Why don Mormons believe in wearing the Cross?
Here’s our perspective: we worship the Resurrected, Living Christ. We remember his death and sacrifice each week as we partake of communion, etc., but we prefer to picture him as the glorious, living Lord. The cross is a symbol related to the dying Christ, while we prefer to focus on the Living Christ, the Resurrected Lord who conquered death. Some LDS people also point out that the cross was an instrument of torture that to them just doesn’t seem like an appropriate primary way to remember the Lord (though you may find not-too-gory paintings of him on the cross in some LDS buildings and certainly in LDS publications). But that’s just one subjective view. I appreciate the significance of the symbol in Catholic and Protestant worship and respect its use. As an example of how we prefer to picture him, see the images at Official LDS Web Site. We also object to worship of graven images and feel uncomfortable with the way some people venerate the cross or statues of Christ or saints. That’s
