Mormons and Blacks

Are Mormons total racists or what? Can black people even be members of the Mormon church? Why didn’t the Mormon church allow blacks to hold the priesthood until 1978?

26
Oct

What’s up with Brigham Young and all those racist statements he made?

By Joshua Steimle 1 Comment Categories: Mormons and Blacks

This post was created to answer questions posed by commenter MQ_2 on the comment thread for If Joseph Smith was a fraud where did the Book of Mormon come from? Since it was off-topic there, this new post has been created to facilitate the conversation. Here is the comment in its entirety:

“Turns out slavery was permitted by Brigham Young in Utah for about 10 years. Did you know that?”

Did you know that BY accepted a slave for tithing? Thats pretty crazy. If you win money in Vegas now the church doesn’t want your money for tithing. BY would take a slave…

16
Sep

Are Mormons Racist?

By Joshua Steimle 5 Comments Categories: Mormons and Blacks

Q: How bout that Brigham Young? He was quite a character. Ever read his stuff? Its a good read if you are into racism and polygamy.

A: Yes, Brigham Young did say a lot of interesting things, although much of what he said is often taken out of context (not just the context of his own remarks but also out of the context of his time), his opinions are often taken as church doctrine, and sometimes people attribute things to him that it’s doubtful he ever said In the LDS Church we don’t see our leaders as infallible, we see them as human…