Defense Department cut roughly 180 religion codes from previous list, with mostly Christian denominations remaining

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.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
    155·
    7 days ago

    Lol mormons aren’t christian tho. They believe in like Jesus 2.0. So mormonism should be filed under the sequel Christianity 2.0

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
        6·
        7 days ago

        Idk I think Islam sees Jesus as like Moses II? There’s a bit of retconning there.

        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.

        • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
          12·
          6 days ago

          If I recall correctly, they think he was wise, and that he brought a message from God that superceded the old rules, but that he wasn’t the son of God or a part of some divine Trinity.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.

    • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      7 days ago

      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

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
        4·
        7 days ago

        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

        • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          I mean you’re not wrong. Just playing devil’s advocate since I spent 30+ years in it as a faithful member.

          I do not miss it one bit.