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*Is this true that there were some apostles that went against the question to give the priesthood to the Blacks? | *Is this true that there were some apostles that went against the question to give the priesthood to the Blacks? | ||
*Mark E Peterson....talks a lot about the blacks and the pre-existence and they are damned and so on because they were black. | *Mark E Peterson....talks a lot about the blacks and the pre-existence and they are damned and so on because they were black. | ||
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*'''Question: If David O. McKay was in favor of lifting the priesthood ban, why didn't he?<br>Answer: There is a period of studying it out in the mind prior to receiving revelation.''' | *'''Question: If David O. McKay was in favor of lifting the priesthood ban, why didn't he?<br>Answer: There is a period of studying it out in the mind prior to receiving revelation.''' | ||
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1: BoM translation—2: Polygamy and Polyandry—3: Polygamy forced?—4: Book of Abraham—5: "Lying for Lord"—6: Mark Hofmann—7: Blood atonement—8: First Vision—9: Sanitized history—10: "Not all truth is useful"—11: Angelic affidavits—12: Blacks and priesthood—13: Temple concerns—14: Evidence of Vikings—15: Adam-God—16: Kinderhook
David O. McKay blacks and the priesthood. The June 1978 revelation has a history to it like all revelations. You have this period of time in which saints are studying it out in the mind and they eventually flower as revelation.
- —Elder Turley's response to this question at the Sweden fireside.
It’s possible. I think it would be entirely consistent with the way things are done. Does that make sense?
- —Elder Turley's response to this question at the Sweden fireside.
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