Post by missingkathy on Feb 24, 2010 22:40:16 GMT -5
another note re: the mormon meanings of the intro-
the blogger is correct that the first one represented being pulled through the white veil to eternity. also, remember that mormons believe that righteous men will get their own planet in the afterlife, where they will be the God and populate their planet with their children. It's complicated, but in essence, the God they pray to was once a man who was elevated to divinity upon his death - I guess somehow there's an exponential supply of planets? I'm a non-religious American religion scholar and I focus on Mormonism, but I must confess that this concept of enough planets to go around has always confused me, haha. Anyways, that's why it's so important to Barb that Sarah be sealed, because she believes that she won't get to spend eternity with her daughter otherwise. So that's why they are shown sitting in their own planet in a galaxy of other planets.
In addition, in the first intro, the reason why Bill pulled his wives through the veil is also one of the biggest problems I personally have with Mormon theology: that a wife needs her husband's approval to get into the highest level of heaven. Bill is the God now, and he has the power to grant or deny them access to his planet. In a typical loving marriage, this obviously wouldn't be a problem (and besides the emphasis on getting married in church culture, it's not something that's really publicized in the mainstream LDS church), but it's a huge reason why FLDS women are subservient and agree to a way of living that is unimaginable to the rest of us. If you thought that you'd be denied heaven and be doomed to spend eternity in outer darkness or hell, you might be more inclined to suffer through harsh treatment on earth, especially when you believe in your religion that absolutely.
the blogger is correct that the first one represented being pulled through the white veil to eternity. also, remember that mormons believe that righteous men will get their own planet in the afterlife, where they will be the God and populate their planet with their children. It's complicated, but in essence, the God they pray to was once a man who was elevated to divinity upon his death - I guess somehow there's an exponential supply of planets? I'm a non-religious American religion scholar and I focus on Mormonism, but I must confess that this concept of enough planets to go around has always confused me, haha. Anyways, that's why it's so important to Barb that Sarah be sealed, because she believes that she won't get to spend eternity with her daughter otherwise. So that's why they are shown sitting in their own planet in a galaxy of other planets.
In addition, in the first intro, the reason why Bill pulled his wives through the veil is also one of the biggest problems I personally have with Mormon theology: that a wife needs her husband's approval to get into the highest level of heaven. Bill is the God now, and he has the power to grant or deny them access to his planet. In a typical loving marriage, this obviously wouldn't be a problem (and besides the emphasis on getting married in church culture, it's not something that's really publicized in the mainstream LDS church), but it's a huge reason why FLDS women are subservient and agree to a way of living that is unimaginable to the rest of us. If you thought that you'd be denied heaven and be doomed to spend eternity in outer darkness or hell, you might be more inclined to suffer through harsh treatment on earth, especially when you believe in your religion that absolutely.