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.

  • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    If it’s the one I’m thinking of, that particular building is owned by the Community of Christ (formerly the “RLDS” church) which split from the “official” Mormon organization shortly after Smith was killed. It’s a wild design. I remember learning about it as a kid and being told that it was a “perversion” or whatever.

    Either way, it’s all culty bullshit.

    • w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      Yes! That’s the one! My bf lives by that one and I live by the other monument they built. This one is right in downtown Independence MO, which is also a very low-income area with a lot of homeless people. It’s jarring to see that sticking up amongst it all.

      For those of you who don’t know, there are a lot of Mormons in the KC area because some of them believe the Garden of Eden is a short drive north of KC and that Jesus will return to Independence, MO.

      I see more Mormon churches in the KC metro than any other religion, although, I don’t know any practicing Mormons myself.

      • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        13 hours ago

        although, I don’t know any practicing Mormons myself.

        They tend to be a bit quieter about their religion when not in a predominantly Mormon area like Utah.

        • w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
          1·
          11 hours ago

          That’s what is kinda weird to me. Kansas City has a surprisingly high population of them here. That’s why it’s weird that I don’t know any. From where I sit right this very second I can see a Community of Christ church. And, their headquarters is here.

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

            Interesting. Hilariously, the CoC (heh, cock) is much closer to the original Mormon church in terms of practices than the far larger mainstream sect.