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Has any apologist suggested that the racism in the Book of Mormon was simply prejudice from Mormon? Maybe the theory that God cursed them with dark skin was a Nephite tradition. Maybe the Lamanites liked to sun bathe, and the Nephites took their dark skin as a curse from god for being "wicked". Joseph Smith wasn't a racist. God wasn't a racist. Mormon, and his Nephite forefathers, were the racists.

You may have a point. We know the Lamanites preferred immodest loincloths over normal, righteous-person clothing. Loincloths would contribute to a better tan, and such a tan would therefor be a visible sign of unrighteousness. By Jove, I think you've done it!

Erroneously assumes racism had anything to do with it.

bcspace wrote:Erroneously assumes racism had anything to do with it.

Racism (n)

the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination.

I have thought that if the Book of Mormon were true, that would be the apologetic they should use. The Nephites were destroyed because of their racism. And Mormon, as the ultimate of Nephites, perpetuated that error.

And, the LDS church will fall in the same way as the Nephites, if they continue in those errors. The book says it.

MCB wrote:I have thought that if the Book of Mormon were true, that would be the apologetic they should use. The Nephites were destroyed because of their racism. And Mormon, as the ultimate of Nephites, perpetuated that error.

And, the LDS church will fall in the same way as the Nephites, if they continue in those errors. The book says it.

And the LDS Church did, and still does continue it.
The youth are taught not to marry interracialy.
The canon tells of dark skin being the mark of unrighteousness.
More than half of the Church population is Black yet not a single Black Apostle.