[prisonchaplain]

Well...here's some irony for you. I really enjoyed God's Army I, and found that it offered a compelling vision of your church. Yes, there was the one missionary who, struggling with his own doubts and consuming anti-LDS materials, leaves the mission field and presumably resigns from the church. Yet, even this inclusion served as authentication, rather than "planting seeds of doubt."

God's Army II - States of Grace was more controversial, and better, again, imho. Yes, a missionary gave into temptation, and yes, the sometimes hardshell attitudes (I'd rather have you come home in a casket than disgraced) gets uncomfortable. And yet, the mission president offers such compassion, and then there is the interfaith aspect, where a Pentecostal and a Baptist pray for the LDS missionary. Again, the film appeared authentic and mature, not "anti" or intentionally racy.

Ultimately, Dutcher's work gave me a greater respect for your church and the people of it. I found no fodder against your specific faith in those films. The difficult social/cultural issues he grappled with are common to most rigorious religious traditions.

You may mourn his religious choices, but those do not discount the value of the films he created.