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by Dalewyn
1270 days ago
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If you are going to accuse someone of certain acts, it is only proper to have evidence to support your claims. Otherwise, it is simply slander. The Mormons could indeed be or have engaged in disagreeable acts (I wouldn't know myself, nor do I care), but claiming so while skirting your own duty to be truthful is not okay. "Apparently" and "second hand" don't fly with accusations. |
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I wrote not from second hand knowledge. Nor, is it apparently apparent.
Here is one source: (1).
If it this is insufficient for you, for it seems you do not trust me as a source on the subject, here is a quote from the Book of Mormon:
"And he 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." (2 Nephi 5:21) (2)
I will not belabor the content of this quote, for it is, hopefully, now clearly racist.
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_people_and_Mor...
(2) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-...
[Addendum: I re-read the thread and it seems to me now you were answering to me who was answering to a bifurcation of the original comment. I agree the original commenter would ideally have substantiated his claims. So would have the answer, (to which I answered) which claimed that because they are Mormon then they should be spared of judgement or scrutiny. I disagree (but that is something else).
This whole thread could have been avoided if the term Mormon would have been omitted. Which, I believe would have been fine, since whether those communities were LDS or not, it would have been the same.]