Hello all, I have a question for the LDS followers or ex mormons, kind enough to be on this forum. I was watching a TV show called Big Love. It’s a ficticous show about a Mormon family that practices polygamy. In it there was a refernce to something called Lying for the Lord. I was wondering if this was an actual practice or if that was just hollywood slander? If it is a real practice, why, and where does it say they can do that?
Peace be with you
gmcbroom
It is an interesting question. From my study of Mormonism there is nothing that resembles this teaching or practice of “lying for the Lord” in the LDS Church. In addition, the program you are talking about is about Fundamentalist Mormons, which as nothing to do with the Mormon Church. It is a small sect of some 15,000 members of which most are polygamists.
As I have read some of the comments here and getting sick of the lowly type of disparaging remarks that only a rabid anti-Mormon would say, I felt it necessary to add a few comments. First, I reject this type of pathetic accusations just as I do the same caliber of anti-Catholic statements by those who are also called Christians. “Christians” can be some of the rankest of people regardless of the lip service they provide to following the Savior. Wolves in sheeps clothing will be everywhere; even in the body of Christ.
Mormons do not talk about those things they hold most sacred. They don’t talk about their temples, but it is laughable to accuse them of keeping these things secret because anyone can google Mormon temples and find everything that is said in their temples. If temples are supposed to be secret, someone is doing a really lousy job of keeping it so.
There is a difference between lying and keeping things sacred. A question, what did the Lord mean when he counseled us not to throw our pearls before swine? Do you feel comfortable telling strangers about your inner-most feelings? Of course not! It is no surprise that Mormons feel just like Catholics and everyone else.
Context is vital to comprehension. Millet’s context was about doing missionary work. It appears that few of the participants know about such things, but when trying to teach, “teachers” guide the topic and the conversation. It is not dishonest or insincere, but it is an effective teaching method. Trying to make this sound heinous is itself dishonest.
As a Catholic website we should be the exemplary in our manner of speech and in how we discuss other religions. How I dislike anti-Catholics and the manner in which they twist the truth about the Church. I have the exact same disdain when supposed members of our Church do the same thing about others. It is not Christian, it is not Christ-like, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the Holy Spirit.
