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To: Spiff
The Book of Mormon is not based upon the Bible, but is a companion Testament bearing witness of Jesus Christ and detailing more of his ministry on the Earth. The book of Mormon was translated from golden plates supposedly given to Joseph Smith by an angel. Left that out

The author of this article has confused regular worship services in our Chapels with the ordinances performed in our Temples. No person who has not been deemed worthy by mormon authorities meaning obeying all the rules and paying 10% of their income to the church may enter a temple, even if a family member, including son or daughter, is being married within. They must wait outside on the steps or sidewalk. Left that out.

We perform proxy baptisms in our Temples for every person who has died, no matter their race, religion, nation of origin, etc. The names are submitted by people who have those names in their ancestry. Proxy baptisms did not target Jewish Holocaust victims. Even though Jewish leaders won a court case against the LDS church for these baptisms, and promised to not do it again, members are still baptizing Jews. Mormons renew pledge to end proxy baptism of Jews Left that out

Also, black people were denied membership until 1978, when the president of the church at the time had a revelation that they should be included.

Absolutely untrue. Blacks were not denied membership.

Black men, while allowed to be "members" were denied being ordained in the two priesthoods claimed by the mormons, thus were "second-class members" until a "revelation" in 1978, after the civil rights movement was successful. Left that out.

Otherwise, your post was mostly accurate.

80 posted on 04/26/2007 1:47:16 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Waiting impatiently for a conservative party to rise from the ashes of the wimpy republican party.)
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To: greyfoxx39

“Even though Jewish leaders won a court case against the LDS church for these baptisms, and promised to not do it again, members are still baptizing Jews”

Court case? Wow never heard of that before, as usual sounds made up.


82 posted on 04/26/2007 1:49:50 PM PDT by nowandlater (My 2008 Dream Ticket---Romney-Thompson or Thompson-Romney)
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To: greyfoxx39

And the Jesus denied preaching to the Gentiles until later too.


83 posted on 04/26/2007 1:51:08 PM PDT by nowandlater (My 2008 Dream Ticket---Romney-Thompson or Thompson-Romney)
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To: greyfoxx39
Absolutely untrue. Blacks were not denied membership.

Black men, while allowed to be "members" were denied being ordained in the two priesthoods claimed by the mormons, thus were "second-class members" until a "revelation" in 1978, after the civil rights movement was successful. Left that out.

But all that time the black men's money was as green as anyones.(wink)

When are the American Indians, er, ah, the so called, Lamanites going to turn white like Smith said they would?

126 posted on 04/26/2007 4:38:10 PM PDT by needlenose_neely
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