Tänkte förklara lite varför mormoner inte använder korset på samma sätt som andra kristna gör. Detta är ett tal av Elder Marvin J. Ashton som jag tycker förklarar det bra.

Many nonmembers who visit our chapels wonder why we don’t have crosses on our buildings of worship. They ask, “Why aren’t your chapels built in the shape of a cross?” and “Why don’t you encourage your people to wear and display crosses?” Even some members wonder about the Church’s policy toward crosses. We may find part of the answer to these questions in Matthew 16:24–25, where we read, “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”

Over the centuries, in the minds of millions of people, the cross has been recognized as a symbol of Christianity. But rather than displaying the cross, we prefer to try carrying our crosses.

The Lord’s message to us is “Take up your cross.” Take yourself the way you are, and lift yourself in the direction of the better. Regardless of where you have been, what you have done, or what you haven’t done, trust God. Believe in him. Worship him as you carry your cross with dignity and determination.

As we read in Matthew, we save our lives by losing them for the Lord’s sake. As we lose ourselves, we will find God. That is his promise, and I declare that it is true.

But what kind of cross do we each bear? what is its shape, weight, size, or dimension? The crosses we may carry are many: the cross of loneliness, the cross of physical limitations—loss of a leg, an arm, hearing, seeing, or mobility. These are obvious crosses. We see people with these crosses, and we admire their strength in carrying them with dignity. Poor health can be a cross, as can transgression, success, temptation, beauty, fame, or wealth. Financial burdens can be a cross. So can criticism or peer rejection.

Vi kritiserar inte andra kristna som väljer att visa sin tro genom att bära ett kors runt halsen, men jag själv skulle vilja förklara det såhär om din far blir skjuten med en pistol inte hänger du väl upp den på väggen som en helig symbol för att minnas honom?

Sen vet vi att Jesus lever och då behöver vi inte ha en symbol som representerar hans död. Och det är väl inte en symbol som gör dig till en bra kristen?

President Hinckley said "He told us what that symbol should be when he said, ‘If ye love me, keep my commandments’ (John 14:15) och det är väl ändå det som är det viktigaste?