/lit/ - Literature

This novel filters everyone who's not a Mormon.

if you're going to shill your own book, you should make it free to read and download, and then charge for a paperback.

>>17438825
Ausfag here, what even is a mormon?
Can an american expalin it to me

>>17438923
it's based on the book of mormon. you know, the sequel to the bible.

>>17438928
koran is sequel to the bible

>>17438930
eh, not really. koran tries to retcon jesus a bit in some very important areas.

>>17438940
ah, true. mormons still run with the jesus stuff

>>17438797
Uh what the fuck is this?

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>>17438945
so the pic in OP is a religious book?

>>17438978
no, that's People Mover by John David Card

>>17438986
Here in Aus we call a family type of car with like 8+ seats a People Mover. I think that might be what americans call a Sedan but i'm not 100% sure

>>17438992
a sedan is a regular 4 door car anon, like a commodore or a falcon

>>17438923
Yeah, my family was mormon when I was a kid. Basically, it's a fanfic ripoff of protestantism. Mormons believe that Joseph Smith found a set of gold plates in upstate NY that contained a new holy book, written after the new testament. This book chronicled the transatlantic passage of a bunch of Jews from Israel to America. They were led by the prophet Levi and his sons Nephi and Laman. When Levi died, the tribe began calling themselves the Nephites; they followed Nephi and were righteous and devout. Laman went his own way--his followers were the Lamanites, and they sinned of the spirit and the flesh, committing lechery and worshipping false idols. Because of their wickedness, God cursed the Lamanites with dark skin, and cast them out of the holy land--they eventually became the precursors of the Native American Indians. Meanwhile, Nephi continued his lineage, which eventually produced the prophet Mormon and his son Moroni. Mormon wrote down the whole history on the apocryphal gold plates, and Moroni later appeared to Joseph Smith as an angel.

It should be obvious that Joseph Smith never let anyone see the gold plates. He transcribed them from behind a curtain to his wife (because he was illiterate.) Afterward, he said that the angel came back to reclaim the plates. The book of Mormon contains a large amount of plagiarism from the KJV.

In general, Mormons believe that America is God's chosen land. They believe Jesus was His representative on Earth, and He will one day return. The Mormon afterlife is separated into three tiers of heaven-- at the top, the Celestial, then the Terrestrial, and finally the Telestial. Also, there is a hell. Mormons believe each righteous person will inherit a planet in the afterlife, and be able to travel between all other planets. They also do wear special underwear, the same kind that is worn during baptism. Mormons also practice total abstinence--no sex until marriage, no drugs of any kind (including caffeine). Mormons were polygamous until recently. They also started allowing black people to hold office (mainly at the lowest level of deacon) in 1976 or 78.

>>17438992
pretty cool. i don't think we call anything a people mover in the us.

>>17438978
Eagle with his wings out like that is the symbol of Zoroastrianism. (like what arabs had before Islam)
So, looks like it is, yes.
Wikipedia says it's called a Faravahar

>>17439002
is mormon worth reading for literary reasons?

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>>17439005
we call those cars people movers here in Europe too, but I still don't know anything about this book kek.
Pic related, I thought Americans called them minivans

>>17439026
No. For literary beauty, just read kjv

>>17439037
i have

>>17438797
I actually read this after the last thread.
AMA?

>>17439008
but it's a native American bird, the thunderbird

>>17439045
u a shill?

>>17439055
nah i took the free copy, i'm not advocating buying it neccessarily

>>17438923
A mormon is a type of person who wears special white underwear to protect their purity.

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>>17439053
Presumably you've both read it so what's it actually about?

Wait, just thoght of a follow up to my post:
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Isn't a Thunderbird another type of car? >>17439053
I think I get it now.

>>17439008
Arabs were mostly tribalist pagans and the odd jew, Christian and Zoroastrian, you're thinking of Iran and parts of Iraq

>>17438797
Redpill me on this. /lit?

>>17439029
That's not a minivan, it's a van

>>17438923
Mormonism is Islam for Amerimutts, but it's even more ridicoulus.

>>17438797
>>1,249 copies sold
nice one shill
amazon doesn't tell you how many copies are sold