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<p>DavidSmith moved page <a href="/answers/Talk:Temples_after_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Talk:Temples after Christ">Talk:Temples after Christ</a> to <a href="/answers/Talk:Temples_in_early_Christianity" title="Talk:Temples in early Christianity">Talk:Temples in early Christianity</a>: wiki update project</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FairMormon}}<br /> &lt;onlyinclude&gt;<br /> {{H2<br /> |L=Accuracy of Church art<br /> |H=Accuracy of Church art<br /> |S=People are sometimes troubled when they see artists&#039; depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn&#039;t sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth &quot;in plain view,&quot; with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.&lt;ref&gt;Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, &quot;Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879,&quot; {{EarlyMormonDocs| vol=1|start=541|end=542 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> |L1=Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?<br /> |L2=Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?<br /> |L3=Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?<br /> |L4=Question: Why doesn&#039;t the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?<br /> |L5=Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?<br /> |L6=Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?<br /> }}<br /> &lt;/onlyinclude&gt;<br /> {{epigraph|Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alfred North Whitehead, &#039;&#039;Dialogues&#039;&#039; (1954)<br /> }}<br /> {{parabreak}}<br /> {{:Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?}}<br /> {{:Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?}}<br /> {{:Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?}}<br /> {{:Question: Why doesn&#039;t the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?}}<br /> {{:Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?}}<br /> {{:Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?}}<br /> {{endnotes sources}}<br /> <br /> ==Related articles==<br /> {{LearnMore}}<br /> * David Keller, &quot;FAIR in Religious News Service,&quot; &#039;&#039;fairblog.org&#039;&#039; (15 Feb 2008). {{fairlink|url=http://www.fairblog.org/2008/02/15/fair-in-religious-news-service}}<br /> <br /> {{FurtherReading}}<br /> &lt;!-- PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> [[es:El Mormonismo y la historia/Representaciones artísticas de la traducción del Libro de Mormón]]<br /> [[pt:Mormonismo e História/Representações Artísticas da Tradução do Livro de Mórmon]]</div>

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