(VIDEO) Is Mormon Art also Christian Art? Cartoonmaker shares their account
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By Tahlib
I am a fan of Mormon artist, Arnold Friberg who died in 2010. I am also a big fan of the advertising campaign, "I am a Mormon" sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, but I am puzzled by the Mormon assertion that they are Christians. Jeremiah Films, the maker of a cartoon version (above) of the Mormon history obviously has it out for the faith, but as a past visitor to an LDS history center in Salt Lake City, much of the cartoon interpretation rings true (as do most myths, lies and distortions).
My intention today though is not to judge whether Mormonism is a real or fake religion (it is real for them, which is enough for me, and they have their own films to support it), but instead my intention is to explore its adherence to the Christian Bible so as to determine the proper way to categorize them in Alpha Omega Arts. Arnold Friberg's Book of Mormon paintings at the LDS Center in Salt Lake City are a great example of why I believe they should not be grouped under Christianity in Art, but as a new and seperate category.
It is certainly clear that most Christian Art could certainly be grouped under Mormonism, as could much of Jewish (old Testament-based) and some Islamic Art, but the reverse is not true -- just as is the case with Jewish and Islamic Art.
By Tahlib
I am a fan of Mormon artist, Arnold Friberg who died in 2010. I am also a big fan of the advertising campaign, "I am a Mormon" sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, but I am puzzled by the Mormon assertion that they are Christians. Jeremiah Films, the maker of a cartoon version (above) of the Mormon history obviously has it out for the faith, but as a past visitor to an LDS history center in Salt Lake City, much of the cartoon interpretation rings true (as do most myths, lies and distortions).
My intention today though is not to judge whether Mormonism is a real or fake religion (it is real for them, which is enough for me, and they have their own films to support it), but instead my intention is to explore its adherence to the Christian Bible so as to determine the proper way to categorize them in Alpha Omega Arts. Arnold Friberg's Book of Mormon paintings at the LDS Center in Salt Lake City are a great example of why I believe they should not be grouped under Christianity in Art, but as a new and seperate category.
It is certainly clear that most Christian Art could certainly be grouped under Mormonism, as could much of Jewish (old Testament-based) and some Islamic Art, but the reverse is not true -- just as is the case with Jewish and Islamic Art.
