tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post178169621025755225..comments2023-11-05T00:19:30.325-07:00Comments on Seething Mom: About that Prop 8 documentarySeething Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13589584407018948285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post-67095586063310769112010-06-23T19:17:57.025-07:002010-06-23T19:17:57.025-07:00I'm not sure I am in the right frame of mind t...I'm not sure I am in the right frame of mind to read anything about the Mormons right now. I experienced much of the same feelings you described when you read UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN. This movie deeply disturbed me. I just have to wonder -- how many families have to be destroyed before people wake up and realize how much damage is being done in the name of God.Seething Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589584407018948285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24087625.post-27805068759081186092010-06-23T10:31:41.733-07:002010-06-23T10:31:41.733-07:00You should read UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN by Jon ...You should read UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN by Jon Krakauer. These realizations would be less of a shock if you knew how often any infraction or questioning (like about abuse or abduction or murder or dress code) is treated with the threat and action of excommunication. Children kick out their parents, parents kick out their children... bizarre. I read that book with a chill, a sweaty brow, the hairs on the back of my neck standing up, a metallic taste in my mouth, and a generalized nausea that lasted for weeks.<br /><br />Those people scare the shit out of me. Because they just say, "God told me" and then that's the end- there's no human reasoning or logic or compassion that counteracts what they perceive as god's wishes.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763876608400590736noreply@blogger.com