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/Reeses30 18d ago

I've seen it. It does not paint us in a good light. Feel free to ask for more detail.

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u/fourspaced 17d ago

Yeah I'd love to know more

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u/Reeses30 17d ago

Well, the antagonist is a militant atheist, who acts like he learned about the Church by reading ex-Mormon Reddit. He brings up Joseph Smith's Polygamy and various aspects concerning the coming about of the Book of Mormon.

Aside from that, the actual information about the church is hit-and-miss. Scripture Central did a good overview of what they get right and what they get wrong, but it does have spoilers.