1628: The German Mormon Artist Who Went Viral - Jonas Jödicke

Dive into the fascinating story of Jonas Jödicke (aka JoJoesArt) with John Dehlin and Nemo the Mormon.

Born in the church in Germany, Jonas discovered an artistic talent which would lead his work to be adored all over the world. At the same time, Jonas had begun to discover his sexuality and what that would mean for his place in Mormonism.

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Show Notes:

Jonas' Instagram:   / jojoesart  
@jojoesart
Nemo’s Channel:    / nemothemormon  
Thrivebeyondreligion.com
Moroni and the Swastika (book) https://www.amazon.com/Moroni-Swastik...
Episodes about Scrupulosity https://mormonstories.org/?s=scrupulo...
Suicide Help https://988lifeline.org or dial 988 (US)
CES Letter: http://Cesletter.org
MormonThink: http://www.mormonthink.com/

Timecodes:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:07:05 Jonas’ story starts
00:23:00 Start of Jonas’ art
00:29:00 Childhood
00:36:00 Ways Jonas feels different from his peers due to “feminine” interests and general teen culture (alcohol) and increasing family problems
00:47:00 Teenage Jonas, art becoming a “safe space”
00:51:00 Puberty / sexual awakening
01:06:00 EFY/ESY experience for German teens. Jonas decides to serve a mission.
01:20ish - Trying to obtain a testimony
01:28:00 Pre-mission homophobia. Felt a “duty” to start dating girls. Mother’s homophobia and warnings about potentially gay Elders. Jonas’ still expects to marry a woman & follow Church path
01:35:00 Mission to Switzerland 2013
01:43ish Fears of being perceived as feminine & attempts to mask mannerisms at MTC
01:47:00 Mission experiences. Heavy focus on obedience. Discomfort feeling “intrusive” instead of serving.
02:10:30 Communicating with non-believing sister while on mission
02:18:00 Starts training a new Elder from Trinidad & Tobago who was black. Experiences with racism. Mother of first potential convert who had some cognitive disability chased them out of the house.
02:33:00 Developing a crush on a missionary companion
02:38:00 Disturbing Mormon temple experience
02:46:00 Utilizing creative talents on his mission, musical firesides
02:55:00 Reception of Mormon missionaries in Germany and Switzerland
03:00:00 Testimony & Post mission
03:05:00 Becoming a freelance artist
03:11:00 Realizing he is gay & coming out
03:18:00 Panic attack, feeling like he would not live much longer w/out coming out as gay to mother and sister
03:29:00 Begins to learn about accurate church history, reads CES Letter, loses faith.
03:48:00 Coming out to Mormon family, friends, and leaders as a non-believer.
03:56:00 Public coming out
04:04:00 What Jonas believes now.
04:08:00 Dating men
04:13:00 Is there happiness outside of Mormonism, and as a gay man?

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