Letter: The LDS Church should be held accountable
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday, April 18, 2019.
I would like to hold the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and those who created them, accountable for a great many suicides of unaccepted and desperate people in the church.
They preach love, but condemn the lifestyle of the LGTBQ people who did not make themselves that way, and neither did anyone else.
The way they throw God's rules in their faces, which caused a lot of suffering, and then reverse them is absolutely unacceptable and can not be from an eternal, loving God.
The real love of Jesus Christ is missing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's all about meeting quotas and achievements. Jesus said, “What thou hast done to the least of my brethren, thou hast done it unto me.”
Ria van Lent, Woods Cross
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