05-12-2007, 03:48 PM | #31 | |
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Your dictionary definition could be applied to any religious faith that believes it holds the only keys to attainment of the highest possible state in the hereafter.
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05-12-2007, 05:37 PM | #32 | |
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You're right, the definition could apply to any faith - even the LDS faith; however, it applies to you as well and you continue to deflect any question or comment that points to your bigotry towards religion and more specifically the LDS Church. Why? Are you so full of yourself that you can't admit faults or shortcomings? I like you Seattle and think you're a very intelligent person, but your rants against Mormonism are tiring. It should have occurred to you by now that you're not going to convince anyone to join you. Those of us that believe will continue to do so. You don't have to believe and that's ok - most of us are cool with it. Just allow those of us who are devout LDS to do so without any snide comments. Please.
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05-14-2007, 05:01 AM | #33 |
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I'm not losing a lot of sleep worrying about what SeattleUte thinks of me, but for the benefit of anyone else who might be reading this thread:
1. I am glad the priesthood ban is behind us. It was a grevious burden to be borne by the church and by blacks. It is so nice to no longer have to (actively) deal with that difficult question. 2. I made no defense of the ban, not once. I merely insisted that God cannot be factored out of the discussion. 3. I am under no false impression that my skin color makes me de facto superior to anyone else. I've had the opportunity to work with black folks professionally and serve with them in church callings, and frankly, I dislike referring to them as "black folks." I've never really thought of them that way. They are just, simply, my colleagues and my fellow servants. Lastly, let me say that myboynoah gave a wonderfully fair summary of my position on the matter in this thread. Thanks. http://cougarguard.com/forum/showpos...5&postcount=25 Last edited by Tex; 05-14-2007 at 05:17 AM. |
05-14-2007, 05:35 AM | #34 | |
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I submit that the real reason the ban arose and lasted as long as it did was a desire among those Mormon leaders who developed it and expounded it (admittedly, they were not great in number) to prevent interracial marriage by LDS members. This seems self-evident to me, but I realize that I have lived through some epochs of the LDS Church that are a distant memory to some here or occurred a while before some here were even born. As a lad I heard many times that there was nothing wrong with marrying a black (back then Mormons said "negro") except that if you were a girl your husband wouldn't be a priesthood holder and if you were a boy or a girl none of your sons or grandsons or great grandsons and on and on for eons would be priesthood holders. And then there was the doctrinal explanation to add a further chilling aspect....
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05-14-2007, 09:18 AM | #35 | |
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2nd paragraph, hmmmmmm. I think it more likely that the leadership bought into the whole lineage of Cain being cursed nonsense than some fear of interracial marriage. Else we would have seen similar limits against other races.
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