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Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College/Online College Level, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, August 27, 1954.
"God has commanded Israel not to intermarry. To go against this commandment of God would be in sin. Those who willfully sin with their eyes open to this wrong will not be surprised to find that they will be separated from the presence of God in the world to come. This is spiritual death...."
Race Problems -- As They Affect The Church-Mark E. Peterson
The original title “Why Mormonism Is Still a Problem for The New York Times” didn’t get past the editorial department.
I thought the NY Times went bankrupt.Were they bought out by Pravda or The Peoples’ Daily?
I find it odd that “race” isn’t a “problem” for the commie ‘RATS. The GOP had to drag the ‘RATS, kicking and screaming, to the dance during many civil rights battles. George Wallace and Algore Sr. weren’t Republicans.
Wow. You had to go to the New York Times to find an article you are sympatico with!
But the NYT is using this article to try to upstart another distraction for Romney to have to address - to keep the focus off of Obama’s failed record.
Come to think of it - that’s the same reason you’re using it.
Realistically, this is just starting. It is no surprise the NYT is leading off, but I doubt it will be alone. A history of racism is the history of the LDS (mormonic) group.
No doubt, you will be castigated for showing the first instance because of the source. Don’t let it bother you. There are non-thinking conservatives, just like with any other group. They tend to have a knee jerk reaction to the source, instead of the message and its implications.
Such is life.
The bottom line will remain, RINOmney, the mormon, will be confronted with his membership in a historically racist group - as a young adult. He will have to provide an answer. It is how elections work.
Gee, I never saw the Slimes run a story like this when Harry Reid was running for office. Go figure.
Funny though, the new york times has no problem with Islam. The religion that CURRENTLTY believes among other things that:
women must be subjugated in nearly every way, including if they are are raped they are required to be killed to alleviate “shame”
Christians, other non muslims, gays and dissentors should be murdered and sometimes even cricified
Could it be the NYT is engaging in an absurdly hypocritical, self serving attack on Romney?
Absolutely
They be confused about what God was commanding. He was prohibiting intermarriage with unbelievers, not those of differing ethnicity.
Moses married a black women. Mirian, his sister, was struck by God with leprosy when she made a racist fuss about it.
At least two of the female ancestors of Jesus mentioned by name in the Bible were non-Jews, Ruth the Moabitess and Rahab the Canaanite. It is reasonable that others also were, especially since the Bible contains explicit laws about the procedures involved in taking women captured in battle as wives.
This is besides the fact that Israelite and Judean kings, one side of his ancestry, frequently made diplomatic marriage to foreign women, and some of them may have equally been in his line.
Isn’t it interesting that you’re getting all this flack just for linking a published article that will be read by thousands of people.
Yea, FreeRepublic, it’s just better that we hide our heads in the sand and not talk about Romney’s history of racism....yeppers, that should do the trick.
Sheesh, like it’s grefoxx’s problem. Attack the messenger - that’s the ticket.
I can guarantee that if someone were a muslim and running for office the NYT would be the first saying anybody who complained would be a horrible bigot—
even though islam in the year 2012 (not 1978) is the most hateful, murderous, and intolerant religion on the planet.
It’s mind-boggling that a FReeper posts an article from the old gray ‘lady’ ... and agrees with it!
Hmmmm. I must have missed the Slimes piece on how race is “still a problem” with Black Liberation Theologists like their butt boy Obozo.
The Civil Rights Act was only signed 14 years prior (1964)to this. It’s my understanding that racism and segregation were quite common up until 1964. Hmmm. Even after this date.
Busing? Forced desegregation? 1972. George Wallace, Democrat Segregationist running for President. 1972.
Let’s see. Fourteen years ago we had Bill Clinton being impeached.
Eleven years ago were the 9/11 attacks.
I’ll let you in on a little secret smear boy, if the dems keep playing the race card over and over the american people will get very sick of it and it will start showing in the polls against your buddy Obama, that is if it already hasn’t.
First of all, consider the source, NYT. That paper has no problem with other religions.....this is not exactly a hit piece but the propaganda resonates that way. The ‘usual crowd’ hates Catholics, ‘Born Again, Most Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Buddhists...and so on....you get the picture. Picking a fight with the Mormon beliefs is the politically correct thing to do during an election for Obamaites and Progressives....Obama was raised by Communists who didn’t like America and believed in a political religion....hummmmmm.
Oh nooosssssss - quick run around in circles... Who gives a crap? Compared to what or whom?
Why Journalism Is Still A Problem For The NYT