I wonder if this would be the final nail in Mormonism. Mormons don't like to look stupid in front of the entire world. How many testimonies would be weakened if the endowment were shown on national tv? What would the public reaction be?

Most members would be angry for the world mocking their sacred undies.

There would be more fallout if the church ordered them to stop wearing them and turn them in. That's how deep the brainwashing runs.

Im gonna guess that the endowment is somehow copy righted???

That a side, Im guessing no big reaction, public or with members.
Members would feel persecuted in that what they hold to be sacred, and they do hold the endowment as sacred, was being shown. Hell, you can find it on the internet, so nothing earth shattering

The general public?? Since our culture is basically secular, most would think, "eh, religion. Whatever."

Agreed.

Mormonism is cosmically irrelevant. People have negative impressions and that's that.

If the temple ceremony were broadcasted, TV stations outside the jello belt wouldn't carry it because few people would watch. The most exposure the broadcast would receive is on Youtube, but much of the ceremony is already there.

Mormonism looms large in our lives. The rest of the world really, truly, doesn't care.

IMO it would be hard to copyright material which was stolen from the Masons.

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Leave it to MORmONS (LD$ Inc) to feel entitled to do so and then to attempt it. after all, they tried to hijack the entire christian religion.

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I agree.

When "Big Love" showed Barb going through the endowment process, was the ceremony protrayed verbatim, or was it mwrely a paraphrase?

IIRC it was verbatim, however, to avoid any legal complications they changed the color of the apron to blue instead of green. If there was a copyright issue they would have tried it. They were really pissed off over that.

the fallout would be Unbearable for the stations / network airing that; ChurchCo's next call would be to the legal team, then the PR wranglers...

some other churches would show or feign sympathy and/or concern.


Never Happen. Impossible, I'd say.

If the endowment was shown on national TV, the fallout would have been due to a wardrobe malfunction most likely :)

It's been on YouTube for quite some time, anybody can see the whole thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ErdgY6FkxI

Has ChurchCo tried to stop the Youtube?

Sue for copyright infringement?

I don't think they've sued...but this is an interesting story about the guy who made them (and what they church did to find out who he was):

https://medium.com/@marysnap/im-mary-snap-and-i-tracked-mike-norton-newnamenoah-at-the-lds-church-b9937127a071

Thanks for the link. Very interesting reading!

It would be the comedy hit of the season.

Xactly.

I think it should be a comedy show called Loud Laughter, shown right after the Svengoolie show.

It would be a ratings disaster. So dull and tedious.

+1

It seems to me that someone who looks like Mary Snap should at least cultivate a good personality instead of being a boasting snitch. That is all. Y'all have a nice afternoon.

Part of the temple endowment HAS been shown on national TV. Remember the episode of "Big Love" that showed the woman "at the veil" and reciting the names of the tokens, and later, with her mother and another woman in the Celestial Room. Jeanne Triplehorn was at the veil, her mother was played by Ellen Burstyn.

They would need to make sure to use the old pre-1990 ceremony with the throat slashing and Satin teaching the protestant preacher how to deceive people, pay-lay-ale, five points of fellowship, etc..

Maybe some day Leah Remini will show all of this on A&E. Some people may laugh. Some will snicker. Others will be blown-away by it. Best of all, that God-forsaken so-called eternal ceremony that the church has since abandoned will embarrass the hell out of the church. Considering how the mormon church has abandoned the name mormon, they sure aren't going to want to dress-up to this.



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It has been on a national TV station in Tonga. More than once!

Also don't forget that about 30% of the Tongan population is lds.


The general reaction was that Mormons are Odd anyway and that it looked batshit boring.

Basically a Who Cares.

So true....it looks odd and batshit crazy and boring because it is all three.....and then some.

I was led to believe that also when I lived in Utah. Reality is only about 17% are Mormon. Much more than the average in the US, but not even close to 30%.
https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2010/148900.htm

Well it kind of was in a Big Love episode. Not the whole thing, but enough to get the idea. Even the 2nd token was revealed.

I won't be interested, but my guess is that there are those who follow the various tele-evangelists would find something new and interesting to watch.

Not much. there has already been a few million non mormons watch the Endowment session, thanks to Newnamemormon.

The revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000?

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Oh man. I would love to see them show the temple movie on Mystery Science Theater 3000. That would be a hoot!

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