These passages are talking about American Indians:
"And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall dwindle in unbelief.
"And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations."
(I Nephi 12:22-23)
"And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly beautiful, like unto my people before they were slain."
(I Nephi 13:15)
This chapter is an interesting one. The racism is pretty obvious. Unbelievers grow dark even if they used to be white, and those filled with the Holy Spirit become white and beautiful.
Do you think that Mormons don't care about this any more than they do the obvious fraudulent claims of steel weapons during a period when such things didn't exist?
2007-01-31
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