Mormon leaders, military veterans and elected officials reacted with anger to a new Department of Defense policy that does not consider The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a Christian religion as part of a wider effort to cut down the U.S. military’s list of recognized faiths.
“The Pentagon’s decision to list The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart from other Christian faiths is wrong and needs to be corrected,” Republican Rep. Mike Kennedy, of heavily Mormon Utah, wrote on X on Sunday.
Ha trump administration showing favoritism. That not new btw.
I’m honestly more surprised that JWs and Christian Scientists are listed under “Christian” than that Mormons aren’t. All of those are considered cults, rather than legitimate denominations, by mainstream Christianity (Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant).
I mean they are all cults, just ones society finds acceptable for some reason.
Pepsi is a cult. America is a cult. A cult is just a type of network structure around a centralized cultural mission.
Mormonism is definitely a cult, zero bones about it. But the emotional attachment–and the subsequent damage–is very very real.
It was the fuck aroundest of times.
It was the find outest of times.
What does it mean when a religion is officially recognised by the military? Do they get extra time for prayers or something?
It’s actually primarily for counseling and emotional care purposes, lifestyle accommodations, as well as planning for the worst in the event that someone is killed in action.
If you get shot and die, they need to be able to know how to treat your body after death.
They really just want to stop service members from putting “Jedi Knight” on their dog tag under the religion section. Not joking lol
As a deployment manager that made dog tags for a few years, we didn’t care. Jedi, Pastafarian, Dudist, whatever. You are doing your country a service that most people can’t really comprehend. I’ll put whatever you want in that section as long as the other stuff that actually matters is correct.
What did they think would happen?
I can ask them, remember how we literally had this conversation a few years ago? I don’t expect to get an honest answer though.
I mean, they voted for this. A massive amount of Mormons vote R.
Lol mormons aren’t christian tho. They believe in like Jesus 2.0. So mormonism should be filed under the sequel Christianity 2.0
Ex-mormon here.
Technically Mormons can be considered Christian simply because they worship Jesus Christ.
But back in reality, they’re a cult. Go check out the Mormon Stories podcast and on youtube. No affiliation, I just have a lot of respect for John Dehlin.
So mormonism should be filed under the sequel Christianity 2.0
lul
Ok but if jesus flew over the seas to another place and got an extra story how much extra fanfic before its essentially a new guy. Imo once you add chapters you’ve invented Jesus 2.0
Mormon is fanfic
I wish Mormons would be outraged over something that mattered, like the sexual abuse in their church, or the fact their church supporting mormon thieves and scammers across the country, who have stolen over a billion dollars from their fellow Americans.
While sexual abuse does occur in the church, the trick of having the church operate as it does is to catch predators. Similar to how Donald Trump is the orange cop-in-chief, because God and the FBI knows who offered him what.
And they’ll still vote Republican. See the problem?
Yeah, dumbasses, what did you think was going to happen when you vote for a theocracy where your version of the religion isn’t the main one that the fascists in power worship?
First they came for others but now you’re next and honestly I don’t care if they come for you guys because overall your religion has been dog shit awful and your awfulness spread to the rest of us sane Americans who don’t worship a the alter of the golden obese cow.
Rare Pete W
Less W and more “never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake”.
Dum-da-dum-dum-dum!
Can’t believe a guy with so many wives would do this
Do you think Christ is your imaginary friend?
If so, you are a Christmas.
Pete gets his theology from Chick tracts.
Your space unicorn isn’t the true space unicorn.
