The disparity between Mel Gibson and the example I sight is that Mel still falls under the auspice of Rome. If it is not Vatican II than what about Nicea or Trent or whereever. The term Catholic refers to the Roman Church. Now I imagine that we could call protestants, Catholic offshoots or something, but it does seem to fit. I think the same can be true with Mormon.

ps, I agree with the LDSBlogs.org Saddly we were not quick enough and all the Mormon URLs where taken.

J, there are plenty of pre-Vatican II affecianados (like Mel Gibson), but they are still “Catholic.” Same with Jews — you can be ultra-orthodox or super secular, but you are still a Jew. Same with Muslims.

Now, most people have heard me vent my frustrations about our reticence to call ourselves Mormons. So, to have us complain about “others” calling themselves “Mormons” when we seem to prefer calling ourselves “LDS” is, well….it gets on my goat a little.

(BTW, call yourself LDS if you want, but you may as well call yourself B.I.G. Seems like if we want to reclaim “Mormon” we should use it more. LDSblogs.org — for shame!)

It’s worth remembering that, in the eyes of the Mormon fundamentalists, we’re the ones who broke away–not them.

What would you have the church say instead? Remember it has to be short.