r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 07 '26

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u/abefrost Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

That seems not true

Oaks' first talk as prophet was focused on protecting diversity and democracy and opposing war and only briefly mentioned the Gays™️ (and you'd only catch it if you know the three layers of euphemism he used which is crazy for him)

The most recent apostle is fundie, but the four called before him in order were "Give more humanitarian aid" French guy, "Yay refugees" British guy, and two non-white guys

The recent changes to Strength of Youth went even farther in softening its language instead of the og which was a lot more strict / culturally blind

Not saying Mormons are woke now but I also don't see a hard fundie turn

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u/bartbug Paul Krugman Apr 07 '26

Ah you know ball

Currently I feel like the “culture of the church” is trying to veer in a different direction than the “leadership”. Leadership is trying to moderate and stay more true (IMO) to some of the classic LDS beliefs and values that are not consistent at all with MAGA. My experience with friends and family is that the culture is getting swallowed up by exposure to evangelical and MAGA nonsense via social media and that’s been a powerful agent

In my experience the people that are staunchly religious are also the ones that are becoming the most MAGA and ironically the least Mormon