Will Be Writing An Action Novel With A Mormon Navy SEAL

[Ilovechrist77]

I will be writing an action novel with an active Mormon who is a Navy SEAL and he is recruited into a top-secret group within the Department of Defense that trains it’s SEALs to enhance their abilities in telekinesis, telepathy, superhuman strength, superhuman speed, superhuman memory through human genetic engineering. I know this is just a story, but do you think it would be moral to give my Mormon SEAL hero telekinetic and telepathic abilities given LDS teachings about messing with the supernatural in ways we’re told not to? It’s funny Joseph Smith used a seer stone of his own, along with urim and thummum Moroni gave him to translate the Book of Mormon. Your thoughts on my question?

[Old-Timer]

Moral? Absolutely. No qualms at all. Orson Scott Card has been highly successful in science fiction. His characters aren’t explicitly Mormon, but that’s beside the point.

The supernatural, in one form or another, is woven deeply into the tapestry of Mormonism.

[Roy]

I am always wondering about the target audience. Who is your target audience? Will the mormon thing be a plus or a detractor for this audience. If the intended audience is Mormon – then will the ESP stuff be a plus or a detractor? What about violence? Language? That is just how my brain works.

[Ilovechrist77]

Roy, target audience is the mainstream audience because most of my family members aren’t members of the church. My foster parents are converts. I don’t feel comfortable writing any vulgarity, although I can read it from other authors. Since it deals with military special warfare and counterterrorism (The terrorists the SEALs encounter aren’t even from the Middle East, but they have superhuman abilities due to human genetic engineering.), there are some people that will get killed, but I don’t plan on having a lot of graphic violence. I don’t know where I’m going to find any mainstream publishing company that will let my book have no vulgarity in it. I notice for Star Wars and Lord of The Rings type novels they allow that, but this won’t be that type of a novel.

[Ilovechrist77]

Ray, the main reason I was asking the question was because what the church said in the 70s about spirit mediums, astrology, and such. But then it looks like the church has backed away from some of these statements, just like others.

[Roy]

Next question, How does the character’s momon-ness add to the story? How do you explain the lead character’s religious patterns without going into tangents. I hope that my questions help the thought process…if not then I shall desist.

Ilovechrist77 wrote:

Ray, the main reason I was asking the question was because what the church said in the 70s about spirit mediums, astrology, and such. But then it looks like the church has backed away from some of these statements, just like others.

I don’t see anybody up in arms over the wildly successful Twilight series. I think this is no longer an issue.

[Ilovechrist77]

Roy, good point about the Twilight series. I don’t know yet how I’m going to describe the hero’s Mormon-ness without going into tangents just yet.

[SamBee]

Ilovechrist77 wrote:

Ray, the main reason I was asking the question was because what the church said in the 70s about spirit mediums, astrology, and such. But then it looks like the church has backed away from some of these statements, just like others.

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