Tarski wrote:Or does it show up more than I think? I don't read a tenth as much fiction as some people here so maybe that's it.
Tarski, I'm surprised. I know you've read some stuff by Douglas Adams. Mormons are very important butt of a joke in his Dirk Gently book..
Yes but Mormonism isn't a main engine that helps propel the narative. I am thinking of a whole different level.
when believers want to give their claims more weight, they dress these claims up in scientific terms. When believers want to belittle atheism or secular humanism, they call it a "religion". -Beastie
yesterday's Mormon doctrine is today's Mormon folklore.-Buffalo
There's also Southpark episode about the Mormons. However, the only real occult references were the seer stone, and the treasure digging. Nothing about the temple. I have no idea why not. It's not like Southpark shied away from offending Scientology. Maybe people generally aren't interested in Mormons. Maybe it's too small or too young. Maybe people generally like Mormons--except when they get involved in politics.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy. eritis sicut dii I support NCMO
My son is reading a psychological thriller about a teacher who introduces a girl who has a crush on him into becoming a serial killer. The teacher is portrayed as a Mormon who has become angry at the church after he went through a bitter divorce. He begins killing by murdering his wife's lawyer in a very hideous manner.
Tarski wrote:How often does Mormonism show up in fiction (or cinema) in an integral way? I can't think of too many instances.
When I finally get around to writing my first book, I'll address precisely this problem.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
I enjoiyed the Mormons portrayed in Starship Troopers. Essentially a bunch of idiots ignore the advice of their government, colonize a hostile planet, and Fort "Joe Smith" is overran and they're killled. I'm sure there's a metaphor in there somewhere, but I'll leave that one up to the viewer.
V/R Dr. Cam
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
There is actually a passing reference to Mormons in Dan Brown's book with the Masonic conspiracy elements. My wife read that part to me; I am not a particular fan of his works after reading The Davinci Code.
I have to agree with AS, there isn't much Mormonism in the Book of Mormon. Too much talk about hell, too much saved by grace, etc. Not the best fiction out there, either. 530ish pages read over a dozen times, oh the lost reading time makes my heart ache.