Polygamy TV shows all the rage now?

I did watch the entire series of Big Love partly because I was fascinated with a major media portrayal of anything Mormon related.

Unfortunately, the portrayal was very bad. In several instances it seemed that the dig at Mormonism wasn’t even relevant to the plot. My favorite example of this is when one of the lead female characters is considering putting her child up for adoption and she meets with this creepy couple where the husband is gay but has married to help cure his gayness. Absolute zero plotline development. 😈

I really didn’t mind that they included brief phrases from the sealing ceremony in one episode. That at least was relevant to the plot. Stick to the story please and don’t meander into “this is another odd tidbit from some corner of Mormonism” territory.

DW watched Sister Wives. From my vantage point the show seemed more about love triangles and jealousy than religion but I never really watched.

“I might have to live this one day, so I better get used to it and force my mind around it.”

I have grown more and more comfortable saying that I don’t believe that we will certain things about the future. Like that we will be called to move to Missouri, or that we will re-institute polygamy, or that two Mormon apostles will be killed and dragged through the streets of Jerusalem before being resurrected. I’m ok with others believing these things but I try to get people to understand that these are not official church positions that we should feel bound to.

I’m not really a fan of the ten tribes returning from the north thing either – but unfortunately the articles of faith would be much pricklier to argue against.

I used to watch one and found that I was trying to accept their ideals as “I might have to live this one day, so I better get used to it and force my mind around it.”

I finally … grew up … and realized that I do not feel peace when I watch the shows. I’m all for people living any way they want to, but something bothers me about the shows…perhaps it’s because they use their religion as a reason to live this way

I’ve haven’t watched them as they air, but keep up with the basic gist online.

Life is so much better without polygamy looming ahead. (Who knows, maybe I’ll die and my husband will remarry. That’s a different question.) But what I’m talking about is getting rid of the pit in my stomach that’s been there since I first read Section 132. I choose not to believe it. In another one of your posts you said, “If we start picking and choosing what to believe (or even who to believe), then we don’t have much of a religion, do we?” Now I care less about Having A Religion and more about having a life, and mine is better when I start with a loving God and follow to logical conclusions.

I am watching sister wives on Netflix now. I love it. I haven’t seen the others.

Slightly related, I watched that Duck Dynasty the other day. So obviously scripted. The

characters look like Russian Orthodox priests, but are likable in some ways.

However, reading up on the show, I found several things… firstly they

started bleeping out words even though they don’t cuss (this had to be changed), and removing

their prayers and church involvement. They seem to be sincere Christians, but TV doesn’t want positive portrayals of religion, it wants conflict

and bigotry. It’s more interested in the duck folk as badly groomed redneck freaks who’ve got rich by accident, than as decent country people with worthwhile values.

Ever watched Amish Mafia? I’m not sure any of that is real and it is clearly scripted. The Amish are a very faithful people, and while I know every bushel has some bad apples, I don’t think the bad apples on that show are real. There is so much positive to say and portray about the Amish, why do they choose this probably fake negative side? IMO it’s for the same reason as the polygamy thing – people watch. If nobody watched there would be no sponsors and there would be no show.

Slightly related, I watched that Duck Dynasty the other day. So obviously scripted. The

characters look like Russian Orthodox priests, but are likable in some ways.

However, reading up on the show, I found several things… firstly they

started bleeping out words even though they don’t cuss (this had to be changed), and removing

their prayers and church involvement. They seem to be sincere Christians, but TV doesn’t want positive portrayals of religion, it wants conflict

and bigotry. It’s more interested in the duck folk as badly groomed redneck freaks who’ve got rich by accident, than as decent country people with worthwhile values.

Ever watched Amish Mafia? I’m not sure any of that is real and it is clearly scripted. The Amish are a very faithful people, and while I know every bushel has some bad apples, I don’t think the bad apples on that show are real. There is so much positive to say and portray about the Amish, why do they choose this probably fake negative side? IMO it’s for the same reason as the polygamy thing – people watch. If nobody watched there would be no sponsors and there would be no show.

I haven’t seen Amish Mafia. I don’t have a TV, and don’t actually live in the USA. One of my friends has seemingly infinite channels (every language under the Sun – he watches Bollywood stuff for example), and I got to see Duck Dynasty.

I know there are a number of issues with the Amish, like women’s rights, and probably gay rights, however, I deeply respect them, and I would oppose any form of corporate or government bullying of them.

” If nobody watched there would be no sponsors and there would be no show.”

You hit the nail on the head. People don’t want to see Mormons like us, who are educated, who are tolerant, who don’t beat their wives, who are monogamous, who are cosmopolitan etc etc They want to see polygamist rednecks.

That said I think modern America is VERY hypocritical about polygamy. if I have multiple sexual partners, people don’t bat an eyelid here, but if I have multiple spouses, they frown on it.

That said I think modern America is VERY hypocritical about polygamy. if I have multiple sexual partners, people don’t bat an eyelid here, but if I have multiple spouses, they frown on it.

A-freaking-men! (as opposed to a freaking man?) :silent:

I am watching sister wives on Netflix now. I love it. I haven’t seen the others.

I recently saw some of Sister Wives on Netflix too. They are a loving family that are far more normal than one might think. I really felt for their plight in having to move to escape persecution and trying to find homes close together. Their version is probably the best way that polygamy could ever work, and yet it still seemed very clear to me the needlessness of the practice. The problems they had due to polygamy could be solved by not practicing it (duh) and the benefits of it could be gained from close friendships. I see now how ridiculous a practice it is and I don’t believe it was ever from God.