Tribune columnist Gordon Monson discusses times when Latter-day Saint culture gets confused by members and nonmembers alike with the church's doctrine.
From beards to tattoos, Pepsi to politics, mission service to Sunday sports, there is plenty that church insiders and outsiders get wrong about what members may think vs. what the faith really teaches.
The real problem of this “D&C melding” arises when the culture not only rules the lives of Latter-day Saints the way doctrine does but also stirs judgment on the part of those who blend the two and places that judgment upon those who keep the two separate.1. The wearing — or not wearing — of a cross.
It seems, and this is speculation here, that not using the symbol of the cross was one more way the church could distinguish itself from other Christian faiths. The trouble with that is it also can make it appear the church isn’t Christian, or at least not Christian enough. Well, not only a white shirt, but a white shirt along with neat trousers and a sports jacket or a suit. This is just silly. In this day and age, when churchgoing women outnumber the men, male members might be welcomed with open arms if they showed up wearing a flamingo-colored shirt and parachute pants. It’s all doctrinally good. After all, evenMaybe this used to be a thing, but it’s not now, and it’s certainly not doctrine.
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