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Bristlecone

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8. Under the Banner of Heaven

Reply to doc03 (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2025, 09:48 PM

Jan 2025

By Jon Krakauer does a decent job of highlighting LDS history and its violent past and semi-present. The Mountain Meadows Massacre is certainly part of that. There’s plenty more and the abhorrence of violence and manipulation/exploitation of women and men is very eye opening.

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Watched American Primeval last night on Netflix. It was based on a true story about [View all] doc03 Jan 2025 OP

Mountain Meadows. And it happened on September 11th. Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #1

Religion again brings peace after the slaughter and subjugation. bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #2

Metacom. Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #10

Great Show montanacowboy Jan 2025 #3

Religion has been responsible for about every war in history. The fundamentalst doc03 Jan 2025 #4

I've been to the massacre site CanonRay Jan 2025 #5

I have that book. LisaM Jan 2025 #7

I learned about it from a friend earlier this week. First I'd ever heard of it. paulkienitz Jan 2025 #6

Under the Banner of Heaven Bristlecone Jan 2025 #8

The Brits may be more knowledgeable about it, or about the general behavior of the Mormons in that place and time t soldierant Jan 2025 #9

Thanks! It's been popping up in my feed, but didn't know what it was about. Will watch it. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #11

Dark and violent retelling of this tragic event. La Coliniere Jan 2025 #12