tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post6182118866976848520..comments2024-01-07T12:38:39.465-06:00Comments on Clean Cut: Mormons in the MediaClean Cuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383123314458721660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post-22848433326848031992008-02-13T18:59:00.000-06:002008-02-13T18:59:00.000-06:00I want to echo what Joel Campbell said over at the...I want to echo what Joel Campbell said over at the new "Mormon Times" site. He said that all this media coverage, positive and negative, "has opened a door of opportunity. Latter-day Saints do have our work cut out for us. We can no longer circle the wagons in grand pioneer tradition and hope the media goes away. Latter-day Saints need to reach out in our communities, on the Web and in the nation’s media and be part of the discussion and dialog."Clean Cuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383123314458721660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post-2756994932950761702008-02-12T17:18:00.000-06:002008-02-12T17:18:00.000-06:00By the way, our local PBS station just did a re-br...By the way, our local PBS station just did a re-broadcast of "The Mormons". I decided to go back and get some of the bloggernacle's reaction about them. It generally seems that we all liked Part Two much better than Part One. Hated the eerie music. Disliked the disproportionate amount of time spent on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. (Great article about that by the way in the September 2007 Ensign). I echo Mormanity's comment about enjoying "the comments of Betty Stevenson, the African-American convert who said that the missionaries "came in and told me the most preposterous story I have ever heard in my life. They told me about this white boy, a dead angel and some gold plates. And I thought, 'Mmm. I wonder what they on?'" What a wonderful influence the Church has had on her life. She's my kind of saint. I loved her testimony, and her singing, and would love to be in her ward. If you know Betty, tell her thank you from me!"Clean Cuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383123314458721660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post-54545019627370892752008-02-12T16:34:00.000-06:002008-02-12T16:34:00.000-06:00I'll go read these, then get back to you.I'll go read these, then get back to you.Kelli W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07104776650911372261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post-53164638707670729932008-02-11T23:16:00.000-06:002008-02-11T23:16:00.000-06:00Good articles, Spence. I knew in the back of my he...Good articles, Spence. I knew in the back of my head that Mormons were still thought of badly in many places (all my Faith Center friends in high school)but living in Utah for 13 years made me forget how prevalent those opinions are! Although I haven't come across much discrimination down here yet. Have you?Sally F https://www.blogger.com/profile/08814975028991822640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920640965536781054.post-72329954057305340942008-02-11T16:55:00.000-06:002008-02-11T16:55:00.000-06:00I still feel somehow that him being mormon is why ...I still feel somehow that him being mormon is why he wasn't voted. If that is the case..that is devastating..and stupid to say the least. It shouldn't be a strike against you...What do you think?JAMIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10037180174228126416noreply@blogger.com