Siteadmin, Check users, nsTeam1RO, nsTeam1RW, nsTeam1_talkRO, nsTeam1_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
30,650
edits
Changes
Talk:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (view source)
Revision as of 21:30, December 8, 2008
, 21:30, December 8, 2008by the way . . .
:I would hesitate to do this, if it would backfire editorially. That is, if people would pounce on the 'link' and misuse it to claim a closer relationship than what was really there. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 16:21, 8 December 2008 (EST)
:I would hesitate to do this, if it would backfire editorially. That is, if people would pounce on the 'link' and misuse it to claim a closer relationship than what was really there. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 16:21, 8 December 2008 (EST)
::I agree with Mr. Poor. Adding links to splinter groups sounds like it could become a ''sub silento'' way of tying Mormons to extremists who share nothing with the real church.-[[User:AlexanderM|AlexanderM]] 16:25, 8 December 2008 (EST)
::I agree with Mr. Poor. Adding links to splinter groups sounds like it could become a ''sub silento'' way of tying Mormons to extremists who share nothing with the real church.-[[User:AlexanderM|AlexanderM]] 16:25, 8 December 2008 (EST)
==Negroes==
In my own church, I have encountered racists. (Don't worry, they won't punish me for revealing this! ;-) Many unenlightened Asian members openly despise blacks. Our church is only 54 years old, and it takes time for bad attitudes to change. Would that "being saved" would eradicate our [[fallen nature]] in an instant. (It seems not to have that effect in [[Colonial America]], and even the [[US Civil War]] did not eradicate the lingering traces.)
Anyway, the idea that Negroes are under the "[[curse of Ham]]" has been peddled to me more than once by Japanese churchwomen, and quoting to them from our Founder's sermons seems to have had little effect on their desire to cling to this notion. Does this mean the [[Unification Church]] is racist? No. It means that the church is a hospital for sinners. You don't have to be "healthy" to join. Giving up sin takes time. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 16:30, 8 December 2008 (EST)