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To: AppyPappy

>Just for documentation, can you tell me where God did that?

I don’t think that there is LDS scriptural documentation (meaning Bible, Book of Mormon, D&C or PofGP) on blacks not being able to receive the priesthood.

It is true that it was a common belief among Christian churches in the 1800s that blacks were descendants from Cain, and were prohibited from receiving all the blessings of God. Brigham Young seems to have followed this viewpoint as well.

And the other Christian denominations used this viewpoint to justify denying blacks the right to be baptized, receive the sacrament, worship in their churches, and to be subject to slavery.

The sole discrimination by the LDS Church against blacks was regarding the priesthood. Of course, blacks were unable to receive the priesthood according to the Old Testament as well.


69 posted on 01/08/2008 12:34:38 PM PST by tortdog
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To: tortdog

True but that’s not the question though. The question is whether it was right or wrong.

Every Protestant church has pretty much said “It was wrong”.


76 posted on 01/08/2008 12:45:50 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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