Mormonism Argument

1. Racism 'Dark skin was a label, or a curse but only because of the wickedness of the people.' 'white=pure in heart, when the dark skinned people (lamanites) repented and joined the gospel they became white and pure again.' This sounds pretty racist to me. If your skin is dark, you're labeled as wicked. Maybe the Mormon faith has conveniently claimed, 'there was a time and a place for it', but it does seem that they are saying that white skin symbolizes righteousness while dark skin symbolizes wickedness. Why should anyone want to be any color than what they are? Why can't a black person, who is proud of being black, want to be black now AND in the next life? If being white is so great, than what's so special about it? If God curses the wicked by making them black and celebrates the righteous by making them white, than why wasn't Martin Luther King jr. white and Adolph Hitler Black? I'm sorry if this is offensive, but it is necessary to say against such prejudice speech: this kind of thinking is what creates segregation to begin with. Black people, or Native Americans (in this case) did not make any 'immoral choice' concerning if their skin was white or black. This is further proof that the Book of Mormon is false. If skin color is such a sign of saint hood than why are so many white people evil and so many black people good? 'With the priesthood issue, no one had thought of it until then and there weren't a large amount of black (pardon) members.' They obviously had thought about it. They banned black people from receiving the priesthood. If they hadn't thought about it than there would never have been a ban. Furthermore, refer to the previous quote by Brigham Young (in the last round), it explains a lot Brigham Young obviously believed that black people were unworthy to intermingle with holy white men. Although Mormonism has changed over time, they have a history of racial prejudice. While most Christian sects do have a history of racial prejudice, none of them claim to be the only true church. If you're the only true church, your church will have a perfect history. Mormonism does not. 2. Evangelical Christianity/Mormonism 'If you have a problem with the bible Mormons use the king James version.' I'm quoting from the King James Version: Joshua 6: 17; 21- ' And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.....And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.' That is only one in many scriptures in the King James Bible that glorifies or even encourages mass genocide. If you consider every part of the Bible to come strait from God, than you believe that mass genocide is sometimes the right thing to do, such as was instructed to the Israelites against Canaan. Saul, in fact, was reprimanded by God because he didn't commit complete genocide, but only a part of it. This act is no different than when the Crusaders left to the 'Holy Land' to slaughter Muslims when the 'Holy Land' was OBVIOUSLY meant for God's followers: the Christians. ' "it is far greater for one to die then a whole nation dwindle in unbelief" I quote this not for David, but for the other wicked people in the bible or in the book of Mormon.' This quote proves my point. Mormons believe if a whole people do not follow their form of 'righteousness', and if 'God commands', than they have the responsibility to slaughter them all. (To give the Mormons credit, they are not the only Christian group who believes this) 3. Joseph Smith 'south park is in no way a source. a scientist wanted to look at the pages, so Joseph smith prayed 3 times if it was alright to lend them. the lord said no the first 2 times, but on the 3rd, he granted permission. Joseph smith lost permission to translate the plates for a short time after they were lost. I know the Mormon version of the 116 pages. Although South Park paints it in a negative fashion, the facts are dead on in the episode. Watch it. I mentioned South Park because it paints, like no other source I could have cited, the fact that it was awfully convenient that when Joseph Smith lost those 116 pages there was magically a similar set that was only 'a little different'. By the way, Martin Harris was a farmer, not a scientist. "Marriage between a man and a wife is ordained by god" Why? Why is heterosexuality so great? What makes a heterosexual more holy than a homosexual? The fact heterosexuals can have kids? What about heterosexual barren women? They can't have kids. Does that make them sinful? However, Mormons obviously think white skin means holiness, so maybe being heterosexual means you're holy as well. Why is homosexuality immoral? Is it because their not apart of 'traditional family values' or a homosexual family is simply weird? I have found this fact to be true without exception: just because something is 'weird' doesn't mean it's evil. There must be more to it. Furthermore, there is proof of the gay gene: - 'In the new study, scientists analyzed DNA from pairs of brothers, both of whom were gay, in nearly three dozen families with a history of homosexuality on the mother's side. Focusing on the female X chromosome that men inherit from their mother (they also get a male Y from their father), the researchers found that two-thirds of the gay siblings shared a distinctive pattern along a segment of their X chromosome. Scientists say the possibility is remote that this genetic pattern would appear by chance. Read more: http://www.time.com... I would like to know how you can discredit the proof and why homosexuality is so immoral, for reasons other than 'it's weird', 'I don't like it', 'they can't have children', or 'the Bible/Book of Mormon says it's wrong (when MEN, not GOD, in the Bible said it's wrong) Polygamy Marriage has a lot more to do with love and affection than reproduction. The families of many Mormon homes were hurt and torn apart by polygamy. Emma Smith was so hurt that she latter psycologyically convinced herself that Joseph Smith never was a polygamist and Brigham Young started the whole thing (she started the RLDS). The Mormon Church seems a lot like the Old Middle Aged church. What they say goes, or you're going to Hell. If you're different in a way they don't like, you go to hell. I know I've been pretty offensive, but this is a debate, and I want to do what I can. I know several Mormons and they're some of the best people I know. However, Mormons do claim to be the only true and living gospel, yet they have a very shaky past and even present. I know there are a lot of great, unique Mormon doctrines, such as a strong combative to pornography. I like many aspects of Mormonism. There are many good things about Mormonism and it is one of the best, if not the best, Christian doctrines. However, it claims full truth, which it does not have.