Avatar And The Mormons

[EllenMaksoud]

I first saw Avatar in Early 2010, and discovered that in spite of my many years of doing things that really frightening regularly, when the cloud scenes happened, I screamed and looked away, too frightened to look. In the next few months I went with various people to see the movie in 3D perhaps 5 times. It completely captured my imagination. It looked like the best imitation of Heaven man could craft. I hadn't met the Mormons yet.

These days every day in my past has foot notes saying whether I had met the Mormons yet. As I write this I almost want to think, in a manner of speaking that my pre Mormon days were sort of like BC and after sort of like AC.

Early in those days, I was taught about not listening to music or movies that had swear words, and though I did not think about it much, I now realize that Lady Gaga, ZZ Top, and Queen have dropped out of my universe.

So, tonight I decided to watch Avatar once in 2013 and in looking at the CD set I have there is a version that is 13 minutes longer. So as I watched the long version of the movie, I heard the characters swearing quite a lot in certain sections. It made me sad for a moment when I realized that I will never watch the extended version again out of deference to the wishes of Heavenly Father. He saved me through Jesus Christ and I want my respect and thankfulness to always be evident in my life.

I have the gentle people of the Wasatch to thank for helping me see a new way.

[Peppermint Patty]

Ellen,

You will find that many Mormons enjoy the music of Queen, ZZ Top, Lady Gaga and many other artists in many genres. I commend you on your self-control when it comes to watching movies. Don't be too surprised when you happen to meet many good LDS that have no problem watching certain PG13, or R rated movies.

We come in all shapes and sizes.

[Nathair/|\]

If something offends your conscience, don't be afraid to avoid it, even if your Stake President or Temple President is comfortable participating.

[thesometimesaint]

The occasional swear word doesn't bother me. I can't imagine a John Wayne type saying "Oh goshy darn" when something really bad happens. But I draw the line when it happens more than on a few rare occasions.

[Tacenda]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626083/Al-Fox-Tattooed-Mormon.html

When I saw this I thought of you, not that you have tattoos but that she also is a convert and some may look at her kind of funny, and with you it's that you might wear the hijab or scarf. I just thought you might like this read. Sorry that I used this OP for it. Maybe I should have looked for another thread that you've started. Take care!

[Stargazer]

The occasional swear word doesn't bother me. I can't imagine a John Wayne type saying "Oh goshy darn" when something really bad happens. But I draw the line when it happens more than on a few rare occasions.

I spent 8 lovely years in the US Army, and you can imagine that at times I got to hear quite a lot of swear words. After a while it became kind of "white noise". I used profanity very seldom, and it was always pretty mild profanity. The D word and the H word. Only once after a particularly bad experience did I explode into some really scorching verbiage -- a five minute tirade over something my immediate superior had done that really torqued me off. Afterwards, one of my troops said to me: "Damn, Sergeant Clark, I never heard you swear before!" To which I responded very sheepishly that it was last time, too. It wasn't, as it happened, but this incident stood out in my memory for years. I felt really ashamed of myself.

[Stargazer]

http://www.deseretne...oed-Mormon.html

When I saw this I thought of you, not that you have tattoos but that she also is a convert and some may look at her kind of funny, and with you it's that you might wear the hijab or scarf. I just thought you might like this read. Sorry that I used this OP for it. Maybe I should have looked for another thread that you've started. Take care!

Thanks for posting that! Really cool, for sure.

[thesometimesaint]

I spent 8 lovely years in the US Army, and you can imagine that at times I got to hear quite a lot of swear words. After a while it became kind of "white noise". I used profanity very seldom, and it was always pretty mild profanity. The D word and the H word. Only once after a particularly bad experience did I explode into some really scorching verbiage -- a five minute tirade over something my immediate superior had done that really torqued me off. Afterwards, one of my troops said to me: "Damn, Sergeant Clark, I never heard you swear before!" To which I responded very sheepishly that it was last time, too. It wasn't, as it happened, but this incident stood out in my memory for years. I felt really ashamed of myself.

I was like Sgt Clark. But still no excuses. One of my many failings.

[altersteve]

I swear very rarely but only when I'm very angry (which isn't very often) or when I accidentally hurt myself (a bit more common). Never around children or my family though.