bomgeography wrote:The Book of Mormon is a historical record. 1NE 13 does foretell that Native American would unfortunately be devastated by the onslaught of European arrival. The diseases that Europeans brought. And the fact that Europeans stole their land. The government forcibly moving them to reservations.
The Book of Mormon does not state that white people are better than any other national or skin color. people misinterpret the idea that the Book of Mormon when it refers to skin. The verses that people see as offensive I interpret as being a outward expression of one persons spiritual nature. Its uses is similiar to how its used in the Old Testament.
I have never stated that white people are better than any other race or nationality.
I believe what the Book of Mormon preaches that all men are alike to God “all are alike unto God.”1NE 26:33.
What you TAPIR are claiming that the Book of Mormon, Mormons or myself teach white supremacy is completely wrong, offensive and a blatant LIE. You are the liar.
It was not to long ago your avatar was a Native American riding a tapir a mockery of Native Americans and Mormons in general.
I have never had the avatar of the American Indian riding a tapir. I was opposed to that image when it was photo shopped and proposed on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comme ... he_church/This was my comment then:
"[–][deleted] 2 points 3 years ago
Instead of using a Native American, how about Moroni and his trumpet. I'm quite certain that American Indians don't want to be another kind of mascot."
I no longer post on reddit and deleted my account there a few years ago.
That avatar is not mine and never was. From the day I set up my youtube account with the tapirrider name it has had the avatar of the red-tailed hawk, a photo that I took of a nesting pair near my home. I know that you have difficulty grasping timelines but the fact is my avatar of the red tailed hawk was in place before that photo shop image of the American Indian on a tapir popped up on reddit. It takes some nerve to fabricate such a lie about me while calling me the liar.
The Book of Mormon teaches racism in 1 Nephi 13. It specifically states that god's spirit was with the Europeans and his wrath on the Indians. I am not talking about the references to skin color. It teaches that god blessed the Europeans with a new promised land, while causing the American Indians to be scattered and smitten. By putting god into the events, it makes the Europeans superior because god was on their side and the American Indian inferior because god's wrath was on them.
The UN Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples identifies that type of thing to be racist and morally condemnable.
"all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust"
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/doc ... IPS_en.pdfNow stop and think about this, bofmgeography. This isn't what you tried to make it out to be. What has actually happened in the past 500 years isn't what I am disputing. This is strictly about the Book of Mormon claim that god's spirit was with the Europeans and his wrath on the Indians. That is in fact a racist teaching and is scientifically false. The truth I am discussing here might be offensive to Mormons. So be it. It is not a personal attack on them as individuals, I am simply stating the facts about the Book of Mormon's teachings in 1 Nephi 13. If Mormons are offended by that it is not my problem. The Book of Mormon promotes a morally condemnable doctrine and Mormons should be offended by that, not by the facts that I am discussing.
I am not lying, you are the one with a demonstrated pattern of dishonesty. Speaking of lies, the Book of Mormon is a lie, written by a 19th century conman and incorporates 19th century racism and teachings that have no place in the 21st century.
That doesn't even slow you down though. You have stated that ancient white people in America created the civilization and they were destroyed by Indians. You even proposed that it was the Plains Indians who destroyed your fantasy white civilization. You are preaching racism and it isn't up to you to say that you aren't. Go ahead and make your excuses, they are as weak as your false claims of science. Your distortions of DNA science and false claims of a Caucasian DNA marker, all that you have said advocates white supremacy. The Mormon church has spent years now trying to tone things down and you are working against that, on your own.