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|sublink1=Gospel Topics: "Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor or curse, or that it reflects actions in a premortal life; that mixed-race marriages are a sin; or that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to anyone else" | |||
|sublink2=Gospel Topics: "Even after 1852, at least two black Mormons continued to hold the priesthood" | |||
|sublink3=Question: What are the "curse of Cain" and the "curse of Ham"? | |||
|sublink4=Question: When did a biblical curse become associated with the "Hamites?" | |||
|sublink5=Question: When did the "mark of Cain" become associated with black skin? | |||
|sublink6=Question: How did the "curse of Ham" or "curse of Cain" become associated with Mormonism? | |||
|sublink7=Question: Is interracial marriage prohibited or condemned within the Church? | |||
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Revision as of 05:08, 16 April 2017
Repudiated early Mormon teachings regarding race
Summary: There exist previously taught ideas which have been repudiated by Church leaders since the ban. Among these are the notion that Blacks were somehow not as "valiant" in the pre-existence, and that interracial marriage is forbidden.
Less valiant or neutral in the pre-existence during the "war in heaven"
Summary: It is true that LDS scripture states that those with lighter skin color "are favored because of what they did as spirits in a pre-earth life?" Is it true that some Church leaders taught that people who were born with dark skin were "neutral" in the pre-existence?The "curse of Cain" and "curse of Ham"
LDS scriptures that were cited in support of the ban