Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gt5599d@prism.gatech.edu (gt5599d TOLBERT,JASON ALAN) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Mormon Religion Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 16:47:18 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 13 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu What is the Mormon attitude toward black people? I have heard rumors that the doctrines are racist. -- TOLBERT,JASON ALAN Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!gt5599d ARPA: gt5599d@prism.gatech.edu [Presumably one of our LDS readers will give us details. There had been interpretations that prohibited blacks from becoming priests. Those interpretations are no longer in force. The prohibitions weren't directly in the Book of Mormon. --clh]