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So a Mormon friend upon meeting someone from Tonga said they were a Lamanite. I had no idea what that meant but looked it up and thought “Well, that’s offensive”.

You don’t find it offensive dark skinned people, with flat noses have been marked?

Why are people of those characteristics marked with the attributes of Cain who, by the way, killed Abel?

Does God really put people into groups in that manner?

Should we?

If so, then are they now lesser people by the mark?

If so, then are they now lesser people by the mark?

We know 'lesser' people by their LOGIC challenged characteristics.

To wit:

"If the CURSE has now been removed; why are there still folks with BLACK skin being born?"

Throughout the Book of Mormon narrative, several groups of Lamanites did repent and lose the curse. The Anti-Nephi-Lehies or Ammonites "open[ed] a correspondence with them [Nephites], and the curse of God did no more follow them" (Alma 23:18). There is no reference to their skin color being changed.

Later, the Book of Mormon records that an additional group of Lamanites converted and that "their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites… and they were numbered among the Nephites, and were called Nephites" (3 Nephi 2:15-16).

From –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people_and_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement

Bloney belived what you want and continue to a tale bearer
Lamanite aka Laman is the tribe name like Nephite who is Laman brother Nephi their father is Lehi.

An account of Lehi and his wife Sariah, and his four sons, being called, (beginning at the eldest) Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi.

you know so much of Mormons yet it seems you never even read The Book of Mormon maybe just enough to be derogatory!

Tonga

Updated on 02 April 2011
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had an official presence in Tonga for well over a century. In 1891, King Siaosi (George) Tupou was visited by the first Latter-day Saint missionaries to arrive on the shores of Tonga and gave them permission to preach. Property was purchased, a mission home and school were built and a boat was secured for travel between islands. Through the years the Church in Tonga slowly began to grow.

During World War II many Mormon servicemen were stationed near Tonga and attended the local worship services. After the war the Church experienced dramatic growth as many local members were called as missionaries.

The progress of the Church on the islands has been assisted through the establishment of schools. A school in Nieafu was opened by the Church in 1907, and another, the Makeke School, was opened in 1924. A new educational complex, the Liahona High School, was established in 1952; it has become one of the largest and most successful educational institutions in Tonga.

Members of the Church in Tonga value their association with people of other faiths and desire to be contributing members of their local communities. The Church has always recognized the importance of culture to the people of the Pacific Islands.

In August 1983 the Nuku’alofa temple was dedicated, a long-awaited and joyful event for Mormons in Tonga and the surrounding islands. The remodeled temple will continue to be a spiritual focal point for members of the Church in this Pacific region.

Tonga has the largest number of Mormons per capita of any nation in the world. The Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple will serve approximately 41,000 Church members throughout Tonga and the Line Islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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Richard Hunter
Sydney,
Australia