Greg Laden's Blog
Evolution, Life Sciences, Science Education, Human Evolution, and Stuff
Learn more about Charles Darwin and his work.
Looking for stuff about birds?
Lean more about lions
An archaeological expedition to the Congo
The Skeptical Search Engine
The contents of Greg Laden's Blog are copyrighted by Greg Laden.
Recent Comments
- J.Doug Swallow on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Lotharsson on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Jonathan Eisen on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- daedalus2u on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- daedalus2u on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Greg Laden on Charles Darwin, Geologist
- Andrew C. Holmes on Charles Darwin, Geologist
- Calli Arcale on Environmentally Friendly Hard Drive Case
- Calli Arcale on The grey squirrel from a birder's point of view
- Don Parnell on The grey squirrel from a birder's point of view
Search
Profile
Click on "About" for the big picture, and "Archives" for the details.
Recent Posts
- 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners
- HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Charles Darwin, Geologist
- Looking for stuff about birds?
- Environmentally Friendly Hard Drive Case
- Charles Darwin February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882
- Whitney Houston has died
- Lions!
- Changing the rep of Fungi one mushroom-based robot thingie-builder at a time
- More Mississippi Meanderings
Blogroll
If you don't see yourself on my blogroll, just drop me a line and let me know. I'll add you.*- 10,000 Birds
- Alpha Meme
- a Nadder!
- Angry by Choice
- Armchair Dissident
- (((Billy))) The Atheist
- blogfish
- blogSci
- Blond Nonbeliever
- Blue Lion Blog
- Bug Girl's Blog
- Camels with Hammers
- Catalogue of Oganisms
- Cassandra's Tears
- Class M Planet
- Climate Bites
- Cocktail Party Physics
- Counter Minds
- Cranky Linguist, The
- Crowded Head, Cozy Bed
- Dead Racist Society
- Deep Sea News
- Dispersal of Darwin
- Divine Afflatus
- Dread Tomato Addiction
- Evil is Underrated
- Evolved and Rational
- Evolving in Kansas
- Evolving Thoughts
- Fellman Studio Blog
- Flying Trilobite
- Further Thoughts
- Hoxful Monsters
- ICBS Everywhere
- Illusory Tenant
- It's Alive!!
- Jafcisa
- Letters from a Broad
- Life Before Death
- Looking For Detachment
- Matharu's Rants and Raves
- Mors dei
- Natural Reckonings
- Nature Blog Network
- Providentia
- Qeyḥ bāḥrī
- Quiche Moraine
- Religion, Sets, and Politics
- Sandwalk
- Sarah Zielinski
- Science Notes
- The Seething Primate
- Skepchick
- Spanish Inquisitor
- Splendid Elles
- Survival Machine
- Synapostasy
- TalkOrigins
- Tangled Up in Blue Guy
- Tetrapod Zoology
- The Flying Trilobite
- The Inoculated Mind
- The Intersection
- The Loom (new)
- The Scientific Activist
- The Unexamined Life..
- The Zone
- Thinking for Free
- Think Progress
- Three Toed Sloth
- Toomanytribbles
- Traumatized by Truth
- Truth Is a Woman
- udreamofjanie
- Uncommon Liberty
- View from the Pond
- Vickie Henderson Art
- When Pigs Fly Returns
- Writer's Daily Grind
Archives
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
« Racy new novel with Homeschooling Theme | Main | Look Around You - 2 - Water »
Cartoon banned by the Mormon church
Category: Religion
Posted on: January 20, 2008 10:59 AM, by Greg Laden
TrackBacks
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/61715
Comments
So, who made the cartoon?
Posted by: J-Dog | January 20, 2008 12:06 PM
Whoa ... I could follow the story until 2:20 or so, when race comes into it. I don't know enough about official Mormon policy to say for sure, but I know for a fact that a lot of the Mormons around here don't believe black people are the result of cursed noncombatant souls. I agree with J-Dog above - I'm curious who made the video. There are a lot of different types of Mormons, like any religion, and this was obviously made by the more extreme end.
Posted by: Ian | January 20, 2008 12:27 PM
You didn't watch the rest; it takes a definite turn about halfway through. This used to be shown in "regular" christian churches. It's meant for the congregation, to reinforce how blasphemous and dangerous the "others" are. Back when I was an unfortunate christian school draftee, we saw dozens of these. Dungeons and Dragons leads directly to witchcraft, sickness, and eternal damnation. Premarital sex leads to suicide, poverty, and eternal damnation. How about the live abortion shown to the middle schoolers (mandatory), complete with a followup with the doctor digging parts out of the bucket and identifying them in front of the camera?
This video is pretty tame. Just for fun, find a church that's been around for fifty years and dig through the vhs archives. You'll find a ton of this stuff.
Posted by: John | January 20, 2008 12:54 PM
So Kal-El is a Mormon? Who knew!?
Posted by: Matt Platte | January 20, 2008 1:57 PM
The cartoon is called "The God Makers" and it was produced by an anti-Mormon group called Saints Alive. There is also a book by the same name as well as a book countering the book's arguments called "The Truth about The God Makers". I prefer the South Park episode on Mormons. At least it's funny.
Posted by: wrpd | January 20, 2008 3:37 PM
I keep seeing this video on blogs with the same title, "Banned by the Mormon Church." That title is more offensive to me as a Mormon than the cartoon itself. Does anybody even wonder how the "Mormon Church" would go about banning a cartoon?
Posted by: Alma | January 20, 2008 7:41 PM
Alma,
Its a joke.
But that does not mean that Mormonism isn't funny in it's own right. You know, with the gold book and all. But don't take offense, I have yet to find a religion that is not funny in several ways.
Posted by: Greg Laden | January 20, 2008 8:15 PM
I thought I'd comment to remark that this cartoon is far from accurate. It was created by an anti-Mormon group in the early 80s and its falsehoods have been debunked time and time again.
For example, in March 1984, the Board of the National Conference of Christians and Jews repudiated the film, saying "The film does not�in our opinion�fairly portray the Mormon Church, Mormon history, or Mormon belief."
And to say it's "banned" just doesn't make any sense.
Posted by: lds9999 | May 2, 2008 5:05 PM