Religion in the news

[Parale]

On 6/7/2026 at 3:55 PM, Doug said:

Senator Lee from Utah isn't happy that the LDS was left out of the 'Christian' section.  But we are there!

 

Yes........ but 🤣 the list has now been updated .... "Last week, a proposed list of simplified faith codes was released to the media. The Pentagon list included redundant and unnecessary labeling, and the mistake has been fixed." 

 

Except I didn't think it actually was presented as being a "proposed" list, but rather it was signed off as being the new list? 🤷‍♂️

 

[Jim Jam]

I don't understand the point of this list since there's a "other religions" section, so doesn't that basically mean that every religion that exists  is on the list?

[Tortuga]

57 minutes ago, Jim Jam said:

I don't understand the point of this list since there's a "other religions" section, so doesn't that basically mean that every religion that exists  is on the list?

It seems they could have reduced it to just three categories.

Christian

Non-Christian

Non-Religious 

 

Or maybe just two

Religious 

Non-Religious 

 

Edited 49 minutes ago by Tortuga

[LeolaRootStew]

On 6/7/2026 at 11:39 AM, Brandon said:

It’s a list the US military keeps in order for clergy inside the military to provide “spiritual support” to military members who want it.

 

I really don’t see why any country’s military would want to recognize our religion in this way… it makes no sense to me. If you’re a member of the military you should definitely not be identifying as a Witness. 

 

Someone could be studying.

Edited 33 minutes ago by LeolaRootStew

[BLEmom]

On 6/7/2026 at 12:39 PM, Brandon said:

It’s a list the US military keeps in order for clergy inside the military to provide “spiritual support” to military members who want it.

 

I really don’t see why any country’s military would want to recognize our religion in this way… it makes no sense to me. If you’re a member of the military you should definitely not be identifying as a Witness. 

There are some who become Jehovah’s Witnesses while in the military. They have to go through a process to leave in order to be baptized and be official, but they could begin to identify as a witness before they are officially out.  
As part of the consciencious objector process, you are assigned a chaplain to verify the validity of your claim. My husband went through the process. He was no longer on active duty but was still part of the military and could have been called up.  If he hadn’t of left when he did he would have been part of desert storm.

 

It’s still odd in the sense there’s no JW chaplains in the military but I’m guessing that’s one of the reasons we got on the list.