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Everything 'Heretic' Got Right and Incorrect About Latter-day Saints

23 min · 22. juni 2026
episode Everything 'Heretic' Got Right and Incorrect About Latter-day Saints cover

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Heretic is a fictional horror film featuring two sister missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes known as the Mormon Church or the LDS Church. They fight to survive a deadly game of cat and mouse as the villain Mr. Reed (played by Hugh Grant) traps them in his house and strings them along a horrific path of religious deconstruction. Today I’m going to fact-check nearly every religious thing in this film, since the movie spends considerable time treating the doctrine, practices, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We’re going to evaluate its discussion of polygamy, magic underwear, birth control, reincarnation, and a lot more. At the end, I’ll give my take and overall review on how well I think the film Heretic did representing my own faith. CONTENT NOTE: Scripture Central illuminates and defends divine truth. Our efforts to shine light on darkness necessitated our engagement with content which is not virtuous, lovely, nor of good report, so that our viewers may be informed and able to address concerns and criticisms which arise from friends, colleagues or other associates. We regret any distress this causes our loyal audience. BLOG POST AND SOURCES: https://scripturecentral.org/blog/everything-heretic-gets-right-and-wrong-about-mormonism DONATE TO SCRIPTURE CENTRAL https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/scripture-central/scriptureplus_yt CHAPTERS: 0:00 Introduction 1:52 What 'Heretic' Got Right 2:00 Heretic's Costume Design 2:40 Mormon Missionary Safety Rules in Heretic 3:19 The Origins of the Book of Mormon 3:42 The Word of Wisdom 4:25 Choose the Right 4:54 Donate to Scripture Central 5:23 What 'Heretic' Got Wrong 5:30 Mormon Missionary Companionships in Heretic 6:02 Missionaries talking about adult content 7:17 Exposing Mormon Magic Underwear 8:38 Mormon Belief in Reincarnation 9:12 Joseph Smith's Practice of Polygamy 10:07 Joseph Smith's Relationship with Fanny Alger 11:15 Mormonism is the Bob Ross spin-off Monopoly 12:22 Parallels with Jesus and Other Ancient Gods Like Horus and Mithras 15:04 Can Mormons Use Birth Control? 15:39 Is The Mormon Religion About Control? 17:06 Is The Mormon Church Sexist? 18:00 Praying Doesn't Work According to Heretic 18:53 My Analysis and Review of Heretic #scripturecentral #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #missionaries #heretic #mormonmissionaries #lds #mormon #filmreview #ldschurch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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