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Darrick
Guest
The Rev. Al Sharpton is the founder and director of the National
Action Network. He is a black minister who is frequently on television
and on radio denouncing what he perceives is white racism and bigotry
against his people. Back in early 2007, Sharpton had made a few
negative remarks about Mormons and Mormonism, equating Mormonism was
racism. In May, 2007, Sharpton was invited by Mormon Church leaders to
Salt Lake City; where he was taken on a tour of Temple Square, and he
had dinner with Mormon apostle M. Russell Ballard.
Rumors are circulating throughout Utah and elsewhere that during
dinner with Al Sharpton in Salt Lake City, on May 21, 2007, Mormon
apostle M. Russell Ballard promised Sharpton that if he would cease
talking about "the Mormons" publicly then he (Ballard) had "a friend"
who would make a "very substantial donation" to Sharpton's National
Action Network. This "rumor" was started by a long-time LDS Church
Security employee. The security officer refuses to be identified, at
this time.
Before the dinner Sharpton had made several critical anti-Mormon
comments about Mormonism in relationship to Mitt Romney. After the
dinner, Sharpton apologized, and has made no public anti-Mormon
remarks since.
Insiders in Salt Lake City know that whenever the Church faces an
public relations nightmare, they often turn to several very wealthy
Mormons who will "donate" great amounts of money to help the Church.
One such case was in 1985, when the Church wanted to purchase old
embarassing documents from Mark Hofmann, a Mormon documents dealer.
The Church wanted to get control of "The McLellin Collection"; a
collection of diaries, letters, and other old documents written by an
ex-Mormon apostle William McLellin. The Church wanted these things
"off the market" and out of the public eye, but the Church did not
want to outright "buy" the collection itself. So, Elder Dallin Oaks, a
Mormon Apostle, asked a rich Mormon named David Sorenson to secretly
"buy" the collection for $185,000 and then secretly "donate" the
collection to the Church, so that, if asked, the Church could
"honestly" deny they had purchased it. All this is documented in
detail in The Mormon Murders by Neifeh and Smith (a book that can be
ordered from any bookstore and available in most public libraries in
the U.S. in the true crime section).
In 2003, a Ghananian journalist, Raymond Archer, was writing a series
of aritlces for The Ghananian Chronicle called "The Untold Story of
the Mormons"; suggesting the Mormon Church had a racist past, and that
Mormons were bribing various Ghananian government officials to gain
influence in the country. After his second article was released, a
group of white American investors from Utah bought The Ghananian
Chronicle, and Archer was promply fired from the newspaper. No fruther
anti-Mormon articles have been published by that paper.
The Mormon Church taught for 130 years the following:
Negroes are "cursed" inferior children of Cain.
Negroes are "the representatives of Satan" on Earth (direct comment
from Mormon Church president John Taylor)
The "Mark of Cain" is a black skin, flat nose, and kinky hair.
Negroes were "less valiant' in the War in Heaven, when all human
spirits fought Lucifer and his angels. Negroes were "lazy" in the war,
and thus punished with a denial of Priesthood (Mormon Priesthood) in
this life.
Negroes were "banned" from the Mormon Priesthood and from entering
Mormon Temples from 1848 until 1978.
In 1978, the Mormon Church was in the process of building a Temple in
Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mormon Temples are not regular places of worship,
but houses were higher Mormon rituals take place, "Sealings" and the
"Endowment" ceremony. Negroes could be baptized, but were "banned"
from these Higher Ordinances. Even a white man or women with one Negro
ancestor was considered a "Canaanite" and thus banned.
In preparation for the Temple in Sao Paulo, many white Brasilian
Mormons began to do their genealogy, in order to have their ancestors
baptized (baptism for the dead) in the new Temple, only to discover
most of them had at least one Negro ancestor.
Somewhere between 1975 and 1978, Mormon Church president Spencer W.
Kimball was told that 85% of white Brasilian Mormons had at least one
Negro ancestor, thus making them ineligiable for the Mormon Priesthood
and worshipping in Mormon Temples. This became a crisis, since a
Mormon Temple was then already being built in Sao Paulo. Every male
Mormon was supposed to hold the Priesthood. To ban 85% of white
Brasilian Mormons from the Priesthood and Temple would made the Sao
Paulo Temple for the most part meaningless.
Kimball then had a "Revelation" telling him that the Curse of Cain had
been removed. But he did not repudiate the "Curse of Cain
Doctrine" (i.e. Negroes are children of Cain/less valiant in the War
in Heaven). Since that time, June 1978, Black Mormons are the equals
of other races in the Mormon Church.
LDS Church Public Affairs spokesman Tom Owens denies the Church ever
taught that Negroes was "cursed in any way". He says that "some
members may have held this view, but it was never a doctrine of the
Church".
In fact, Mormon Church leaders called the Curse of Cain doctrine "a
doctrine of the Church" in several official First Presidency letters
(such as "The Statment of the First Presidency on the Negro Question"
first published in 1952), as well as in General Conference, an in much
personal correspondance. Current Mormon Church leader, Gordon B.
Hinckley, was asked on an Australian TV program "COMPASS" in 1997 if
the Church "made a mistake" in denying blacks the priesthood and
temple for so long. Hinckley responded, "No, I don't think it was was
mistake. Various things happend at various times. That, they, there
were reasons for them." When asked what the reasons were, Hinckley
replied, "I don't know what the reasons were".
When asked about the Curse of Cain legacy, Mitt Romney has
consistently refused to comment on it.
If the rumors are true, Rev. Sharpton may have thought that the money
for his National Action Network was more important than anything
negative he had to say about the Mormons.
You can read more about the Curse of Cain doctrine and history by
going to Google and typing in:
"Curse of Cain" Mormon
"Mormon racism"
Action Network. He is a black minister who is frequently on television
and on radio denouncing what he perceives is white racism and bigotry
against his people. Back in early 2007, Sharpton had made a few
negative remarks about Mormons and Mormonism, equating Mormonism was
racism. In May, 2007, Sharpton was invited by Mormon Church leaders to
Salt Lake City; where he was taken on a tour of Temple Square, and he
had dinner with Mormon apostle M. Russell Ballard.
Rumors are circulating throughout Utah and elsewhere that during
dinner with Al Sharpton in Salt Lake City, on May 21, 2007, Mormon
apostle M. Russell Ballard promised Sharpton that if he would cease
talking about "the Mormons" publicly then he (Ballard) had "a friend"
who would make a "very substantial donation" to Sharpton's National
Action Network. This "rumor" was started by a long-time LDS Church
Security employee. The security officer refuses to be identified, at
this time.
Before the dinner Sharpton had made several critical anti-Mormon
comments about Mormonism in relationship to Mitt Romney. After the
dinner, Sharpton apologized, and has made no public anti-Mormon
remarks since.
Insiders in Salt Lake City know that whenever the Church faces an
public relations nightmare, they often turn to several very wealthy
Mormons who will "donate" great amounts of money to help the Church.
One such case was in 1985, when the Church wanted to purchase old
embarassing documents from Mark Hofmann, a Mormon documents dealer.
The Church wanted to get control of "The McLellin Collection"; a
collection of diaries, letters, and other old documents written by an
ex-Mormon apostle William McLellin. The Church wanted these things
"off the market" and out of the public eye, but the Church did not
want to outright "buy" the collection itself. So, Elder Dallin Oaks, a
Mormon Apostle, asked a rich Mormon named David Sorenson to secretly
"buy" the collection for $185,000 and then secretly "donate" the
collection to the Church, so that, if asked, the Church could
"honestly" deny they had purchased it. All this is documented in
detail in The Mormon Murders by Neifeh and Smith (a book that can be
ordered from any bookstore and available in most public libraries in
the U.S. in the true crime section).
In 2003, a Ghananian journalist, Raymond Archer, was writing a series
of aritlces for The Ghananian Chronicle called "The Untold Story of
the Mormons"; suggesting the Mormon Church had a racist past, and that
Mormons were bribing various Ghananian government officials to gain
influence in the country. After his second article was released, a
group of white American investors from Utah bought The Ghananian
Chronicle, and Archer was promply fired from the newspaper. No fruther
anti-Mormon articles have been published by that paper.
The Mormon Church taught for 130 years the following:
Negroes are "cursed" inferior children of Cain.
Negroes are "the representatives of Satan" on Earth (direct comment
from Mormon Church president John Taylor)
The "Mark of Cain" is a black skin, flat nose, and kinky hair.
Negroes were "less valiant' in the War in Heaven, when all human
spirits fought Lucifer and his angels. Negroes were "lazy" in the war,
and thus punished with a denial of Priesthood (Mormon Priesthood) in
this life.
Negroes were "banned" from the Mormon Priesthood and from entering
Mormon Temples from 1848 until 1978.
In 1978, the Mormon Church was in the process of building a Temple in
Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mormon Temples are not regular places of worship,
but houses were higher Mormon rituals take place, "Sealings" and the
"Endowment" ceremony. Negroes could be baptized, but were "banned"
from these Higher Ordinances. Even a white man or women with one Negro
ancestor was considered a "Canaanite" and thus banned.
In preparation for the Temple in Sao Paulo, many white Brasilian
Mormons began to do their genealogy, in order to have their ancestors
baptized (baptism for the dead) in the new Temple, only to discover
most of them had at least one Negro ancestor.
Somewhere between 1975 and 1978, Mormon Church president Spencer W.
Kimball was told that 85% of white Brasilian Mormons had at least one
Negro ancestor, thus making them ineligiable for the Mormon Priesthood
and worshipping in Mormon Temples. This became a crisis, since a
Mormon Temple was then already being built in Sao Paulo. Every male
Mormon was supposed to hold the Priesthood. To ban 85% of white
Brasilian Mormons from the Priesthood and Temple would made the Sao
Paulo Temple for the most part meaningless.
Kimball then had a "Revelation" telling him that the Curse of Cain had
been removed. But he did not repudiate the "Curse of Cain
Doctrine" (i.e. Negroes are children of Cain/less valiant in the War
in Heaven). Since that time, June 1978, Black Mormons are the equals
of other races in the Mormon Church.
LDS Church Public Affairs spokesman Tom Owens denies the Church ever
taught that Negroes was "cursed in any way". He says that "some
members may have held this view, but it was never a doctrine of the
Church".
In fact, Mormon Church leaders called the Curse of Cain doctrine "a
doctrine of the Church" in several official First Presidency letters
(such as "The Statment of the First Presidency on the Negro Question"
first published in 1952), as well as in General Conference, an in much
personal correspondance. Current Mormon Church leader, Gordon B.
Hinckley, was asked on an Australian TV program "COMPASS" in 1997 if
the Church "made a mistake" in denying blacks the priesthood and
temple for so long. Hinckley responded, "No, I don't think it was was
mistake. Various things happend at various times. That, they, there
were reasons for them." When asked what the reasons were, Hinckley
replied, "I don't know what the reasons were".
When asked about the Curse of Cain legacy, Mitt Romney has
consistently refused to comment on it.
If the rumors are true, Rev. Sharpton may have thought that the money
for his National Action Network was more important than anything
negative he had to say about the Mormons.
You can read more about the Curse of Cain doctrine and history by
going to Google and typing in:
"Curse of Cain" Mormon
"Mormon racism"
