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If the Book of Mormon and Book of Abraham are truly restored gospel from God and not 19th century fiction, why do they expand on the blatant racism that would be a product of the time these books were unveiled that if you are not white, you are cursed? My personal viewpoint is that Jesus already has defined who are Christians and how we can tell.
Again, if the LDS church has a direct line to God as they promise, how were they so wrong about their treatment of black people?
Nor has the Church been quite the same.
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Our valiant apologists will go on defending the faith with scholarly evidence, to keep up our connection with the academic establishment. So Brother Kimball worried about it, and he prayed a lot about it. There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. I believe the essence of Jesus is love, compassion and mercy. Not delving into that. The essay offers hope that resol Of the many essays of "faithful" Mormon historian Richard Bushman collected here, two favorites were "Learning to Believe" and "My Belief," the latter being a frank and personal autobiography of belief and doubt. It's likely that the Church doesn't want its every day members exposed to these issues, at least in depth, if they aren't already aware of the problems. It's clear from the Swedish Rescue that the LDS members want official answers not apologetic opinions. It also extended the blessings of the temple to all worthy Latter-day Saints, men and women. VI, ch.And until the curse is removed by Him who placed it upon them, they must suffer under its consequences; I am not authorized to remove it. Other church historians and Seventies may also work on them. The church taught for over years that white people were more esteemed by God, and the quotes below will speak for themselves.
Tom Phillips has learned that the essays are being drafted by co-author to the book, Rough Stone Rolling Jed Woodworth. At least this is the traditional Christian interpretation of this passage.
Lines of evidence include but are not limited to linguisitic factors, distributions of blood types and archeological remains.
I have made every attempt to be honest. We have to trust young people to find belief just as their teachers have done. Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
XIII, pp. One of the biggest doctrinal differences between the LDS Church and other Christian churches is that they are led by a prophet that quite literally speaks for the Lord.