Mormon Church Objects to Angel T-Shirt

[Vegas]

http://breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8O2EFH00&show_article=1&catnum=9

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) - For a coffee shop, T-shirts of a Mormon angel with java flowing into his trumpet are selling well. But they don't have the blessing of religious leaders.

The shirts have upset the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Not only is Moroni a revered figure—Mormons believe he appeared to church founder Joseph Smith—but LDS members are discouraged from drinking coffee.

The shirts show the angel Moroni, a male figure in a robe blowing a trumpet. The trumpet is turned up at an angle as coffee is poured in.

"They've been the best-selling T-shirts we've ever done," said Just Add Coffee co-owner Ed Beazer.

The church informed Beazer that the angel's image is a registered trademark.

"If they provide proof, we're going to comply," Beazer said. "We don't want to break any laws or anything."

Just Add Coffee put the image on greeting cards about a year ago and started selling the shirts before Christmas. Moroni also appeared in ads that caught the church's attention.

Church spokesman Scott Trotter said the image is a trademark.

"It was a spoof," Beazer said. "It was meant to be fun."

[Nixon's Head]

Silly Mormons.

[Tom Joad]

Quick question for those who know the "Old Testament" better than I: Is Moroni ever mentioned? If so, where?

[ryr8828]

Quick question for those who know the "Old Testament" better than I: Is Moroni ever mentioned? If so, where?

A total product of Joe Smith's head.

A bible passage is mentioned in wikipedia:

According to Mormon belief, on the night of September 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_21), 1823 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1823), Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith, Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr.) (who would later become the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement)) and told him about the Golden Plates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Plates) that were buried (in a stone box) a few miles from Smith's home. Over the course of the next six years, Moroni visited Smith at least 20 times. After translating a portion of the writing on the plates (either one-third or two-thirds; accounts vary) as the Book of Mormon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon), Smith turned the plates back over to Moroni.
Because of his instrumentality in the restoration of the gospel, Moroni is commonly identified by Latter-day Saints as the angel mentioned in Revelation 14:6 (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28King_James%29/Revelation#14:6), "having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people."
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Angel Moroni USVA headstone symbol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USVA_emblems_for_headstones_and_markers)


The image of the angel Moroni blowing a trumpet is commonly used as an unofficial symbol of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints). Moroni appears on the cover of some editions of the Book of Mormon, and statues of the angel stand atop many LDS temples (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_%28Mormonism%29), most statues facing eastward. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints claims that the image of Moroni is a registered trademark of the church.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Moroni#_note-0)

[Tom Joad]

I had forgotten I had even asked that question. :eek: Thanks for the answer.

On a side note, my Stepdad (who has a PhD in Egyptology) told me one time that, when he was in grad school a professor gave the class a sampling of "Latter-Day Hieroglyphics" that the Book of Mormon was to have been written in. My Stepdad says that the writing has no basis for comparison to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics nor to any known ancient system of writing.

Go figure.

[Iron Jaw]

Silly Mormons.

Actually, the Mormons acted in quite a civil manner.

Imagine if that had been a cartoon of Mohammed with the flowing java?

[Ed Who?]

Actually, the Mormons acted in quite a civil manner.

Imagine if that had been a cartoon of Mohammed with the flowing java?

Methinks the Mormons would have gone the way of the Branch Davidians had they resorted to Islam tactics. Helps to live on a huge oil field.

[Tom Joad]

Methinks the Mormons would have gone the way of the Branch Davidians had they resorted to Islam tactics. Helps to live on a huge oil field.

Praying five times a day? Fasting during Ramadan? Visiting Mecca? Declaring faith? Giving to the poor?