2/10
The Book of Mormon is so much more than a war story
16 March 2019
As a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, I was thrilled to hear that Darin Southam was endeavoring to make a full length movie that could more powerfully and broadly share some of the amazing stories of the book of Mormon in order to increase interest in the book, which can bring us closer to Christ. When I watched the concept short with my family, it was too gory. The book of Mormon ends without us knowing the fate of Moroni, the son of Mormon and I also disagree that Darin should take liberty to portray his death at the hand of his enemies. Maybe he died of natural causes or was translated like righteous prophets before him, so I would have preferred leaving this open ended. If the movie focuses too much on warfare I fear it may give a poor impression of the Book of Mormon's purpose. Christ himself teaches in the Book of Mormon that "he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me but is of the devil." I hope that Darin can capture the goodness of Captain Moroni...how he allowed prisoners of war to escape when he would have been more than justified to kill them. He was an amazing soldier but more importantly an amazing christian.
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