Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 10

Chapter 9

A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner

Chapter 11

Claims made in Chapter 10: Changing the Anti-Black Doctrine

Page	Claim	Response	Author's sources
291-293	It was taught that the denial of priesthoods to blacks was due to some behavior in the pre-existence.	Pre-existence and the ban? This idea has been repudiated.	Alma 3:6 Race Problems—As They Affect The Church, Address by Mark E. Petersen at the Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College Level, delivered at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, August 27, 1954"
294	Blacks were said to be the descendants of Cain.	The authors fail to note the the so-called "Curse of Ham" was a Protestant invention used to justify the practice of slavery. Blacks and the priesthood/Origin of the priesthood ban Blacks and the priesthood/The "curse of Cain" and "curse of Ham"	History of the Church 4:501 Mormon Doctrine, 1958. p.102 Journal of Discourses 7:290 Mormon Doctrine, 1958, p.477 Journal of Discourses 22:304
296	Brigham Young said the the penalty for marrying a black person was "death."	Brigham Young on race mixing|| Journal of Discourses 10:110