Latte Day Saints

Latte Day Saints was created shortly after my conversion to Mormonism. Before I accepted the teachings of the church I had big questions. I researched the Church and found some dualities / two-faced texts / contradictions as well as some flat out racist, misogynistic, and elitist attitudes. I asked my question and I was getting little to no answers to them. The missionaries could only preach Faith, Repentance and Baptism (as well as other ‘Faith Promoting’ lessons.). And others I asked said they did not know. And honestly I believe they were telling the truth.

There is just a little something about me you must know. I am what some LDS texts call of the ‘Seed of Cain’. LDS doctrine state Adam’s Son Cain was cursed with black skin and a flat nose for killing his brother Able. Further LDS doctrine states if White people mix their seed with Black people the punishment is death on the spot. (Great Salt Lake City, March 8, 1863 Journal of Discourses Volume 10 Page 110). To my knowledge this is not enforced nor taught any longer.

I am married to a White member of the Church and we have mixed children. These texts concerned me a lot. And while reading that one from The Journal of Discourses there was a funny feeling in the air. Was it true Leaders of this Church thought it acceptable, as well as doctrinal, to kill blacks, as well as whites, for having interracial children together? I asked the Missionaries about this one and the answer to this question was always “Every word a Prophet says is not always said while he is acting the part of The Prophet.” The reason this answer disturbed me so was . . . the speaker of the statement in question was spoken by a current Prophet in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Sunday March 3rd 1863.

I used to get really mad and frustrated about the whole thing but I realized this fact. God is not a racist, nor is he a misogynist, but he gave power to people who are of that sort and not of that sort. He gave power to people who are fallible. And what people do with that power is up to them.

So Latte Day Saints was born on June 11th 2007. We put out three cartoons a week and are looking to add a 4th. I thought it fitting to name the cartoon after a “Hot Drink” since it goes against the Word of Wisdom. Besides, making a “Play on Words” seems clever and witty. And if something is clever and witty you run a high probability that you won’t get sued.

Latte Day Saints was created as an outlet. Sometimes there are subjects you cannot talk about with people in the Church and this cartoon is an avenue to make light of LDS issues and to shed light on the absurd answers as well as to try and answer some real questions on Mormonism.

Jame Trwth

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