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| | #REDIRECT [[The Lamanite curse]] |
| {{Resource Title|What exactly was the Lamanite curse?}}
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| {{:Question: What was the Lamanite curse?}}
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| {{:Question: What is the difference between the "curse" and the "mark" of the Lamanites?}}
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| ===Is the lifting of the curse associated with a change in skin color?===
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| The Lamanites are promised that if they return to Christ, that "the scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes:"
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| :And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them; wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their fathers.
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| :And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a delightsome people.{{s|2|Nephi|30|5-6}}
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| {{:Question: Did some Church leaders believe that the skin of the Lamanites would turn white?}}
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| ===Chapter headings modified in the 2006 Doubleday edition of the Book of Mormon===
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| This perspective is perhaps reinforced by some recent changes in the Book of Mormon's modern chapter headings.
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| These headings are '''not''' part of the translated text and were never present in the 1830 edition. The most significant expansion of chapter headings occurred in the 1981 edition of all of the Standard Works. Changes made in the chapter headings of the 2006 Doubleday edition reflect the view of the curse being a separation from the presence of the Lord, rather than a "skin of blackness." Note the following two changes to the chapter headings between the 1981 and 2006 (Doubleday) editions {{ea}}: <ref>[http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/no-more-skin-of-blackness-race-and-recent-changes-in-the-book-of-mormon/ No More “Skin of Blackness”?: Race and Recent Changes in the Book of Mormon]</ref>
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| !width="45%"|Chapter 1981 (Official LDS Church Edition)
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| |2 Nephi 5||Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are '''cursed, receive a skin of blackness''', and become a scourge unto the Nephites.||Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are '''cut off from the presence of the Lord, are cursed''', and become a scourge unto the Nephites.
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| |Mormon 5||The Lamanites '''shall be a dark, filthy, and loathsome people'''||Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites '''will be scattered, and the Spirit will cease to strive with them'''
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