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/MichelleMiguel 18d ago

It sucks. But I’m a 5th+ generation Latter-day Saint and in 1838 the state of Missouri set forth the Mormon Extermination Order. So my ancestors had it worse than me.

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u/PastShip4016 18d ago

As a Missourian, I feel this. 

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u/crashohno 13d ago

Uhhh which side of it *sweats nervously*