When do we marry Lamanites?

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_zzyzx
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When do we marry Lamanites?

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"Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of my holy priesthood, but ye shall know when ye receive a fulness by reason of the anointing: For it is my will, that in time, ye should take unto you wives of the Lamanites and Nephites, that their posterity may become white, delightsome and just, for even now their females are more virtuous than the gentiles."
- Revelation from the Prophet Joseph Smith, Missouri, 1831

The above is supposed to be from a revelation given through Joseph Smith. Is this really one he 'received' while getting direction for missionary stints for some of the brethren to go to the Lamanites and teach them the Gospel? If so, when did/do the brethren start marrying Lamanites? Or was this orders to take Lamanite women as plural wives? If so, why didn't the men of that time obey the revelation?
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IMHO, there was a division among them. Joseph Smith thought Native women were hot, others thought that such practices were akin to bestiality. He wasn't as racist as some others. Which doesn't say much.
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Re: When do we marry Lamanites?

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When?

Never.

Because they never existed.
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LOL :lol:
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Kevin Graham wrote:When?

Never.

Because they never existed.



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"Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of my holy priesthood, but ye shall know when ye receive a fulness by reason of the anointing: For it is my will, that in time, ye should take unto you wives of the Lamanites and Nephites, that their posterity may become white, delightsome and just, for even now their females are more virtuous than the gentiles."
- Revelation from the Prophet Joseph Smith, Missouri, 1831


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