Wept? Does anyone actually believe that?
Posted on 12/16/2007 8:53:36 PM PST by Tlaloc
Romney’s a schmuck, but that’s a disgustingly biased headline.
> Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today that he “wept with relief” when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced a 1978 revelation that the priesthood would no longer be denied to black people.
Sooooo Mitty... the fact this religion banned them in the first place didn’t give you a clue that they were a bit wacky?
Why would any grown man cry about this?
Wept? Does anyone actually believe that?
Many Mormons cried that day. It was a great day for the LDS Church. By the way, Gladys Knight is a Mormon.
If Romney were a Dimmycrap, tht headline (for the SAME story) would be “Romney Welcomed African Americans Into Priesthood.” They figure most people just read the headlines.
As if Mormons are the only group with an un-PC past. As far as atheists are concerned, all religions are “wacky.”
I seem to recall - it’s a historical fact - that Christians sat in the pews singing spiritual hymns while Native Americans were slaughtered - not to mention the church going folk who had slaves. Get over yourself already!
Why do I have a very hard time believing this?
I can understand why Mormons might have been emotional about it, but why should a Baptist care?
"You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind.
The first man that committed the odious crime of killing one of his brethren will be cursed the longest of any one of the children of Adam. Cain slew his brother. Cain might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings.
This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin. Trace mankind down to after the flood, and then another curse is pronounced upon the same race--that they should be the "servant of servants;" and they will be, until that curse is removed."
I don’t. Romney is an ambitious man. I’m sure he didn’t want to reject his culture, but he didn’t want their backward views holding him back by association either. Must have been a huge relief for him.
Every bible that I've ever read makes no mention of what Cain's mark was. It's all just speculation. One can't read into the bible what isn't there. This must be another false prophecy, or just horrible translating skills.
Could you please quantify that comparison that you made about the Native Americans and the Blacks? Which do you consider the greater sin?
So is a Mitt an old-fashioned Mormon racist just waiting to curse Blacks as soon as he gets the chance, or is he a closet liberal who might appoint judges who support things like affirmative action? Doesn’t seem like he can be both.
I wondered what happened to her. Now I understand why the Pips are never with her anymore. I hope she can overcome her self-worth issues. It must be hard when your religion states that you’re cursed because of the color of your skin.
I wonder if she realized they were racist before she joined their organization or if she’s like most blacks I’ve met who are Mormon. They haven’t read the book of Mormon and don’t have a clue as to what it says about blacks. Then when you show them chapter and verse what it says, they run to their Mormon leaders who tell them it’s no big deal.
It is good that they have finally allowed blacks to become priests. But when will they do the right thing and denounce their false prophet, Joseph Smith’s claim that blacks are cursed with black skin for not fighting hard enough?
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