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Knowing
Can someomne explain to me how the movie Knowing follows mormonism?
I thought it followed christianity more, but I saw it with a few of my mormon friends and they were convinced it followed the mormon religion.
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I was curious about that too and found the following:
1. While the concept of the tree of life is in no way unique to Mormondom, I don’t believe it is a common positive (i.e., non-Fall-related) image or icon in most religions other than the LDS Church, particularly when represented as a large, white tree in the middle of an open field.
2. And then you have the small, dark stones, which immediately call to mind Joseph Smith’s seer stones.
3. Another subplot involves John Koestler’s loss of (religious) faith after the death of his wife, and his struggle with the key phrase inscribed by his wife in a locket and used between Koestler and his son: “Together Forever”.
4. Koestler appears to regain his faith at the end, even as he embraces his parents and sister moments before they are all engulfed in the solar blast. And, of course, as with BSG you have the overarching theme (familiar to Book of Mormon readers) of a civilization destroyed, with a small ‘worthy’ band miraculously transported to a new location, a promised land where they can start fresh.
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