I spent most of my life as LDS, so watching this was a considerable flashback to me of the culture and world I came from. I've read many of the comments on here, some from LDS members saying that it inaccurately portrays early LDS history etc, I can assure readers than it doesn't. I studied early LDS history, and in doing so I realised that we, as Mormon's we constantly lied to and that the modern history of the LDS church is largely a fabrication and rewriting to try to sanitise some of the obvious insanity that existed in the past.
That ^ sets the scene for this dramatic portray of brutal and evil murders. It shows how oridinary people can grow to believe that God speaks to them through some spirit and how they interpret that inner voice of their own desires and unconscious thinking as what God is trying to tell them. This is becomes essential for them to follow it since not doing so jeopardises their chance of eternal life.
I saw so many times in my LDS life how members stated irrational things in the defence of their belief. There was certainly a cabal type of mentality in which members would cover each others back. Putting the church above the law, above anything if required to protect it.
This belief led to these men believing they were prophets and that God instructed them to kill. I believe now that such a belief guides people to the insanity spectrum. When you look back at LDS history, you can see this gradual slip into selfish delusion in it. How the founder Joseph Smith went from farm boy to calling himself General and the Mayor and chief judge in the town of Nauvoo, to having 34 wives, to having members build him a big house.
The brutal scene with Mountain's meadow massacre was also pretty realistic. The murder of innocent pioneers by the LDS under John Dee Lee. Although reasonable questions exist as to how much Brigham Young himself knew and ordered, it was certainly the case that Bishops and Stake Presidents were involved. The church then lied about the story and tried to bury it.
This show portrays the same kind of religious insanity that drove men to fly planes into the World Trade Centre. It's a great show, worth watching, but it's more than just a detective drama, it's a lesson in how idea can be dangerous and lead ordinary people to do crazy thing.
That ^ sets the scene for this dramatic portray of brutal and evil murders. It shows how oridinary people can grow to believe that God speaks to them through some spirit and how they interpret that inner voice of their own desires and unconscious thinking as what God is trying to tell them. This is becomes essential for them to follow it since not doing so jeopardises their chance of eternal life.
I saw so many times in my LDS life how members stated irrational things in the defence of their belief. There was certainly a cabal type of mentality in which members would cover each others back. Putting the church above the law, above anything if required to protect it.
This belief led to these men believing they were prophets and that God instructed them to kill. I believe now that such a belief guides people to the insanity spectrum. When you look back at LDS history, you can see this gradual slip into selfish delusion in it. How the founder Joseph Smith went from farm boy to calling himself General and the Mayor and chief judge in the town of Nauvoo, to having 34 wives, to having members build him a big house.
The brutal scene with Mountain's meadow massacre was also pretty realistic. The murder of innocent pioneers by the LDS under John Dee Lee. Although reasonable questions exist as to how much Brigham Young himself knew and ordered, it was certainly the case that Bishops and Stake Presidents were involved. The church then lied about the story and tried to bury it.
This show portrays the same kind of religious insanity that drove men to fly planes into the World Trade Centre. It's a great show, worth watching, but it's more than just a detective drama, it's a lesson in how idea can be dangerous and lead ordinary people to do crazy thing.