Late amen.

Hellmut is right, I was trying to use irony.

My wife chides me sometimes for saying things ironically in such a way that people take me seriously. My apologies. (Maybe I should ask Steve Evans if I could use an alternate identity along the lines of Prudence McPrude.)

I actually think the program was excellent–I personally believe that the spirit of God may have had a role in its production and editing. And I also think MikeInWeHo may be right that one day, the program may be used in CES.

Was it Hugh Nibley who said something “It is good the Old Testament did not have to go through the correlation committee, or it would only be five pages long”? (Actually, maybe that would be a good idea, so that it would be a more reasonable length to read.)

I thought it was funny that when they were talking about ordinances for the dead, the music was the second movement of Beethoven’s “Ghost” trio.

Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” quartet kept appearing, sometimes at inappropriate times.

The best was the use of the C-major quintet – Schubert composed this in the last of his 31 years – it came right toward the end when they were sending all those candle balloons, or whatever they were, into the air.

DavidH: You are living in a dream world.

Honestly though, I would not discount this program as a missionary tool, precisely for the reason that it was NOT run through the correlation committee. People will trust it more, and the positive parts will resonate all the more deeply.

Also, Amen.

Plus why does everything have to be a conversion tool? That seems a little creepy.

The fact that your friend did not ask to visit with the missionaries proves conclusively that the documentary was biased against the LDS faith and truth claims.

I would hope that the next time the Church agrees to cooperate with someone outside the faith to make a documentary that it insist that the documentary pass through the correlation process. True, no one outside the Church (and perhaps some inside it) would want to watch it then, but at least we could be comfortable in recommending it to our neighbors and even show it in primary.