Mormons attending Book of Mormon on Broadway NYTimes link

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Posted by: Scooter ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 09:36AM

Hopefully you can open this link to the NYTimes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/us/31mormon.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23

the just is that Mormons are coming from all over the country to see the BoM on B'way and that it stirs many feelings from their own misshy days.

It is a validation that their religion has moved into the mainstream.

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Posted by: Charley ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 10:12AM

Re: Mormons attending Book of Mormon on Broadway NYTimes link

Damn I love Trey Parker & Matt Stone!

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Posted by: Heidi GWOTR ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 10:17AM

What??? Can someone shed some light on this...

It says in the article "The Mormon Church itself (formally called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) has".

So, the Morg has changed their name?

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Posted by: apples ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 10:33AM

Re: What??? Can someone shed some light on this...

I had to read the ststement twice before I understood. I confused formally with formerly.

Also I think it is interesting that the "Mormon" mentioned from the audience is John Dehlin.

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Posted by: Heidi GWOTR ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 10:35AM

Thank you!!! Yes, I think it's too early in the morning for me to be thinking. (n/t)

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Posted by: DeAnn ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 10:32AM

Re: Mormons attending Book of Mormon on Broadway NYTimes link

Can't wait for it to come to Los Angeles.

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Posted by: mrtranquility ( )
Date: March 31, 2011 10:56AM

It's increasingly difficult to be a religious literalist.

Particularly telling is the final quote in the article:

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“The things they’re making fun of are the myths that don’t affect our everyday lives,” said Mr. Ford, a father of six who teaches gospel doctrine, the Mormon term for Sunday school.

The myths may be outlandish, he said, “but people are blessed by it.”
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I assume Mr. Ford is a NOM of some type, but that of course is not a distinction a non-Mormon reporter is going to make, so he is portrayed as a typical Mormon believer to readers.

Of course, this runs head first into the way we were all raised and/or taught: that the founding stories of Moism are truly the truliest most truly true stories ever!!! We KNOW beyond a shadow of doubt how truly true they are!!!

Outsiders are struck with how the founding stories are probably pulled from someone's ass and the musical plays this up (quite literally, I have read in reviews ;-). The musical seems to be a source for pulling rug out from under Mormon literalism. Stories of the First Vision from real Mo missionaries may elicit laughs from those that have seen the musical.

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