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Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I hate to agree with him, but isn't what he said true? Isn't Mormonism more like Islam where they both have a new prophet after Jesus but worship the same Allah? They're both Abrahamic religions, but neither is Christianity.
I thought in Christianity everyone is Christian in the Lord's eyes?
Of course, the Kluxer bastard wants "true Christians" and not "pretenders", and I bet he is also doing this to send a message. Only a matter of time he also gets started on non-Christian religions in the US military, including Wiccan.
Ha trump administration showing favoritism. That not new btw.
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.
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.
Wasn’t it the Mormons whose founder got some glasses from an angel, which allowed him to read the bible? Well, that is what I call a fairytale.
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 did they think would happen?
LDS is one of the richest organized religions in the US, they are also one of the biggest sources of insane right wing propaganda online. They are almost singularly responsible for purity culture and the Maha movement. They fund a massive amount of influencers online who don't explicitly identify themselves as Mormon, but push people towards their cult and other Mormons recognize the dog whistles.
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.
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.
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Lol mormons aren't christian tho. They believe in like Jesus 2.0. So mormonism should be filed under the sequel Christianity 2.0
Christianity 2.0
Isn't it Islam?
Idk I think Islam sees Jesus as like Moses II?
I'd love if there was some type of religious git hub that tracked religions like they were code bases being patched by religious figureheads and noting what code was emphasized on each branch.
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
And they'll still vote Republican. See the problem?
The obvious flaw in Christian Nationalism - what kind of Christian? It's such an easy way to turn MAGA in on itself. ention the Pope and they'll fight among themselves. Billboards in Salt Lake City informing them of this decision. Every time Trump wheels out some spiritual con artist be sure to mention their denomination. This isn't hard.
Soon they'll be calling them Lessmons.
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.
Dum-da-dum-dum-dum!
Love to see a military leader who self-inflicts more wounds than the enemy. Dipshit.
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