[Grig]

"Didn't Joseph Smith also say the natives here were white, and were turned dark-skinned by God when they refused to accept Him?"

When they arrived in the americas, one group rebelled against God and made it a point to teach their kids to hate and kill the other group. God made their skin darken so that the other group could tell them apart and keep separate from them for their own safety.

"Because that don't exactly follow modern science... "

Neither does walking on water or thousands of other things in the scriptures. That's why we call them miracles.

[Elsie]

God made their skin darken so that the other group could tell them apart and keep separate from them for their own safety.

 

Yeah........

 

Matthew 23:28
 28.  In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

John 7:24
 24.  Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment."