Because of Mercy's opposition to blind faith, Dallimore says that she "[represents] a kind of spiritual life that is opposed to the spirit of religion". Kingdom Come is the only one of Sorensen's novels about Mormonism in which the characters do not go on a complex faith journey full of doubt.
Due to Mercy's opposition to blind faith, Dallimore argues that she embodies a form of spiritual life that opposes the spirit of religion. In contrast to other novels by Sorensen about Mormonism, Kingdom Come features characters who do not embark on a complicated faith journey marked by doubt.