Posted on 10/10/2013 5:11:31 AM PDT by Colofornian
(ThyBlackMan.com) 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 Leadership’s 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.”
Maintaining a detailed and comprehensive history of every aspect and teaching of the Church has been both one of the hallmarks and one of the downfalls of Mormon Church. Within the relatively young Church, authoritative documentation, however corrupt it may have been, has never been in short supply. Each of the Senior Leaders of the Mormon Church has had several official biographers as well as an army of Church authorized historians to record for the faithful Mormon all facets of the History of the Church. In fact, one of my first of many “Callings” in the Mormon Church was that of a Ward (Congregational) Historian, long before I became a Bishop.
The peculiar assertion that the Mormon Church itself does not know the details of its very own race-based policy of restricting the Blacks from holding the Priesthood is tremendously embarrassing for all Mormons and exceptionally degrading for anyone who actually believes it.
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. I clearly state the current position of total acceptance of all Races by the Church, but I must highlight the fact that the Book of Mormon still carries it’s obviously racist message that dark skin was a curse and Jesus was white. I have said many times on-air that like the Mormon Missionaries, I too believe that every African should have a copy of the Book of Mormon, if only to learn the truly racist teaching of the Mormons.
I have and will continue to teach the African Nations from the authentic Mormon Scriptures and the Church History documents, which I had purchased from the Mormon Church to know my past responsibilities as a Mormon Bishop. The official records of the Mormon Church include many jokes and sermons given within the Official Semi-Annual General Conference of the faithful Mormons, using the “N-word”, Darky and Sambo. Additionally, these Church published books record nearly 100 graphic sermons and lessons that clearly teach the principle, practice and policy that Black Skin was, is and will remain forever the Curse of Cain.
Only in the recent past has the “Complete History” of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints come to the attention of its own membership, much less to the under developed regions of the world. As this information is discovered, an ever increasing number of members of the Mormon Church have come into a personal crisis of faith, most notably Elder Hans Mattsson[3] of Sweden, a General Authority of the Mormon Church who has gone public with his doubts and questions.
Not unique to Africa, has been the Mormon Church’s training of young Missionaries to strictly avoid any discussion of several of the more embarrassing, yet true, teachings of the 183 year old Church. Chief among these subjects has been Polygamy and Blacks and the Priesthood. 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.
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 God’s 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”?
As a former Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I give testimony that what they have stated is true, in that, they are racist and do not hide the History of the Church from its members or the public, this, their Official Statement on Race and the Church demonstrates that fact.
I believe that the truly wicked teachings as well as the repulsive history of the Mormon Church concerning Polygamy, Polyandry, Blood Atonement, and Blacks and the Priesthood is available for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
It is my prayer that all Mormons and non-Mormons will come to know the true history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That every man, woman and young adult on the earth today will find the time to read the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price from cover to cover to see the deception they hold, and then… read the Word of God with the eyes of a child, and follow the true Jesus, the true Christ found only in the Bible.
Via Former Mormon Bishop
Staff Writer; Lee Baker
These men were the voice/spokesman of someone!
A little obsession with truth is never a bad thing. Indeed it is in short supply as I look around our land...
Does your church ever get tired of calling people of color, such as those from Tonga, Lamanites?
Does your church ever get tired of telling the rest of us are wrong?
Does your church ever get tired of attempting to co-opt Christianity by telling us “I am Christian”?
Does your church ever get tired of telling us how wonderful Joseph Smith is/was and white washing his history?
Does your church ever tire of telling us we are apostates, whores of babylon, gracers and that we can never get to heaven without your authority and being Mormon?
Why do you require us to have a passport and pass by Joseph Smith before entering heaven?
Of course not, but it s indeed a two what street...
Two way...
Do you even think at all before typing...
(Not so quick-draw James McGraw anymore, eh?)
BTW did you ever finally join the Church?
sexist version?
Why won’t your misogynistic organization allow women to enter the priesthood and openly address the concerns women expressed in the conference this past weekend?
A little humility with truth is never a bad thing; obsession is vain conceit.
I can recall when people have intentionally shown pictures of aborted babies to high schoolers & junior highers adjacent to campuses in states where those student-teens can get an abortion minus parental consent or even parental knowledge.
Now, you would think people who haven't seen pictures of aborted babies would get riled & upset & provoked by the very people who dismembered these precious babies in said pix. You know.
Planned Parenthood.
The abortion industry.
The insurance company who pays for some of these abortions.
ObamaCare that wants to expand such payments.
The boyfriend, partner, incest perp, teacher, or parent who drove the mom to the abortuary.
The black-robed rogues who legalized abortion-on-demand. Etc.
But, no. These citizens, some parents of these kids, get riled & upset & provoked at the people who show the pictures! Forget about the murderers & those who engaged in accessory-before-the-fact; just go after those who refuse to censor the truth! Those bold enough to unveil the "behind-the-scene" realities!
Some of these citizens simply prefer to EITHER be in denial; or to continue their enabling of the abortion culture.
So, do we have parallels to this on some FR threads? Do we see at times some non-Mormons & Mormons alike reacting in similar ways to aborted-babies' pix as they are confronted with the realities of Mormonism?
Yup. Hence, they go after the "picture" bearer; they assume the accusatory route & make the thread about the poster...
Most of the time, they don't even make the thread about...
...the writer -- like in this thread the West African who speaks on Christian radio stations and contributed to this article...
...or the publisher of the piece posted...
...Nope.
...Instead, it winds up depicting people who both unwittingly and even intentionally...
...side with the abortion industry & cults & counterfeits of the world.
...That's sad enough when it happens frequently in the world-at-large; it's sadder still when so-called "conservatives" engage in this public behavior.
Truth is obsessive?
No, irrational obsession is vain conceit.
Depends on what hangs in the balance...
Define irrational...
I have no idea what that means.
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