Quasimodo wrote:I don't think you can really defend the attitude towards and treatment of blacks before that in the church. Brigham Young's statements about blacks (you know them) tainted the Church's view for over a hundred years. I'm just puzzled why any black person would have considered membership in a church that held them as "less than valiant".
Brigham Young actually said a lot of positive things about blacks, but anti's like you aren't interested in the actual truth of things. Further, most of the negative quotes are taken out of context, thus made to appear like he's saying something bad about them, when he's not, such as the "black, uncoof" statement. He wasn't calling them that, he was stating a fact of society that that is how they appeared/seemed.
As I understand it, the Church still considers them as "less than valiant" but God has changed his mind and has given them a pass to priesthood. If I were black, I would find that offensive.
You don't understand anything..... The "less valiant" idea was NEVER an aspect given by the Church itself as part and reasoning for the ban. It was only an idea promoted by a couple of people in history as a possible reason, per Book of Abraham statement related to pre-mortality and man, who we were before, etc. compared to now.
Further, I actually know this isn't an idea believed or promoted by most in the Church, but especially the Church ITSELF given that I've attended some 20 different Wards of the Church in the last 20 years alone.
Anti-mormon fantasy's of Mormonism is not Mormonism.