Not better, just more blessed.....LOL
Only a Mormon would fail to see the difference.
Were you guys told how chosen you were in the pre-existence because you were “valiant.” If that doesn’t instill false pride in a child, I don’t know what does.
I was sent to earth blonde, blue-eyed, to my especially god-fearing parents, born in the covenant and ‘blessed’ because I was ‘valiant’ in the pre-existence....I EARNED it....LOL
Pounding head against the wall!! O B F U S C A T I O N!
You were more “valian” than I...I wasn’t BIC.
Excellent point, and one I hadn't considered before.
Likewise, how DOES an LDS believer who holds those past general authorities in high esteem--those who talked about black skin as a curse related to the pre-existence--anyway, how DOES a Mormon get past that?
Isn't a "non-valiant" pre-existent vantage point always going to link the thought that "Oh, he's of another color. He was neutral. He wasn't valiant?"
I mean it sounds to me like some LDS general authorities have forever either tainted or even ruined that word, because it can never be separated from a form of racism.
“Only a Mormon would fail to see the difference.”
Because, evidently, only a Mormon doesn’t view it as a personal endorsement from God.
Why does it threaten you so when we are sincerely grateful that the Lord has blessed us with the degree of joy and happiness that comes through the fullness of His Gospel? Why do you deride that gratitude as some sort of superior attitude?
Frankly, it entirely mystifies me. We’re willing to share! There’s plenty to go around!