Postby Grant » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:21 am
The Mormon Bible?????
The Book of Mormon claims to be the story of a group of Israelites who left Judea during the reign of Hezekiah, traveled by boat through the Red Sea and across the Indian ocean and Pacific to land on the west coast of the Americas. There is no reference in it to blacks whatsoever.
Mormons use the same Bible other Christians use, usually in the King James version.
The Mormon interpretation of the Biblical story of the mark placed on Ham is that it was a dark skin, a curse placed to separate his children from all others. This interpretation was originally used to deny blacks access to the Mormon priesthood; it never did deny them membership in the church. In 1973 the then prophet of the church issued a new revelation, to the effect that thereafter all righteous men, regardless of race or color, would be eligible for the priesthood.
Mormons are not racists.