RoryN
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He can answer however he likes; I'd just like to hear one.
And let's nip some objections in the bud right from the start:
A: This is not the Bible. This was first published in 1830, and is practiced as gospel to this day by true Mormons. So, the "Bible says crazy shit, too" argument is null and void.
B: The LDS church did a publicity campaign to atone for what's below in this post. That doesn't mean they reject it internally.
C: "Man, before I make him Commander in Chief, I want some reassurances that he, y'know, doesn't actually believe this garbage." Too much to ask?
...and now you may either engage in critical thinking, or spill your tears about religious prosecution without having a clue as to what you're talking about.
And let's nip some objections in the bud right from the start:
A: This is not the Bible. This was first published in 1830, and is practiced as gospel to this day by true Mormons. So, the "Bible says crazy shit, too" argument is null and void.
B: The LDS church did a publicity campaign to atone for what's below in this post. That doesn't mean they reject it internally.
C: "Man, before I make him Commander in Chief, I want some reassurances that he, y'know, doesn't actually believe this garbage." Too much to ask?
2 Nephi 5:21
"And the Lord 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."
Alma 3: 6
"And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, who consisted of Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph, and Sam, who were just and holy men."
3 Nephi 2:14-15
" And it came to pass that 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."
Moses 7:22
" And Enoch also beheld the residue of the people which were the sons of Adam; and they were a mixture of all the seed of Adam save it was the seed of Cain, for the seed of Cain were black, and had not place among them."
Abraham 1:21-24,27
"Now this king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites by birth. From this descent sprang all the Egyptians, and thus the blood of the Canaanites was preserved in the land."
"The land of Egypt being first discovered by a woman, who was the daughter of Ham, and the daughter of Egyptus, which in the Chaldean signifies Egypt, which signifies that which is forbidden; When this woman discovered the land it was under water, who afterward settled her sons in it; and thus, from Ham, sprang that race which preserved the curse in the land."
"Now, Pharaoh being of that lineage by which he could not have the right of Priesthood, notwithstanding the Pharaohs would fain claim it from Noah, through Ham, therefore my father was led away by their idolatry"
Source: Book of Mormon
...and now you may either engage in critical thinking, or spill your tears about religious prosecution without having a clue as to what you're talking about.