Mormons to mark 30th anniversary of revelation on blacks

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among you soon wrote:

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Kinda makes ya want to start your very own "compound", complete with several serving wives and lots of kids to do your bidding. Huge houses, with large farms and lots of grounds for raising horses and livestock--Sounds like a financial wonderland to me. I wonder when the women will catch on and start their very own "compounds", complete with several serving guys and lots of kids to do their bidding? No wonder so many are turning to this lifestyle. Could save on food, gas, electricity. insurance, medical and housing. Makes a lot of economic sense to me. I wonder where a person can find a couple of thousand arces for sale on the cheap?

Missouri Man wrote:

I would hope with all that has happened in the month or so. That we all could agree that we do not condone child abuse, nor adult abuse? When it gets down to nitty gitty, this is what we all are concerned about! I hate people who abuse children, an older adults! But by wedding a younger child (under 18) is wrong also in my book!
They are saying now they will not condone underage marriages. Well duhhhhhh!! Thats is wrong! The main difference between Main stream christians and the lds, is that we do not belive the lsd is followers of Jesus Christ. I think that follow the book of mormon, and not the Bible? Everytime something comes up , lds quotes the bom. The lines between the lsd and main stream people will allways be there. Im sure Hannah and James are fine people. We just dont belive in the same pratices that we honor our god!
One thing we can all be thankfull for is our rights to pratice our own here. Offbeats like the flds are using relgious freedoms to condone the ways they act and behave! Even here you do not have to belive in god. Its your choice. I prefer to think that there is a god. My choice! TY Donnie

Tex wrote:

Are you counting pets, plants, cars, etc? I read that even an Osmond lied, so what is this world coming to? This whole FLDS thing has been a huge eye opener.
I noticed the missionaries are laying low these days in Texas.
My deal with HR is that she holds herself out as an expert or knowledgeable about what is going on in Texas and she is nowhere near here. She also takes issue with people in Texas taking more of an interest that somewhere wherever she is in her FIFTH WHEEL.
It's nothing personal. It's just that people who claim to want LDS and FLDS to have rights try toi take rights from others. It's very ironic
It's also not right that the LDS take issue with the FLDS when they actually follow all of the Mormon Principle whereas LDS pick and choose.
So, who is more faithful and true to their religion?
Like I said, I'm doing several things at once, so pick this apart if you wish.

James Winter wrote:

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sorry ...lack of time and interest.

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Missouri Man wrote:

I would hope with all that has happened in the month or so. That we all could agree that we do not condone child abuse, nor adult abuse? When it gets down to nitty gitty, this is what we all are concerned about! I hate people who abuse children, an older adults! But by wedding a younger child (under 18) is wrong also in my book!
They are saying now they will not condone underage marriages. Well duhhhhhh!! Thats is wrong! The main difference between Main stream christians and the lds, is that we do not belive the lsd is followers of Jesus Christ. I think that follow the book of mormon, and not the Bible? Everytime something comes up , lds quotes the bom. The lines between the lsd and main stream people will allways be there. Im sure Hannah and James are fine people. We just dont belive in the same pratices that we honor our god!
One thing we can all be thankfull for is our rights to pratice our own here. Offbeats like the flds are using relgious freedoms to condone the ways they act and behave! Even here you do not have to belive in god. Its your choice. I prefer to think that there is a god. My choice! TY Donnie

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James Winter wrote:

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As long as we have the Curse of Cain and it is NOT repudiated, it can also NOT be perfect.
The Church did not (and will not) disavow the Curse of Cain, they simply allowed Blacks to have the Priesthood..but they do NOT feel that it was wrong to do what had been done.

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LArry wrote:

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Thhe doctrine can still be correct about those off African decent being the last to get the priesthood even if Brigham misunderstood thhe reason why

MrZip wrote:

God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Except for priesthood. oh, and polygamy. oh hehe, and when he puts his gospel on the earth, and to who and where.
er, wait...

Hannah Rebekah wrote:

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I find that new revelation that strengthens the gospel should be looked at as a positive, progressive component to the gospel and not that the gospel should be a static unyielding one. I believe the Savior was progressive for his time and would be the same today. Times and people change and I expect that the gospel would adapt to the needs of each generation. In the Bible there are statements about the earth being flat yet we now know differently now and have progressed as further light and knowledge has been given. I suspect the future will bring more light and knowledge that new revelations will be forth coming and expected should not criticized. I guess it's hard for some to change or for some to see that change is not a declaration that proves a wrong in the first place.

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Hannah Rebekah wrote:

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Missouri Man,
Good post...I do agree with you on most things...no one in their right mind condones child abuse. And personally I think the FLDS have brought a lot of their problems on themselves by their choices. Marrying underage girls is wrong. But the way Texas did what they did was also wrong. Taking away basic American rights. The FLDS are still American citizens and deserve due process just like we do. If they have broke the laws then throw the book at them just like they did to Jeffs. But do it right so that the convictions stick.
There are huge difference between the FLDS and the LDS. Just like the Protestants are different from the Catholics. LDS for the most part don't let their youth date until they are 16 and even then council them to not go steady but to date in groups for fun. Then at the appropriate age when they can handle having a family is the time to date more seriously.
And your knowledge of the LDS is lacking but I guess you are just going by what you have been told about us instead of getting your information from us. That is a kin to asking the Pharisees or Juda what Christ taught. We do believe in the Bible but we don't believe in a closed cannon. Now where in the Bible does it say there can not be anymore scriptures. Everyone likes to hang their hat on the verse in Revelations but what they don't know is that verse only pertains to Revelations. Revelations was not the last book written by John but when the Bible books were gathered together 350 AD to be published as the Bible they put Revelations last because it was an apocrypha type of book unlike the gospels that were put at the beginning or the epistles or letters that were next. I think if you would give the LDS a benefit of a doubt and get your information about us from us you would find that we use the Bible as much as the Book of Mormon as the scriptures are all integrated and testify of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Heck, there is even a Baptist Minister who uses the Book of Mormon to preach from as well as the Bible.
http://www.centerplace.org/library/bofm/bapti...
The Baptist Version
of The Book of Mormon
Protestant Doctrines
within the Book of Mormon
by Lynn Ridenhour,
Southern Baptist Minister

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Nicki wrote:

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You never miss an opportunity to put your boot in Texas's rear, so
you are the reason I will probably always from this point on have disdain
for the Mormons, the Missionaries, the whole kit and caboodle whereas before I never gave it too much thought. I was courteous to missionaries
because I was taught to respect the rights of other people to believe whatever works for them.
Hannah Rebekah along with a few of her cheerleaders have made me see the light about what Mormons are really about. Thanks for making me see the light.