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Somebody needs to post some of the standard church library pics of the Stripling Warriors and other book of mormon men used for teaching the children. Most of them them are shirtless and some wearing loincloths.

Just another example of LDS leadership hypocrites.

Here you go. The most famous paintings are by Arnold Friberg. Book of Mormon paintings by Arnold Friberg

Here is the information on how Arnold Friberg came to paint those paintings. Very interesting history. The originals now hang in the Conference Center across from Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Book of Mormon Art of Arnold Friberg: "Painter of Scripture"

I just searched on Google to find more paintings of the stripling warriors and more Book of Mormon art. My neighbor is an artist and has been commissioned to create paintings of various religious subjects. So here goes.

From Deseret Book, the stripling warriors. Heroes of the covenant
Each year an art competition is held. Here is the winner from 1999. It's True Sir, All Present and Accounted For
If you search for Walter Rane's paintings, you can find his renditions of Book of Mormon people. In fact at this site, there is a whole list of painting done about the stripling warriors. Stripling warriors

As far as the bare chested men go in the paintings, well, I'm not even going to try and make a discussion of it. If you want to link religious paintings with shirtless men in a calendar, go ahead. (PS - I do like Arnold Friberg's paintings, but the figures are not real life. Art a lot of times isn't.)