By looking at the painting how do we know that they are Mennonites?
That’s what happens when atheists try to write about Christians. We all look alike to them.
I found out where the Mennonite idea originated:
“Originally painted for the Thanksgiving issue of the Saturday Evening Post in 1951, Rockwell’s Saying Grace was named his most popular cover just four years later in a reader poll that coincided with an exhibition of his work at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. A reader originally submitted the basic concept for the composition, writing to the artist about the atypical experience of seeing a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant – Rockwell later claimed that while he received thousands of suggestions for covers from readers, he used only four over the course of his career.”
I.e.: the reader who sent in the suggestion saw Mennonites. Rockwell painted it as he saw it in his mind’s eye [i.e.: w a more generalized depiction of Christians], hence the confusion.
I would say Catholics. Who but Catholics would bow their heads and pray before a meal. My husband, I , and our five children would all do it in a restaurant when we were traveling.
That's a good question. I always thought they were against smoking and drinking and all that stuff. The two grown boys are smoking.....