(411) Sun 28 Aug 94 18:21 Rcvd: Tue 6 Sep 19:37 By: J.J. Hitt To: Fredric Rice Re: R

(411)   Sun 28 Aug 94 18:21     Rcvd: Tue 6 Sep 19:37
By: J.J. Hitt
To: Fredric Rice
Re: Re: Fancy words
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 jh> Not to mention that at one time (Brigham Young, or possibly Joe
 jh> Smith himself) it was claimed that AmerInd converts would receive
 jh> white skin in a "couple generations".

 FR> I've never heard this one...  Amazing.  I have reciently
 FR> acquired some books on Mormonism -- from the perspective
 FR> of criminal investigators and criminal officers.  At ties
 FR> they delve lightly into the ideologies which are used as
 FR> justification.  (I posted some materials about just such a
 FR> book last week.)

 FR> This one is a new one!  It's almost as good as Henry
 FR> Morris' claim that the craters on the Moon were caused by 'Satan.'

 It was Smith himself. (the following is from an anonymous anti-Mormon
 text file I picked up somewhere):

 There is another interesting scripture in the BOOK OF MORMON regarding
 the Indians.  2 Nephi 30:6 includes a prophecy that the Lamanites
 (Indians) would turn "white and delightsome" in a few generations after
 accepting the gospel. It is interesting to note that the handwritten
 manuscript of 2 Nephi 30:6 has "white and delightsome".  In 1840 Joseph
 Smith directed that it be changed to "pure and delightsome." Brigham
 Young directed that it be changed back to "white and delightsome".  It
 has remained "white and delightsome" until 1981 where it has now
 appeared as "pure and delightsome" with no footnote indicating why it
 was changed.  Is it possible that now that sufficient time has gone by
 to see that the Lamanites are not going to turn "white and delightsome"
 after several generations of being members of the Mormon Church, that
 it is prudent to change the verse to "pure and delightsome" which is
 easier to defend? Honest editing would at least place a footnote by the
 change to explain why the change had been made.

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