[Reno232]

All this racism argument is such a red herring & frankly a bogus one at that. Most “Christian” churches didn’t have or allow blacks to hold positions in the priesthood for decades if not centuries in some cases.

The LDS church never precluded blacks from joining the church, they just couldn’t hold the priesthood until ‘79. Missionary work was taken to the blacks & to Africa for that matter long before the ‘79 revelation.

Many “Christian” churches still don’t allow women to hold the priesthood, does that mean their sexist?

Lastly, the church has had much success amongst the African nations & has sent missionaries there for decades. Does that sound like the “racist” church Colorcountry describes? I have/have had many black members of the church in my ward. I consider them brothers & amongst my close friends. There is no delineation of race. Nobody cares or even talks about it.

It would seem Colorcountry’s hatred has not only clouded her judgment but her credibility as well. Talk to me about the church’s racism in Africa CC. The scriptures talk about the hatred that would come from the apostates. They were always far worse than the Lamanites. I think we’re having a better understanding now of what that meant. Carry on CC, you’re fulfilling prophecy, although I sincerely wish you weren't.

[Graybeard58]

Colorcountry’s hatred

What a charge to make. I've followed these threads closely and haven't seen hatred from colorcountry. Show me the hatred.

[Binghamton_native]

"...they just couldn’t hold the priesthood until ‘79"

Isn't this just a bit of an understatement of the problem this doctrine presented to Blacks?

On the otherhand, what is sometimes seen as sexist regarding the prohibition of women as priests (or pastors in some Protestant churches) is not a belief that has an impact on the "eternal" destiny of women.