We went to Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday. While we walked around, we saw lots of crosses on headstones, and a few Stars of David. Then we saw one weird circular thing a few rows of the path. I sent Crazy Jane to investigate.
"It's an angel Moroni!" she reported back.
Why do Mormons spend their time insisting they, too, are Christian, and then take every opportunity to point out ways in which they're different? What is the defining characteristic of our faith, the atonement of Jesus Christ, or a visit by an angel most people have never heard of? The cross is popularly understood as the mark of the Christian. Using a different mark just fuels the "you're not really Christian" stupidity out there.
I told my wife, "If I'm ever in a position to be buried with a military marker, I'd rather have a cross than an angel Moroni." This blog post is to function as a legally-binding addendum to my will requiring my family bury me accordingly. (Just kidding; there's no way my blog will still be around when I die--the NSA will have shut down all political speech by amateur opinionists by then.)
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