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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47886949

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.

  • Tahl_eN@lemmy.world
    91·
    2 months ago

    I grew up Lutheran and we didn’t really consider Catholics Christian. So I assume most Christians don’t consider LDS folks Christian. Unless they’re trying to pad their stats.

    • Lemmywinks@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      What? I grew up atheist, but that sounds absolutely mental to me. Protestantism is an off-shoot of Catholicism, so if Catholics aren’t Christian then surely neither was Martin Luther?

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        4·
        2 months ago

        Many protestants see Catholics’ reverence for saints (to the point of literally praying to them) as idols or graven images.

        Something like 20-30% of all the Ten Commandments is about that, so I’m not sure that I can blame them.

        I mean it doesn’t change the reality that they’re Christians, but still.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      2·
      2 months ago

      I grew up Lutheran and we very much considered Catholics to be Christian.