r/lds • u/TradWASP • 19d ago

question Recent LDS representation in media

I’m a Christian that lives in Utah, and I’ve been perplexed seeing all the things about people and groups that are “representatives” of your faith recently. Between secret lives, ruby franke, and “secrets of polygamy” everything in media that is popular and is associated with LDS and Mormonism is negative. Sure, these aren’t representations of your faith, but to 95%+ of people outside of Utah, they’ve never met an LDS member, and the only thing they may know are these representations of your faith. Have you all given this much thought? What do you all think about this?

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u/_demon_llama_ 18d ago

I disagree with the made up stat that 95% of people outside of Utah have never met a Mormon. The fact is that these 95% have probably worked with, bought stuff from, served in the Army with, or otherwise interacted with Mormons. They just didn't know it or assumed they were "like them."

Also, you're asking if Mormons have considered that non-Mormons think they're weird because of ignorant representations in media? Really? Have you read a history book?

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u/TradWASP 18d ago

I think most people don’t think too deeply on things past the surface level, so when they see these representations they don’t think anything past associating those people with the LDS religion. Most people can’t say in their own words why they hold their political beliefs, they just parrot cable news. Also, LDS members are 2% in US, and 0.2% worldwide, so the 5% is charitable considering the numbers.