The Mormons
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the fastest growing religions in America. Yet the Mormons are often misunderstood. Filmmaker Helen Whitney examines the religion’s complexities and controversies in her two-part Frontline documentary: "The Mormons."

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@beckie: this too concerns me; however, i don't interpret it quite the way you do. while the idea of polygamy is definitely part of our doctrine, it certainly is not something every woman, or every man, must live--in this life or the next.
Just in response to t.k.k.'s misunderstanding, The Church of Jesus Christ believes in God the Father, his Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. This constitutes the Holy Trinity.
We do not believe in the Nicene Creed which seems to indicate that these three entities are all one "thing".
Like the name of the church indicates we are Christian and try to live our lives as Christ would have us live it.
I am a sixth generation mormon who has recently broken away because of the church's expenses and energy spent on anti gay legislation.
One thing that no one outside the church seems to know is that although the mainstream mormons do NOT practice poligomy they certainly still believe in it and it is a part of their eternal doctrine--i.e. every faithful mormon woman gets to look forward to spending eternity with several other wives.
The Christian religion, whether catholic, baptist, methodist, re-born,episopalian, etc. all believe in the holy trinity.
The mormons do not believe in this. They believe God is the father and Mary is the mother and Jesus is their baby. This is not the holy trinity that binds all christian religions. Is this correct? Then they are not christian.
i am an active mormon living in new york city. for the past two years i have been struggling with the history of my own religion. ms. whitney's first installment of her two-part documentary was, i believe, quite balanced. i appreciate her objectivity and her presentation.
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