In a rambling voice message on Monday, the country’s minister for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice announced the bizarre new restriction on women’s behaviour.

  • Randomgal@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    They don’t? They’re all about Joseph Smith. Jesus is kinda there win the background.

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      17 minutes ago

      Atheist here, but grew up mormon: Jesus is definitely the main character. I’m hazy on the details but it’s even mormon canon that a lot of events in the old testament involved Jesus in pre-birth spirit form (or something idk), or were at least analogous to his life. Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are to Mormons as any notable dead pope is to Catholics - revered, spiritual authorities, allegedly could talk to god, but they’re not worshiped and they didn’t come up every Sunday, they were kind of in the background

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      4 hours ago

      They revere Joseph Smith for sure (and some other made up folks like Moroni or whatever) but I think it’s incorrect to say Jesus has taken a back seat in their faith. I just toured one of their temples (which they allow only briefly before they consecrate it), JC was everywhere. Not sure I saw any imagery of Joseph Smith, but it was a lot to take in and I may have missed it.