Is it true that Mormons think that Native Americans are better than Whites and Whites are better than blacks?

Answer 1

Mormonism and "the *****":

Please consider the following small sample of official Mormon writings as proof of their prejudice, their inconsistency, their doctrinal waffling, their yielding to political pressure, and their failure to truly represent Christ on earth.

"At the time the devil was cast out of heaven, there were some spirits that did not know who had authority, whether God or the devil. They consequently did not take a very active part on either side, but rather thought the devil had been abused, and considered he had rather the best claim to the government. These spirits were not considered bad enough to be cast down to hell, and never have bodies; neither were they considered worthy of an honorable body on this earth." A speech by Elder Orson Hyde, delivered before the High Priests' Quorum,, in Nauvoo, April 27th, 1845, printed in Liverpool, page 30.
"The very fact that God would allow those spirits who were less worthy in the spirit world to partake of a mortal body at all is further evidence of his mercy." Mormonism and the *****, part I, pages 48-50.
"It is the Mormon belief that in our pre-mortal state there were a large number of individuals who, due to some act or behavior of their own in the pre-existence, forfeited the right to hold the Priesthood during their mortal lives...the ***** is thus denied the Priesthood because of his own behavior in the pre-existence." The Church and the *****, pages 42-43.
"As a result of his rebellion, Cain was cursed and told that "the earth" would not thereafter yield him its abundance as previously. In addition he became the first mortal to be cursed as a son of perdition...The Lord placed on Cain a mark of a dark skin, and he became the ancestor of the black race. (Moses 5; Gen. 4; Teachings, p. 169)." Mormon Doctrine by Bruce McConkie, page 109.
"Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so." Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 10, page 110.
The reader should be reminded that Brigham Young, the second prophet of the Mormon church said that whatever he preached was as good as scripture -- J. D. Vol. 13, page 95, 264.
"...the church went to court on several occasions to block Negroes from moving into the San Francisco neighborhood in which the headquarters was located." The Christian Century, Sept. 29, 1965, page 1184.
On Oct. 28, 1865, the Mormon Church paper Millennial Star printed an article which stated that "Mormonism is that kind of religion the entire divinity of which is invalidated, and its truth utterly rejected, the moment that any one of its leading principles I acknowledged to be false..."
The Mormon write John J. Stewart stated: "If we as members of the Church are going to pick and choose among the Prophet's teachings, and say ‘this one is of God, we can accept it, but this one is of man, we will reject that,' then we are undermining the whole structure of our faith..." Mormonism and the *****, page 19.
"The prophets have declared that there are at least two major stipulations that have to be met before the Negroes will be allowed to possess the Priesthood. The first requirement relates to time. The Negroes will not be allowed to hold the Priesthood during mortality, in fact, not until after the resurrection of all of Adam's children. The other stipulation requires that Abel's seed receive the first opportunity of having the priesthood....the last of Adam's children will not be resurrected until the end of the millennium. Therefore, the Negroes will not receive the Priesthood until after that time... this will not happen until after the thousand years of Christ's reign on earth." The Church and the *****, 1967, pages 45-48.
Albert B. Fritz, NAACP branch president, said at a civil rights meeting Friday night that his organization promised not to picket the 133rd Semi-Annual General Conference of the Church on Temple Square. He added, however, that the NAACP will picket Temple Square, next Saturday if the Church does not present an ‘acceptable' statement on civil rights before that day." Deseret News, Oct. 5, 1963.
"Some 3,000 students, led by the BSU, paraded peacefully on the school's campus in Seattle Monday over the issue of alleged racism at BYU." Deseret News, March 10, 1970.
"The demonstration was the latest in a series of protests against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) because the church bars Negroes from its priesthood." Deseret News, Jan. 10, 1970.
In June of 1978 the Mormon church officiated a ‘revelation' stating that blacks could then hold the priesthood.

Answer 2

Let me take a wild guess and say that you didn't get this information from a website that is friendly to Mormons. Some of it is right, some of it is slanted, some of it is false. First of all, God told Joseph Smith to join none of the churches, not to start his own church. He wasn't called to restore the Christian church until later. Along with the book of gold plates, there was also a Urim and Thumim deposited in the stone box. It was described as two diamond shaped crystal stones set into a wire frame. It wasn't miraculous per se. Joseph had a special gift. He was a seer. A seer can see things in certain stones. Few people realize it, but Peter is a nickname that Jesus gave Simon - it literally means seer stone. About 15 separate people claimed to have seen the Book of Mormon, 16 if you include Emma who felt it through a thin cloth. The translation of the first book - the book of Lehi - was lost or stolen. Joseph was counciled to continue on with the translation, and not retranslate that which was lost. It has never turned up.

Answer 3

Much like almost every Christian denomination racial prejudices were displayed in our Church during the 1800s.. Needless to say, a lot of anti-Mormon xians seem to think that their Church is spotless.. Far from it... They make our past look like a walk in the park.. I am not blaming their religion, it is just a fact. It is quite clearly evident that nearly 200 years ago people were racist.

We do not believe in racial superiority. All races are equal in the eyes of God and always have been..

We do **not** have official doctrine that states whites are better than blacks, nor do we have doctrine that states Native Americans are better than whites. What most antimormons rely on are a bunch of sermons performed in the 1800s, which needless to say are not part of our cannon. Furthermore, our prophets will lead us in a general direction but they are not perfect, nor have any prophets been perfect I don't know why they seem to think they were...

I hope this helps answer your question and also explain why racism existed in our past.. It is a shame that people will scream out racism and act hostile and discriminatory only torwards people who are not of their same religion, I find it not only hypocritical but lacking of character. They are not at all placing the teachings of Jesus in a good light..

God bless.

Answer 4

I don't understand where all of this comes from? Ask any and i mean ANY mormon if they think that they are better than anyone regardless of color or religion and every single last one will tell you no. we believe in loving everyone and that we are all Gods children. I am actually a caucasian mormon and of native american decent so that would be very contridictive if i hated myself or my ancestors! black, white, asian, mexican, muslim, whatever we are equal and there is no reason that we shouldn't be. if you have questions about mormons go to mormon.org or lds.org or contact the missionaries if you want to bounce questions off of them. and i also don't understand why those who do not practice mormon beliefs, know mormon beliefs, or judging by their answers have never even met a mormon are answering these questions. and to comment on ashleys comment about satan being black and taking the black angels to hell with him is absolutley ridiculous! it is a bunch of crap and couldn't be further from what we believe.

Answer 5

As former Mormon. In early doctrine of the church
that white race was superior. Brigham Young taught the blacks were less valiant in the preexistence in heaven.
But i have never heard the native American were better than the whites.

Answer 6

My husband is a Native American Mormon and he doesn't think he's better or worse than anybody else.

Answer 7

No according to the 3rd chapter of Alma in the book of Mormon Red People were considered the descendants of a sinful race that had fought the (allegedly) white lost tribes in North America. The Mormons used to teach white supremacy , not Red Power.

Answer 8

The Church of the Later Saints does not have an oficial position on such an immaginative topic. Maybe individual members may have.

Answer 9

Yes, they think that blacks are cursed. I don't know about the Native Americans. Another lie from Hell that Mormons call their "doctrine".

Answer 10

I know several Mormons, and as far as I can tell, Mormons belive that all people, regardless of race or color, are all children of God. And since God is no respector of persons, then Mormons probably believe that all people are good.