[OddLane]

Mormon lifts ban on baptisms for children of gay parents

The problem with the Church of LDS is that it doesn't base its beliefs on Scripture, but on the "revelation" of church leaders.

It's why they could think black people bore the curse of Ham in the 1960s, but that they can become "elders" in their church today.

[teppe]

The ‘Curse of Cain’ is Biblical .... and was general Christian Belief in the 1830s among essentially all Christian Churches, including your own.

[sparklite2]

It's why they could think black people bore the curse of Ham in the 1960s, but that they can become "elders" in their church today.
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I did find it amusing that Richard Kimball eventually had an "in camera" visit from God to tell him it was OK to have black participation.
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The problem with the Church of LDS is that it doesn't base its beliefs on Scripture, but on the "revelation" of church leaders.
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I'd be careful pointing the finger at that.  The richly elaborated Marion "theology" is mostly a matter of human reasoning in the service of wishful thinking.  They've had two thousand years to 'elaborate,' and boy, did they use the time.