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06-02-2008, 03:50 PM
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REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!!!
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008...580060d8a2.txt
A new beginning: Blacks giving the Mormon Church a second look
By JOHN DORMAN - Columbia News Service | Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00 AM PDT ∞
Angela Carson used to jump up and frequently yell "Hallelujah!" in church. Now, she sits in the middle pew and sings quietly, with a softer, gentler demeanor.
Carson, a 28-year-old black woman, left her Baptist church in New York last year feeling uninspired and removed from the congregation. She visited many traditional black churches, but she found her new home with the Harlem branch of the Mormon church.
The religious pillars of service and community outreach appealed to Carson, but so did something that may surprise many blacks: the commitment to diversity she saw at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"I was approached by two younger African-American Mormon missionaries, and it made me think about the church in a different way," she said. "So many people have asked me why I joined a racist religion, which makes me sad that people would think this faith teaches hate."
.............................. you can read the rest of the article by hitting the link
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06-02-2008, 03:51 PM
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
DId i do okay renda ?
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06-02-2008, 04:03 PM
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
This doesn't surprise anybody???
Afterall the mormons have been an anti Black group aren't they ???
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06-02-2008, 04:11 PM
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
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Originally Posted by StMark
This doesn't surprise anybody???
Afterall the mormons have been an anti Black group aren't they ???
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Well, if I were from African descent, I would be hard pressed to ignore that Joseph Smith and the Mormon Church officials had excluded my people from priesthood in the church and temple ceremonies until 1978, which was not too long ago.
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06-02-2008, 04:12 PM
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
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This doesn't surprise anybody???
Afterall the mormons have been an anti Black group aren't they ???
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As far as blacks converting to Mormonism..... All I can say is "well, better than Islam!".
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06-02-2008, 04:14 PM
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
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Originally Posted by chosenbyone
Well, if I were from African descent, I would be hard pressed to ignore that Joseph Smith and the Mormon Church officials had excluded my people from priesthood in the church and temple ceremonies until 1978, which was not too long ago.
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It goes deaper then that Ken. they taught that they we a cursed race and that they didn't have a soul
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06-02-2008, 06:08 PM
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Shaking the dust off my shoes.
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
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It goes deaper then that Ken. they taught that they we a cursed race and that they didn't have a soul
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Now that's funny! Imagine a white man telling a black man he ain't got no soul! 
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06-02-2008, 06:44 PM
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Matthew 7:6
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
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As far as blacks converting to Mormonism..... All I can say is "well, better than Islam!".
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Really?
Both religions lead their converts to hell, so....
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06-02-2008, 07:05 PM
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Matthew 7:6
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
Interesting Video on Mormon Racism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1QV_ULCIw
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06-02-2008, 07:47 PM
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Go Dodgers!
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Re: REPORT: More Blacks joining the Mormon Church!
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Originally Posted by StMark
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008...580060d8a2.txt
A new beginning: Blacks giving the Mormon Church a second look
By JOHN DORMAN - Columbia News Service | Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00 AM PDT ∞
Angela Carson used to jump up and frequently yell "Hallelujah!" in church. Now, she sits in the middle pew and sings quietly, with a softer, gentler demeanor.
Carson, a 28-year-old black woman, left her Baptist church in New York last year feeling uninspired and removed from the congregation. She visited many traditional black churches, but she found her new home with the Harlem branch of the Mormon church.
The religious pillars of service and community outreach appealed to Carson, but so did something that may surprise many blacks: the commitment to diversity she saw at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"I was approached by two younger African-American Mormon missionaries, and it made me think about the church in a different way," she said. "So many people have asked me why I joined a racist religion, which makes me sad that people would think this faith teaches hate."
.............................. you can read the rest of the article by hitting the link
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