From Scott Gordon on MAD: http://www.mormonapologetics.org/index. ... opic=22863
FAIR just sent this out today.
On 25 March 2007, Evangelical Christians are distributing a new anti-Mormon DVD to thousands of homes across the United States. The video asks viewers to compare Joseph Smith with Jesus Christ and Christianity with Mormonism. The video has excellent production values but, unfortunately, its contents are not of a similar quality.
Though it purports to be an objective Christian evaluation of the teachings, history, and beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it contains much that is inaccurate and very little that is balanced. Rather than focus on what they believe, the video's producers have taken it upon themselves to describe and interpret LDS beliefs and teachings, often in ways that would be objectionable or unrecognizable to Latter-day Saints.
While they profess love in the DVD, the letter that accompanied pre-release copies of the video, given to select non-Mormons, speaks volumes. It says, in part:
CAUTION: This video is to be viewed by CHRISTIANS ONLY until AFTER
the nation-wide distribution which is scheduled for March 25, 2007.
In-other-words, do not allow any Mormon people to view the video or
learn of our intended evangelistic outreach until after March 25,
2007.
Why such extreme caution? If the leadership of the Mormon cult
learns of our plans, they will publicly instruct their people not
to watch the video and many Mormons will blindly obey.
This DVD contains many of the same anti-Mormon claims that misguided critics have been repeating for years. The issues raised have been repeatedly addressed by faithful Latter-day Saints, but the video does not address or take those responses into account.
Though the critics have tried to keep the production and distribution of this video a secret, we were able to obtain a copy about a week ago. FAIR volunteers watched the DVD and have prepared a point-by-point response to the claims it makes. This has been a collaborative effort; we express our thanks to those volunteers who spent many hours watching the DVD, researching information, and responding to the various claims. We used special wiki software for the collaboration, which means that multiple people could work on the responses at the same time. But given the nature of wiki software, we may continue to make refinements to our responses.
In one way, we are grateful to the producers of the DVD as it has motivated us to address, yet again, the oft-repeated criticisms from this small but vocal countercult group. Our response to the DVD provides an easy reference guide for Latter-day Saints and other interested parties who wish to investigate the DVD's claims.
To view the responses to this DVD, and to see the work of our FAIR volunteers on this project, go to this URL:
http://www.JosephSmithDVD.org
I have reviewed this website put out by FAIR and it's the usual apologetic spin we have all heard on troubling issues.
I am more interested in how much detail the movie has gone into on Joseph's life and polygamy.
It seems from the FAIR response, the video was well put together and they did their homework. Hope I can get a copy to review it.