Posted by:
Wally Prince
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Date: January 16, 2019 02:09PM
when the "policy" change was first announced. Was it a revelation? Was it a policy change? Was it an administrative adjustment? Was it a brain fart? There was a lot of vague mumbling about what they wanted to call it.
But that did not last long. They have definitely been calling it a "revelation" for quite some time. I think the fudge-and-peanut butter period was just transitional to keep people from doing too much comparing and contrasting when it was still a hot topic. The subtext was: "Just be relieved that you don't have to wear this stinky albatross carcass of overt racism around your neck in public anymore. You now have permission to bury it in your backyard or behind the drywall."
But now that the fudgeroidal transition period is far in the past, they've settled into calling it a revelation without hesitation.
"The revelation came to Church President Spencer W. Kimball and was affirmed to other Church leaders in the Salt Lake Temple on June 1, 1978. The revelation removed all restrictions with regard to race that once applied to the priesthood."
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/od/2?lang=engAt the same time they continue to rewrite the past in classic Orwellian fashion by referring to the historical priesthood ban/discrimination as nothing more than a "historical practice". The twist is that they are saying that a "revelation" was needed to put the long-standing practice to bed. But the long-standing practice was apparently not based on revelation.
"Early in its history, Church leaders stopped conferring the priesthood on black males of African descent. Church records offer no clear insights into the origins of this practice."
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/od/2?lang=engThe modern Mormon attitude toward Brigham Young is like super-concentrated cognitive dissonance that can be taken in one powerful dose: "Brigham Young was a very great prophet of God and that's why we must ignore most everything he said and preached in his capacity as a great prophet."