Posted by:
Wally Prince
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Date: March 23, 2019 02:19AM
Mark E. Peterson, speaking at at Brigham Young University in 1954:
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"We cannot escape the conclusion that because
of performance in our pre-existence some of us
are born as Chinese, some as Japanese, some as
Indians, some as Negroes, some Americans, some
as Latter-day Saints. These are rewards and
punishments… Is it not reasonable to believe that
less worthy spirits would come through less
favored lineage?...
“Think of the Negro, cursed as to the
Priesthood… This Negro, who, in the preexistence
lived the type of life which justified the Lord in
sending him to the earth in the lineage of Cain
with a black skin…. In spite of all he did in the
pre-existent life, the Lord is willing, if the Negro
accepts the gospel… he can and will enter the
celestial kingdom. He will go there as a servant,
but he will get celestial glory.*
* "Race Problems As They Affect The Church--by Elder Mark
E. Petersen August 27th 1954."
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Oh Lord hear the words of an LDS Prophet's mouth:
"When all the other children of Adam have had the privilege of receiving the Priesthood, and of coming into the kingdom of God, and of being redeemed from the four quarters of the earth, and have received their resurrection from the dead, then it will be time enough to remove the curse from Cain and his posterity. He deprived his brother of the privilege of pursuing his journey through life, and of extending his kingdom by multiplying upon the earth; and because he did this, he is the last to share the joys of the kingdom of God (Journal of Discourses, vol. 2, p. 143; photo below p. 26)."
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In 1859, at the October Conference of the LDS Church, Brigham Young declared:
Cain slew his brother . . . and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin. . . . How long is that race to endure the dreadful curse that is upon them? That curse will remain upon them, and they never can hold the Priesthood or share in it until all the other descendants of Adam have received the promises and enjoyed the blessings of the Priesthood and the keys thereof. Until the last ones of the residue of Adam's children are brought up to that favourable position, the children of Cain cannot receive the first ordinances of the Priesthood. They were the first that were cursed, and they will be the last from whom the curse will be removed (Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, pp. 290-291; photo below p. 27).
See:
http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/curseofcain_part2.htm+++++++++++++++++
Summary: The way I look at it, today's Mormons and Mormon leaders can put any spin on things they want. They can obfuscate. They can rip off old labels and stick on new labels. They can engage in semantics/word games.
But at the end of the day, one of their core claims is that their Prophet (top leader guy) will never lead the church astray. Another core claim is that the Prophet and Apostles are inspired men whose PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY is to teach truth and correct doctrine. Any widespread belief that actually rises to the level of enforced policy of the church and remains in place for decades, if not generations, logically has to be seen as either: (1) DOCTRINE (based on the fact that it was implemented day to day, year after year, decade after decade, right under the noses of the Prophets and Apostles, as well as with their full endorsement; or (2) PROOF that the Prophets and Apostles are not what they have claimed to be and that they indeed CAN LEAD THE CHURCH ASTRAY and that they ARE NOT INSPIRED and that they have failed in their primary responsibility of teaching truth and correct doctrine. Logically, they can't be wrong and they cannot endorse wrong beliefs for over 100 years and still be seen as men who need to be revered and respected as the most reliable sources of truth and correct doctrine revealed by God.