses and cattle, and other belongings and money of his victims and never returned any of it...Even the bloody clothes on the bodies of his victims was stripped from their dead bodies..

Then Brigham Young left the bodies of his victims out on the prairee for two years and animals ate their flesh and scattered the bones...until the US Army, (again) buried their bones etc..and placed a memorial over the huge common grave..

after which Brigham young ordered the memorial pulled down, and the grave destroyed and desecrated...

From the article: Over thirty movies portrayed the church in a less than flattering light.

Ya don't SAY!!

I know of one BOOK that shows it to be a blasphemous swipe at Jesus Christ!!

KJV

Galatians 1:6-9

6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7. Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

ANYBODY???

Like this fine looking fellow???

2 Corinthians 11:12-15

12. But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
13. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Like THESE guys??

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/js_h/1/19#19

17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!

Ephesians 2:1-2

1. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

2 Timothy 1:13
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:14-15
14. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15. And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.