Comments on: “Beware of the Latter Day Saints”: Then, and Then, and Now http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/ Where our past is never very long ago Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Diana http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193776 Diana Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:35:27 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193776 I love these. Another FHE lesson. Thank you.

]]> By: kevinf http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193677 kevinf Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:43:33 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193677 We were always terrifying creatures to the British who were not receptive to our message. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who used the Danites and attached to them all sorts of mayhem, including murder and kidnapping in his first Sherlock Holmes novel, “A Study in Scarlet,” is said to have been asked about his negative portrayal of Mormons in the book. His reply was something along the lines of “Everybody knows it’s true, and no one raised any objections at the time (1887).”

If you’ve never read that, you should. It’s surprising that Sherlock Holmes took off as a popular character after that. The Mormon portrayal really is something out of a Ron Paul conspiracy theory nightmare, and kind of overpowers the rest of the story. Fortunately, when BBC broadcast a new treatment of “Scarlet” for their current Holmes series, they left out any references to Mormons. I don’t think the fear mongering plays out quite so well these days.

]]> By: John Mansfield http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193661 John Mansfield Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:12:11 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193661 My favorite take on the Mormon plot was in Rex E. Lee’s book What Do Mormons Believe? If there had been one, he really thought he, as solicitor general, would have been in on it, but he wasn’t invited.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193655 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:46:25 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193655 Jana Reiss takes Sally Denton’s recent piece of op-ed fiction to task today, too, revealing the big secret that Mormons are not plotting to take over the world anytime soon.

]]> By: Frank Pellett http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193652 Frank Pellett Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:45:47 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193652 I think the differentiation of Girls, boys, and young children is due to very young children (under 5? in nursery?) not really having a public gender yet. Baby boys and girls both wore dresses. Blue for boys and pink for girls from pre-birth was in invention of the mid-20th century.

]]> By: Rameumptom http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193630 Rameumptom Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:15:44 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193630 This is so shocking that I’m terrified to spend time alone… with ME!!!!

I never knew I was such a diabolical character. Maybe we should use secret names for Joseph and Brigham, like… Pinky and the Brain???

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193625 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:42:39 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193625 I thought you-all might like that, David; images do have that quality of immediacy that words sometimes do not.

]]> By: David Y. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193623 David Y. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:33:17 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193623 There’s something powerful about seeing the images of this old screed. It makes the NY Daily News as well as the Harold Bloom NYT piece seem so passe and old-fashioned . . . so silly.

]]> By: MH http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193618 MH Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:05:18 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193618 Now I’d really like to hear the the Bloggernacle tackle this:

“The US becomes a theocracy run by Thomas S. Monson. Describe what happens.”

I’m predicting restrictions on remarriage around Christmastime so that there would be widows and fatherless to whom to bring turkeys.

]]> By: Bill West http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/02/01/beware-of-the-latter-day-saints-then-and-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-193616 Bill West Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:50:58 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16695#comment-193616 Wasn’t it Parley Pratt “who was shot by an outraged husband”? Poor Orson… getting a bad rap!

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