{"id":113426,"date":"2025-10-27T19:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=113426"},"modified":"2025-10-27T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:00:21","slug":"on-conspiracy-theories-and-other-timely-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2025\/10\/on-conspiracy-theories-and-other-timely-matters.html","title":{"rendered":"On conspiracy theories and other timely matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The despised groups were slightly different back then and, today, hostility toward only one of them remains fashionable: On the floor sits the Native American \u201cchild,\u201d on Columbia\u2019s right side sits the Chinese \u201cchild,\u201d and on her left sits the bearded \u201cMormon Question\u201d child.\u00a0 (Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Forewarned, they say, is forearmed.\u00a0 So \u2014 although this forthcoming Bravo miniseries will, no doubt, be meticulously accurate and balanced, and although it will almost certainly offer its viewers a scrupulously fair portrayal of Latter-day Saints and their church \u2014 prudence would suggest that we should be prepared not only for its imminent release but for the specific themes that it will emphasize and the approach that it will pursue:\u00a0 \u201cSurviving Mormonism: Heather Gay Breaks the Silence: Heather Gay\u2019s Surviving Mormonism<\/em> uncovers the LDS Church\u2019s hidden trauma through queer and survivor voices. She\u2019s not just telling her story\u2014she\u2019s opening the door. Inside Heather Gay\u2019s Docuseries on Faith, Family, and Queer Survival.\u201dl<\/a>\u00a0 Here is a summary from the article:<\/p>\n

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