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− | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This letter was provided to those who were to distribute the DVD. It provides a glimpse of their attitudes toward the Church of Jesus Christ, and the members whom they claim to be treating with "love." This version of the letter has comments added in <font color="blue">blue</font> by FAIR. Click [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD | + | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This letter was provided to those who were to distribute the DVD. It provides a glimpse of their attitudes toward the Church of Jesus Christ, and the members whom they claim to be treating with "love." This version of the letter has comments added in <font color="blue">blue</font> by FAIR. Click [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD/Letter|here]] to see the letter without comments.</h2> |
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− | :This statement presents a clear problem for the producers of this video, as it directly conflicts with statements made within the video itself. See that statement, and the problem, [[Search for the Truth DVD | + | :This statement presents a clear problem for the producers of this video, as it directly conflicts with statements made within the video itself. See that statement, and the problem, [[Search for the Truth DVD/Summary#leaders|see this location]]. See also a later claim made in a press release [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD/Randy_Gavin_press_release|here]]. |
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:One purpose of the DVD is "boundary maintenance." This means that it is a tool used by some conservative Protestant groups to ensure that ''their flock'' will not become interested in Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ. The DVD is targeted partly at an evangelical audience, to have them remain convinced that the Mormons are an un-Christian cult; nothing must challenge the video's version of what Latter-day Saints "really" believe. | :One purpose of the DVD is "boundary maintenance." This means that it is a tool used by some conservative Protestant groups to ensure that ''their flock'' will not become interested in Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ. The DVD is targeted partly at an evangelical audience, to have them remain convinced that the Mormons are an un-Christian cult; nothing must challenge the video's version of what Latter-day Saints "really" believe. | ||
− | :Therefore, it is important that their distributors not discuss these issues with Latter-day Saints, lest they learn that the Saints believe a great many of the same things as they do about Christ. (See discussion [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD | + | :Therefore, it is important that their distributors not discuss these issues with Latter-day Saints, lest they learn that the Saints believe a great many of the same things as they do about Christ. (See discussion [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD/Who is Jesus|here]].) |
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− | :Note again the insistence that Mormons don't already have "a personal relationship with Jesus Christ." This is clearly false. (See discussion [[Search for the Truth DVD | + | :Note again the insistence that Mormons don't already have "a personal relationship with Jesus Christ." This is clearly false. (See discussion [[Search for the Truth DVD/Eternal Life|here]].) |
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:Once again, the Church is made to look impersonal and evil: it is a "machine," and a "cult" of "lost souls." It is much easier to justify deceiving and slandering a "machine" than a religion of committed Christians. In this way, it can be portrayed as "for their own good." | :Once again, the Church is made to look impersonal and evil: it is a "machine," and a "cult" of "lost souls." It is much easier to justify deceiving and slandering a "machine" than a religion of committed Christians. In this way, it can be portrayed as "for their own good." | ||
− | :The misrepresentation about a member's lack of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is again presented. (See discussion [[Search for the Truth DVD | + | :The misrepresentation about a member's lack of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is again presented. (See discussion [[Search for the Truth DVD/Eternal Life|here]] and [[Search for the Truth DVD/Who is Jesus|here]]). |
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:And, since Jesus recommends seeking the Holy Ghost, why does the video repeatedly mock the Latter-day Saints for appealing to it in their faith? | :And, since Jesus recommends seeking the Holy Ghost, why does the video repeatedly mock the Latter-day Saints for appealing to it in their faith? | ||
− | :*(See [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD | + | :*(See [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD/Summary|here]] where the Saints' witnesses from the Holy Ghost are smugly labeled as merely something "felt by simply watching a Hollywood movie.") |
− | :*(See also [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD | + | :*(See also [[Search_for_the_Truth_DVD/Burning_in_the_Bosom|here]] for a detailed treatment of this issue.) |
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