Lord's Prayer

[Shelly200]

Just out of curiosity... of those on this thread who are speaking out AGAINST The Tudors, how many of you have ever watched an entire episode?

And... isn't agency a big thing with the LDS church? Shouldn't each person be allowed to use his/her own free agency to make choices for his/her own life? Unless Dahlia is going around forcing other people to watch the show... what's the problem?

It also goes to the heart of what is/isn't moral or modest. Unless the LDS church comes out with an official list of tv shows/movies/music/etc. that its members can and cannot partake in... then each individual member can decide for him/herself what is appropriate to watch or listen to. What you might consider immodest or immoral, might not be considered so to someone else. And if there's no official doctrine on the issue, then each person can interpret the morality for himself. (For instance: I know people who think it is immodest for women to wear pants, *ever.* Suffice it to say, women wearing pants is not considered immodest by most Americans. To one group it's immodest, to one group it isn't.)

Also, people all struggle with *different* sins and temptations. Maybe Dahlia can watch an entire sex scene in the Tudors show and *not* be tempted into sin... just like I can have a drink of beer at a restaurant without ever feeling the temptation to sin into drunkeness, while another person might be tempted to get drunk at the very mention of alcohol. Since none of us know Dahlia's heart but her, and her church hasn't told her not to watch this show, then we can't tell her she shouldn't watch it.

[Dravin]

Shouldn't each person be allowed to use his/her own free agency to make choices for his/her own life?

And where exactly do you see anyone preventing Dhalia (or anyone) from exercising their agency? The idea that agency is so fragile that it's completely and utterly crushed by disapproval and/or counsel is a curious one.

[classylady]

One of my favorite songs I love to listen to is "The Lord's Prayer". My aunt, who recently passed away, sang a beautiful rendition of it. Back in the 1950's she recorded it onto a record. Her family played that record at her funeral. It brought most of us to tears. I felt her wonderful testimony and love of the Savior through that recording.