Despite LDS church officials distancing themselves from fringe conspiracy theories and congratulating incoming President elect Biden, we still witness the embarrassment of a Mormon proudly participating in yesterday’s debacle and broadcasting their association with the church publicly by flying the “title of liberty” pictured above and cosplaying as a warrior from the Book of Mormon.
From Wikipedia:
Moroni [a character from the Book of Mormon] is associated with the “title of liberty”, a standard that he raised to rally the Nephites to defend their liberties from a group of dissenters who wanted to establish their leader as a king. Moroni was so angry with Amalickiah’s dissention and wicked influence that he tore his coat and wrote upon it, “In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children.” With those words, he rallied his people to defend their families and their freedom and drive out the armies of Amalickiah. Moroni put to death any dissenters who did not flee and would not support the cause of freedom, and his ” title of liberty” was raised over every Nephite tower.
I guess I’m more disgusted by the so called Saints participating in this madness than others because of my background in the church and the sensitivity church members have with regard to fighting against the United States government. See also Articles of Faith: “12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.”
There are lunatics within any large enough group of people, but I even know some — heck, am related to them — that would not surprise me to hear they went to this level. (By his body size, I certainly don’t think this is someone that I know.)
As I mentioned previously, it shocks me the level of support Mormons give Trump.
Update: These tweets sum it up for me:
I have not practiced Mormonism in years, and I cannot describe the utter rage and betrayal I feel that the religious values that molded me into the person I am today also told that Captain Moroni guy to larp his way into domestic terrorism yesterday.
— jennie (@jennieology) January 7, 2021
Captain Moroni cosplay is obviously not a very big deal in the grand scheme of things, but I will never forget this man. I will never forget that the same religion that molded me also molded hundreds of thousands of people into….this. And those are the people they want to keep.
— jennie (@jennieology) January 7, 2021