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Blacks Ridiculed again by the Mormon Church.
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| Sept. 12, 2013
| Staff writer; Lee Baker
Posted on 10/10/2013 5:11:31 AM PDT by Colofornian
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From this West African article -- including a comment upon an official Mormon church statement re: why blacks were denied Mormon priesthood -- something open even to 12 year old white boys:
For several years now, every Tuesday evening I have had the great privilege of addressing the Christian and Mormon listeners of Worship FM 101.7 in Monrovia, the capital City of Liberia, West Africa. I have come to know several of the station managers and a number of the more frequent callers to the weekly program. Through their comments, questions and photographs, I have been genuinely moved to see the application of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Over the past few months the question of racist teachings in the Book of Mormon and from the past Leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been on the minds of the Liberian converts to Mormonism and the many Christians who struggle to understand how such a Church can be growing in Africa. I believe the answer is relatively simple; it has been the perfect merging of a sincere lack of knowledge on the part of the Mormon converts and a disturbing lack of accountability on the part of the Mormon leaders. A near total lack of knowledge across Africa specific to some of the more explicit teachings found within the Mormon Scriptures, principally that Black Skin[1] is a representation of wickedness and even less information concerning the racism and bigotry openly and officially taught by the early Leadership of the Mormon Church. This combined with the current Church Leaderships inability to clearly and specifically reject its own racist teachings both in print and from its past Senior Leadership, has left the Black Race with only a short irresponsible and offensively juvenile Official Statement[2] that claims the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints knows very little about its own race-based policy that had lasted for well over 100 years: It is not known precisely why, how or when this restriction began in the Church, but it has ended.
This author references "explicit teachings found within the Mormon Scriptures...how Black Skin[1] is a representation of wickedness..."
What are some of these verses -- as found in the Book of Mormon?
* "And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, BECAUSE OF THEIR INIQUITY. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceeding fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them." (2 Nephi 5:21)
* "And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, WHICH WAS A CURSE UPON THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR TRANSGRESSION AND THEIR REBELLION AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN..." (Alma 3:6)
* "Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins..." (Jacob 3:5)
* "And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites." (3 Nephi 2:15) [Note: So...to be "uncursed" is to have your skin turn white]
See also: See Posts #1 & #3
To: All
From the article written by a former Lds bishop and 32-year member of the Mormon church ... more comment upon official race statements from the Mormon church:
With the smooth talent of a skilled politician, the Mormon Church has ended its Official Statement with the following hypocritical and deceitful, but technically accurate quote: The origins of priesthood availability are not entirely clear. Some explanations with respect to this matter were made in the absence of direct revelation and references to these explanations are sometimes cited in publications. These previous personal statements do not represent Church doctrine. As a former Mormon Bishop and member of the Mormon Church for over 32 years, let me be of some help with the translation of this very carefully crafted message. The two key noteworthy phrases are: in the absence of direct revelation and These previous personal statements do not represent Church doctrine. I will address the most obvious first, clearly the previous statements from the Church and its Leadership do not represent the Church doctrine today. The policy was reversed in 1978 and there is no question as to the policy today. The hypocritical deception is that between 1845 and 1978 those statements did, very much DID not DO represent past Church doctrine. Yet, I do give full credit to the clever Mormon authors and editors for their most skillful use of the English language.From the article -- an excellent summary:
And finally, the most revealing and enlightening statement from the Mormon Church is: in the absence of direct revelation. So then, it is incredibly true and accurate that without any mockery or sarcasm; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had for nearly 100 years, restricted a significant portion of the human race, millions and millions from Gods intended blessings of Eternal Marriage, Salvation and even Godhood, without knowing why they did it, all without direct revelation? This Official Statement of religious shame and embarrassment comes from the Headquarters of a Church that claims to be guided in all things by direct revelation. How then, did such an exclusive doctrine based on prejudice, bigotry and racism become so accepted, so authoritative, so convincing and so commanding for so long, without direct revelation?
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: flaglady47
Exposure is not hatred, it’s just exposure
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posted on
10/10/2013 5:25:20 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Socialism is so great, that it will be forced on you.)
To: flaglady47
—agree—these endless wastes of bandwidth are a disgrace-—
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posted on
10/10/2013 5:26:46 AM PDT
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
To: flaglady47
Please, identify the anti-mormon parts of the post as opposed to the exposure of mormonISM
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posted on
10/10/2013 5:26:56 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Socialism is so great, that it will be forced on you.)
To: flaglady47
So what you are saying is that exposing the racism of the Mormon Church is considering hatred of it?
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posted on
10/10/2013 5:27:42 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
To: rellimpank
This is the Religion Forum, if you aren’t interested in discussions of religion, why not do something else?
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posted on
10/10/2013 5:32:38 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Socialism is so great, that it will be forced on you.)
To: Colofornian
Galatians chapter 3:26-28.
Will be in stand off mode, awaiting to dive in!
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posted on
10/10/2013 5:44:43 AM PDT
by
mdmathis6
To: flaglady47
When does posting truth become hate?
To: Anton.Rutter
Have you ever noticed the people who scream ‘hate’, will not tell anyone what the hate was?
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posted on
10/10/2013 6:09:10 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Socialism is so great, that it will be forced on you.)
To: Colofornian
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posted on
10/10/2013 6:24:17 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
To: Colofornian
As a former local leader of the Mormon Church, I have repeatedly assured the African members of the Mormon Church that the documents and Scriptures I have read to them over the air are both Authorized and Official for the time period they are relevant to. Say whaaat?
The Scriptures I read are "relevant" to all time periods.
Of course the Scriptures I read were not made up by a scam artist/con man/thief/polygamous/wife stealing/pedophile/false prophet.
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posted on
10/10/2013 6:25:03 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
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Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: Colofornian
I have and will continue to teach the African Nations from the authentic Mormon Scriptures and the Church History documents Blatant contradiction in terms or oxymoron? One of you grammar pros help me out.
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posted on
10/10/2013 6:33:43 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
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Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Colofornian
The Negroes: They were less valiant in the preexistence and that is why the god of Mormonism turned their skin black and endowed them with other disadvantages; and they became uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable, low in their habits, and deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind a dark, and loathsome, and filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations; unlike the good Mormons that are white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome.
In my opinion, just as interesting as the history of vile racism practiced by the LDS Church against Blacks, American Indians and Hispanics are:
The real reasons for the change in Church's position, specifically:
- Damage to Church recruiting efforts, particularly among the Mulatto population in Brazil
- Bad publicity to the Church following Dr. King's successful civil rights campaign and their glaring remnant of overt discrimination
- Rumors of the impending loss of non-tax status for their massive business empire
The obvious dilemma resulting from the change in position, specifically:
- Either, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and other Church leaders were false prophets and bigots, or
- The later Church leaders who made the alterations were (are) false prophets, or
- Mormonism's god is a spiritual being of limited intelligence who is subject to making stupid proclamations and then belatedly correcting his errors, or
- All of the above
The obvious implication associated with altering holy scripture, specifically the question of how anyone can possibly regard Mormon writings as sacred and unimpugnable when the Church's own leadership impugns it ... substantially and frequently.
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posted on
10/10/2013 6:50:17 AM PDT
by
Zakeet
(Democrats haven't destroyed your freedoms ... you can still visit them at the Smithsonian)
To: Anton.Rutter
“When does posting truth become hate?”
When you do it week after week after week, as nauseum. It’s a sickness, isn’t it.
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posted on
10/10/2013 7:05:56 AM PDT
by
flaglady47
(When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
To: flaglady47
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posted on
10/10/2013 7:06:46 AM PDT
by
flaglady47
(When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
To: flaglady47
I do not remember reading where God Almighty said “oh, I am so sorry you find truth offensive, I’ll stop now and in a few weeks we’ll talk again”
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posted on
10/10/2013 7:12:25 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Socialism is so great, that it will be forced on you.)
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