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.
If I recall correctly, they think he was wise, and that he brought a message from God that superceded the old rules, but that he wasn’t the son of God or a part of some divine Trinity.
They then believe that Mohammed was likewise a messenger who brought a new set of rules that obsoleted the ones Jesus brought.
So if I recall correctly, Judaism is to Christianity as Christianity is to Islam. It’s just disagreement over which PR to accept.
“Just” seems a weak word to use for the scope of the conflict, but I think that’s the heart of it.