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DCP wrote:There is some Catholic anti-Mormon activity; I picked up a little pamphlet attack the faith of the Latter-day Saints in the Colorado Rockies just a few weeks ago.

“...when I was chastising others for not taking Covid-19 seriously.”

Thank you, that is very nice to say. But RFM has demonstrated the Mormons want no part of truth and reality. They want their mythology over truth, their fantasy over reality. They are simply not capable of coming here and dialoguing, and they know it, and we know it. They cannot win , the evidence ...

Will BYU notice a difference?

I am sorry , I am not quite understanding what has been disavowed. The Book of Mormon is not talking about Africans it is talking about natives of the Americas who have always been able to hold the priesthood. From Race And The Priesthood (as quoted earlier in the thread) Today, the Church disavows...

Perhaps Muhlestein will invite Ritner to participate in an online scholarly debate, like Hamblin and Jenkins did.

Well that is what the Book of Mormon says.It is what it is. I mean you cannot reasonably pretend it says something about beautiful dark skin. It just does not say that. The quoted comment suggesting that dark skin was divine disfavor applied only to a group of people living long ago is about as goo...

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new online system for temple prayer rolls on Tuesday, Aug. 25. In Latter-day Saint temples, Church members unite their faith and pray collectively for names on the temple prayer roll. These names are usually individ...

But the 79-year-old apostle insisted the church’s second president (from 1847 to 1877) taught that “of one blood has God made all flesh. We don’t care about the color.” Didn't Brigham Young share many more thoughts on race than this? Can anyone remember some of his quotes? After saying critics deli...

Aristotle Smith wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:18 pm

Getting 404 Not Found when I try and look at the article.

The page is still there but not sure why the link to it isn't working.

Interestingly Cook confirms that God did indeed give people black skin to show they had been cursed. Elder Cook shared his own experiences with race, including a powerful lesson from his mission president, Marion D. Hanks, who asked his missionaries to read and study the Book of Mormon. When they re...