Took a break from all the Trump talk and came across this. LDS President Russel M. Nelson has declared that Mormons should no longer be referred to as “Mormons” or even “LDS,” but “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.”
I admit my primary curiosity about this is whether it will no longer be referred to as “The Book of Mormon” or the “Mormon Tabernacle Choir.” We’ll see if Nelson can make the change stick.
Not the first time they’ve tried this. Having lived in mormon land my whole life I’ve seen this push a few times before. Never lasts and everyone just falls back to mormons. Sorta hard to get rid of the word when your special bible is called The Book of Mormon.
The term “Mormon” was an used in a derogatory manner back in the days of extreme persecution. The church members embraced the term in its effort to minimize attacks.
And who are they kidding. We know this is all about trying to connect themselves with larger Christianity. The only connection Mormonism has with Christianity is they stick the word Jesus in in their mythology.
I like how this was the result of another ‘‘divine revelation’’ to the head of the church. Usually this is reserved for more ‘‘important’’ political issues, such as: (1)when they needed to get rid of polygamy in order to become a state, (2)Allowing blacks full church rights-the believed black was the ‘‘mark of Cain’’.
There may be another that I can’t recall.
You can never underestimate the value of a good ‘‘divine revelation’’
But what will they call their extra bible? The Book of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. Kinda of a long title to fit on a book cover isn’t it?
Once a mormon church, always a mormon church. Better to own the name than try to disavow it because disavowing just encourages everyone else to use it more.
I have no trouble with Mormon. I also have no trouble if they choose to call it Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. (Everyone can see that it is a book, unless it is online–and then it doesn’t matter. Everyone knows the Latter Day Saints (LDS) is a church.) Simply remove the redundancies.
I don’t know why “Mormon” bothers some in the Church. But if it bothers many of them, it is their church, their choir, and their book. How many of us outsiders are going to say, “Well! If they are going to change the name, then I will never join them!”?