Mormonism and the Negro, p. 20 “We believe that God is our Creator, that He is an all-wise God, that He is concerned about the eternal welfare of all His Children, one as well as another. We believe that He is all-powerful, and controls in the destiny of mankind and all that pertains to it. We further believe in the concept of eternal progress: that as man is God once was, and as God is, man may become. (May become, not necessarily will become, for that would not make allowance for free agency. We may become like God, or we may become like Satan, or we may become something in between these two extremes.).” — John J. Stewart (more…)
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LDS: We Become Like God, Satan, or Something in Between
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged false teacher, John J Stewart, Mormonism and the Negro on 11/17/2020| 1 Comment »
LDS: Bible Shows ‘Racial Streams’, aka, Racism
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Mormon racist doctrines, The Church and the Negroid People, William E. Berrett on 11/15/2020| 9 Comments »
The Church and the Negroid People, pp. 1-3 “The problem of the races is not new. The various races have been with us since written history began. … What the mark was that came upon Cain and which enabled others to distinguish him from the other children of Adam is not made clear.
The Bible does not mention if or how the curse and mark placed upon Cain survived the great flood. In the account of Noah and his sons there is a curse referred to as being placed on Canaan, son of Ham by his grandfather Noah. …
The Biblical account indicates a separation of the descendants of Canaan from the lands occupied by the descendants of Shem and Japheth.
The Biblical writers make little attempt to record the history of other than Israelite peoples and distinguish these as descendants of Shem. These we find very conscious of racial streams.
Thus, Abraham sends for a woman from among his own people at Haran as wife for his son Isaac. And Isaac’s son finds a wife in the same land. The Jews returning from Babylon after the captivity reestablished Jerusalem but purged out all who could not trace their genealogy to Israel. …” — William E. Berrett, Vice President of BYU [emp. added] (more…)
All Tribes Will be in Heaven
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged false prophet, racist doctrines of Mormonism, send negroes to Mexico, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith 334 on 08/22/2020| Leave a Comment »
August 22 — All Tribes Will be in Heaven. Revelation 7:9 “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” (more…)
LDS Lies: ‘Negroes Markedly Inferior’
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged BH Roberts, blacks are inferior, Seventy's Course in Theology, Stephen L. Richards, Where is Wisdom on 02/16/2020| 3 Comments »
Seventy’s Course in Theology [Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1907-1912], 1:166 “…some may deny that the mongrelization of the Southern people would offend the race notion—would corrupt or degrade the Southern stock of humanity. If so, then such a one has yet to learn the largest-writ lessons of history and the most impressive doctrines of biological science.
That the negro is markedly inferior to the Caucasian is proved both craniologically and by six thousand years of planet-wide experimentation; and that the commingling of inferior with superior must lower the higher is just as certain as that the half-sum of two and six is only four.” — B. H. Roberts (more…)
Racial Curse Now Just a Theory
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged 2020 Come Follow Me Manual, Book of Mormon, False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, LDS Church turns back on Joseph Smith's teachings on 01/27/2020| 2 Comments »
Today we’re asking the question; Is the Church denouncing their beloved prophet?
“I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth…” —November 28, 1841
Keep Smith’s words in mind as you read through the following info…
A report in the Salt Lake Trib last week is an example of how the Church tries to retro-engineer its own history. It also showed the endless egregious lies the Mormon Church encumbers itself with time and again.
The article referred to the Church’s latest problem as a ‘blunder’, with the ‘potential of setting back’ any progress made on the race issue. We’re not sure why anyone would think they’ve made progress, taking into account racist dogma is still couched in numerous places throughout their canon. (more…)
Privileged White Mormons
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged discontinued covenants, false doctrines of Mormonism, John D. Lee, Mormon racism, Thelma Granny Geer on 03/01/2019| Leave a Comment »
Originally Posted in 2013
Mormonism, Mama & Me, 1986, pp 24‑25 “As a white Mormon, I proudly accepted the teaching that my fair skin and Mormon parentage signified that I had been one of God’s most intelligent and obedient born‑in‑heaven spirit children…. As a reward for my superior attributes and attitudes, I had been singled out, trained, and qualified to be born a white Latter‑day Saint, deserving of emulation, adulation, and eventual deification. All dark‑skinned people, even darker‑complexioned Caucasians… had been inferior spirits in heaven.” – Thelma “Granny” Geer
Black Woman Will Be White In Heaven
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, Racist Remarks by Leaders in the Church, tagged bible, black woman turns white in heaven for being righteous Mormon, Christianity Psalm 139:14, racism in Mormonism, Wilford Woodruff His Life and Labors on 02/12/2019| 11 Comments »
Wilford Woodruff, His Life and Labors, p 587; “There is one peculiar characteristic noticeable in the journal of Wilford Woodruff, it is that hopeful, joyful spirit that dwells with ever increasing satisfaction upon the things that are good and uplifting…He said in his journal of October, that year, that “Aunt Jane,” the colored sister, had been to see him. She was anxious to go through the Temple and receive the higher ordinances of the gospel.
President Woodruff blessed her for her constant, never changing devotion to the gospel, but explained to her her disadvantages as one of the descendants of Cain. In after years when President Joseph F. Smith preached the funeral sermon of this same faithful woman he declared that she would in the resurrection attain the longings of her soul and become a white and beautiful person.” – 1909
LDS Racism: Communists Formatted Civil Rights
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged blacks in Mormon Church, Civil Rights, communism, Ezra Taft Benson, false doctrines of Mormonism, racism on 12/17/2018| Leave a Comment »
TodayinMormonHistory.com “55 years ago today – Dec 14, 1963 “LOGAN, UTAH–Former Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson charged Friday night that the civil-rights movement in the South had been ‘formatted almost entirely by the Communists.’ Elder Benson, a member of the Council of the Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said in a public meeting here that the whole civil-rights movement was ‘phony’.***”” — Deseret News, Dec. 14, 1963 (more…)
Mormon Missionaries Trained to Hide Racism
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Alvin Dyer, false apostle, Oslo Noway, racism on 09/29/2018| 2 Comments »
Philippians 4:8”Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
President Alvin R. Dyer of the First Presidency
18 March 1962 Mission Conference Olso, Norway
“…I want to talk to you a little bit now about something that is not missionary work, and what I say is not to be given to our investigators by any matter of means. …
Why is it that you were born today instead of 2,000 years ago? …Why is it that you are white and not colored? Have you ever asked yourselves that question? Who had anything to do with your being born into the Church and not born a Chinese or a Hindu or a Negro?
Is God such an unjust person that He would make you white and free and make a Negro cursed under the cursing of Cain that he could not hold the Priesthood of God? Who do you think decided and what is the reason behind it? …
I want to talk to you just briefly about this, not with any information that you would convey to your investigators, but that you, yourselves, may have a better understanding of what we are doing in the mission field today, and why it is that we come to you with encouragement to work with all your strength to get people into the Church…” (more…)
LDS: Indians Turning White and Delightsome
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Conference Report October 1960, Indians turning white and delightsome, Spencer W. Kimball on 09/23/2018| Leave a Comment »
Conference Report, October 1960, Afternoon Meeting 34 “At last the Indians are suitable. … The day of the Lamanites is nigh. For years they have been growing delightsome, and they are now becoming white and delightsome, as they were promised. In this picture of the twenty Lamanite missionaries, fifteen of the twenty were as light as AngIos; five were darker but equally delightsome. The children in the home placement program in Utah are often lighter than their brothers and sisters in the hogans on the reservation.” – Spencer W. Kimball (more…)
IS NAACP IGNORING RACISM TO WORK WITH LDS?
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Book of Mormon, LDS racist canon, NAACP, Remove the Racist Statements from the Book of Mormon on 07/25/2018| 5 Comments »
Acts 17:26 “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth…”
Today we’re looking at two events I pray will collide and in doing so, change what we know as Mormonism. Let me explain…
Last week the LDS Church announced they’re making plans to work with the NAACP . You could’ve knocked me over with a feather when I read that one! They have big plans to help achieve education and job goals as they work alongside their new found friends. For more info, see LDS Church and NAACP announce plans for education and employment initiatives.
The second event was also launched last week, this time by my good friends, Lee and Kathy Baker. They’ve set up a campaign for people to sign their petition, Remove the Racist Statements from the Book of Mormon. (more…)
LDS 40th Anniversary Shows No Change in Racist Doctrines
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Official Declaration 2, racist teachings in Mormonism on 05/18/2018| 1 Comment »
Acts 17:26 “ And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation”.
Doctrine and Covenants Official Declaration—2; “…As we have witnessed the expansion of the work of the Lord over the earth, we have been grateful that people of many nations have responded to the message of the restored gospel, and have joined the Church in ever-increasing numbers. This, in turn, has inspired us with a desire to extend to every worthy member of the Church all of the privileges and blessings which the gospel affords.” (more…)
Joe Smith’s Hatred for His Brother is Evident in Book of Mormon
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged 2 Nephi 5:21-23, 3 Nephi 2:14-15, joseph smith, Racism in Book of Mormon on 03/06/2018| Leave a Comment »
2 Nephi 5:21-23; “And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them. 22 And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities. 23 And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And the Lord spake it, and it was done.”
3 Nephi 2:14-15; “And those Lamanites who had united with the Nephites were numbered among the Nephites; And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites…”
10th LDS Prophet’s Lies and Denial of Racist Teachings
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Joseph Fielding Smith, Negroes an Inferior Race, Way to Perfection on 02/20/2018| Leave a Comment »
‘Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip.’ Proverbs 4:24
The Way to Perfection, pp. 101-102; “Not only was Cain called upon to suffer, but because of his wickedness he became the father of an inferior race. A curse was placed upon him and that curse has been continued through his lineage and must do so while time endures.” – Joseph Fielding Smith, 1949
Answers to Gospel Questions, Vol. 4, p. 169; “The Latter-day Saints, so commonly called ‘Mormons,’ have no animosity towards the Negro. Neither have they described him as belonging to an ‘inferior race.’” – Joseph Fielding Smith, 1963
Mormon Doctrines: Judgment of God, or Man?
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Arthur Richardson, Negroes tread this earth with black skin, racist comments by Mormon leaders on 01/10/2018| 6 Comments »
That Ye May Not Be Deceived, pp. 9-10, 13; “…Also, the gospel was not carried to this segregated black group… the Negroes tread the earth with black dishonorable bodies as a judgment of God because at the time of decision in the pre-existence they were faint-hearted and exhibited an infirmity of purpose – they were not valiant in the cause of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, they were entitled to no better earthly lineage than that of the first early murderer, Cain. They were to be the ‘servant of servants.’ They were to be segregated. No effort was made to carry the gospel to them as a people. …
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has no call to carry the Gospel to the Negro, and it does not do so.” – Elder Arthur M. Richardson, 1955
Apostle Stapley’s Letter Protesting Civil Rights for Blacks
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Delbert Stapley, George Romney, racist letter on 11/19/2017| 2 Comments »
Acts 17:26; “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”
About a month after I was born, LDS apostle Delbert Stapley, wrote a letter to then Michigan Governor, George W. Romney. The letter was written to remind Romney of the Church’s views regarding all non-white people. You can read the letter in its entirety at Archives.com, or on our site at Racist Remarks by Leaders of the Church.
As you’ll see, Mr. Stapley’s candor was quite shocking, as he didn’t mince any words about personal feelings, and reminded Romney of how Joe Smith didn’t think too highly of blacks either. Smith telling Congress they should round up all ‘negroes’ and ‘send them back from whence they came’, is totally outrageous, uncalled for, and unacceptable.
Mormon Church Ignores God’s Directives and Heeds Joe Smith’s Racism
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged Doctrine and Covenants, Joseph Smith's false prophecies, racist teaching of Mormonism on 10/23/2017| Leave a Comment »
Acts 17:26 “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation”.
Take the Gospel to All Men and Nations
Doctrine and Covenants 42:58; “And I give unto you a commandment that then ye shall teach them unto all men; for they shall be taught unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people.” – Revelation given to Joseph Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, February 9 and 23, 1831.
Freeing Slaves Endangers Female Chastity
Messenger and Advocate, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp 289, 300, April 1836; “I am aware, that many who profess to preach the gospel, complain against their brethren of the same faith, who reside in the south, and are ready to withdraw the hand of fellowship because they will not renounce the principle of slavery and raise their voice against every thing of the kind. This must be a tender point, and one which should call forth the candid reflection of all men, and especially before they advance in an opposition calculated to lay waste the fair States of the South, and set loose, upon the world a community of people who might peradventure, overrun our country and violate the most sacred principles of human society, – chastity and virtue.” – Joseph Smith
Contradictions in Racist Mormon Revelation: 2 Prophets, 2 Lies on Blacks in Priesthood
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged David O. McKay, False Mormon prophets, Joseph Fielding Smith, racism in Mormon Church on 07/11/2017| Leave a Comment »
“Although, I do not care much for a negro, still I have a warm spot in my heart for those beautiful singers.”
“There is not now, and there never has been a doctrine in this church that the negroes are under a divine curse. There is no doctrine in the church of any kind pertaining to the negro. We believe that we have a scriptural precedent for withholding the priesthood from the negro. It is a practice, not a doctrine, and the practice someday will be changed. And that’s all there is to it.” – Sterling M. McMurrin affidavit, March 6, 1979. See David O. McKay and The Rise of Modern Mormonism by Greg Prince and William Robert Wright.
See also NY Times Report on January 18, 1970.
LDS Leaders’ Excuse for Racist Behavior
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, Racist Remarks by Leaders in the Church, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, First Presidency Letter, God is no respector of people on 05/06/2017| Leave a Comment »
Today in Mormon History; “105 years ago – May 1, 1912: [First Presidency]
Dear Brother: Your correspondence with Brother J. Wesley Harmon, a colored member of the Church was duly received … he does not seem to fully comprehend, and which could not be properly taken up without some care and consideration for him and the race to which he belongs. He makes a fundamental error in conceiving the idea that because it is stated in scripture that ‘God is no respector of persons,’ the Almighty must of necessity grant to every person living the same rights, powers, authorities and keys of ministration and dominion….[Source: First Presidency, Letter to Ben E. Rich, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]”
New LDS Leadership Reveals Old Mormon Ways, Racism Included
Posted in Racism in the Mormon Church, tagged false prophets, LDS Church Presidency Announcement, racist comments by Mormon leaders, Russell M Nelson on 01/21/2018| 6 Comments »
There were a handful of issues people brought up, and having reporters on the scene gave the impression their new prophet, Russell M. Nelson, would acquiesce, and answer their concerns. Alas, true to Mormon style that assumption proved wrong. The fallout didn’t take long to kick in from around the media tables.
While there were many legitimate issues people wanted addressed, we’re only looking at a couple of things, with an emphasis on their chronically terminal racist problem they instigate, and turn a blind eye to.
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