“They are attacking us like never before. We have to stick together. We have to resolve to be loud and public about our faith.”
My Latter-day Saint (LDS/Mormon) friend who is a bishop said this to me the day after the brutal ramming, shooting, and arson at the LDS Stake (church building) that left many dead. This happened right on the heels of the president of the LDS church, Russell M. Nelson, dying in his home at the age of 101 after serving in the highest office of the Mormon church for seven years. In addition, many LDS people I’m friends with strongly identified with Charlie Kirk and felt connected to his assassination as well. It’s been a heavy week for our LDS friends, family, and neighbors on top of what has been a brutal few weeks for Western Civilization.
Yet, when my friend said this, in my gut I wanted to argue with him about what “us” meant and what he meant by “our faith,” because we don’t in fact share a faith. But I kept my mouth shut.
