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Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Like I can accept that the bible is kind of a mess due to it being written so long ago that historical record of the whole thing is fractured, but generally, it's accepted that a figure named Jesus probably did exist, even if he wasn't really the son of God. Through all the translations and lost languages and lost history, mainline Christianity has a pretty good excuse that even if the stories aren't actually true, they're rooted in social folktales that were generally accepted as true in early Christian theology, in a time period that was much much much much more superstitious than the modern era.
Whereas, come the fuck on, Jesus visiting America is made up whole cloth in a semi-modern era by a guy who should have known the fuck better. That's not a social folktale, that's just one single motherfucker making shit up on his own and calling it good.
lol, I see. you're willing to entertain the whole zombie jesus story but the book of mormon is ridiculous and impossible.
honestly who even cares? I'm sure this will get corrected by hegseth because the lds have been loyal and obedient to trump and the republicans in power are only pretending to be christians.
I'm not willing to entertain the zombie jesus story, I just recognize that one has actual history behind it and that early human civilization history helps explain it and that nothing explains this dumbfuck just making shit up.