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Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid
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I've never seen a non-white Mormon
Mormonism teaches that non-whites have no soul.
That is not correct.
Mormon doctrine teaches that non-white people were "less valiant" in the pre-mortal life, and that they didn't take a side in the war in heaven. (Yes, I'm serious about all of this.) As a result, they were born to bloodlines that had been cursed by god. E.g., the Lamanites (the native Americans) had dark skins because Laman and Lemuel had rebelled against the will of god, and that was how god punished them so everyone would know they were wicked just by looking. And, of course, since children are responsible for their parents' sins, the kids get dark skin too.
Prior to '78 or '79, non-white Mormons were permitted to be full-fledged members of the org. They could be baptized, but could not have the priesthood (which is kind of a Big Fucking Deal for Mormons). There was a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes, but in '78/9 there was a "revelation" that said non-white people should be allowed to have the priesthood and go to Mormon temples. But that legacy of racism has stuck around, and non-white people will still experience overt racism in rural parts of Utah and Arizona.
If this reads like a Scientologist's fever-dream about Christianity, you're not too far off.
Factually incorrect. For the real doctrine that Latter-day Saints believe regarding race, see here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/diversity-and-unity?lang=eng
Yeah, that's what their website says. Their website says a lot of shit that's false, because they're pretty big on revisionist history. I'm sure that they also say that Bruce McConkie's "Mormon Doctrine" series was never really doctrine too. I know that they say that a lot of things prophesied by Joe Smith Jr. and Brigham Young were them "speaking as men", despite Smith and Young explicitly saying that they were speaking for the lord.
I was raised Mormon. I was alive when the doctrine regarding non-white people and the priesthood was changed. I was a missionary. Unless you've done a really deep-dive on all the shit that the Morg has tried to stuff into a memory hole, I know more than you. Try listening to Mormon Discussions, Radio Free Mormon, and Mormon Stories; they cite their sources on everything. Look up Bryce Blankenagel.
There was that one black Mormon from the House tv show!
I see a lot of Latino Mormons here. Then they find out they can't have chocolate...
wait they can't have chocolate either? I know they can't have coffee and alcohol either lol
My understanding as a former Mormon is that chocolate is pretty vague. More devout people might avoid it in the same way all “hot drinks” are avoided.
But many, many Mormons don’t care.
The ones that follow that rule are avoiding the caffeine. If decaf chocolate existed, they could have chocolate. I end up talking to a lot of Mormons because they end up being more interested the religion that I follow badly, that they have never heard of before in their lives, than I ever will be in theirs after having read part of "Pearl of Great Price."
ETA: I attempt to follow my interpretation of the Baha'i writings. The beauty of it is that there's a lot there, but it mostly boils down to "would you guys stop being dicks to each other? Do I really have to write a rule for every single thing you fuckers can come up with‽‽"
That last bit is my own interpretation.
Eh they usually don't understand the rule themselves and don't look that deeply into it. I live by a ton of Mormons and they claim it's because of caffeine, yet they are pounding soda's non stop lol. They love that shit.