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|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? | |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? | ||
| + | |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=Joseph Fielding Smith: "We know of no scripture, ancient or modern, that declares that at the time of the rebellion in heaven that one-third of the hosts of heaven remained neutral" | ||
| + | |sublink3=Question: Was the idea that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven" ever official doctrine? | ||
| + | |sublink4=Question: Did Church leaders ever teach that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven?" | ||
| + | |sublink5=Question: Did the Church repudiate the idea of neutrality in the "war in heaven?" | ||
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Contents
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