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*{{antispeak|mocking}} Latter-day Saints do ''not'' believe in a God who is a "schizophrenic racist."
 
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*{{Answer}} Sometimes God withholds certain blessings from certain people without explaining why He does this. Sometimes this is a willful decision on His part expressed via direct revelation to his prophet.  At other times, God allows his prophets to act as they feel best. In the case of the priesthood ban, we do not know which of these scenarios is applicable. What we ''do'' know, however, is that the ban was lifted by revelation in God's due time.
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The Book of Mormon teaches that “all are alike unto God,” including “black and white, bond and free, male and female” (2 Nephi 26:33). Throughout the history of the Church, people of every race and ethnicity in many countries have been baptized and have lived as faithful members of the Church. During Joseph Smith’s lifetime, a few black male members of the Church were ordained to the priesthood. Early in its history, Church leaders stopped conferring the priesthood on black males of African descent. Church records offer no clear insights into the origins of this practice. Church leaders believed that a revelation from God was needed to alter this practice and prayerfully sought guidance. The revelation came to Church President Spencer W. Kimball and was affirmed to other Church leaders in the Salt Lake Temple on June 1, 1978. The revelation removed all restrictions with regard to race that once applied to the priesthood.<br>&mdash;Introduction to "Official Declaration 2," ''Doctrine and Covenants'' (2013 edition) {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/od/2?lang=eng}} (lds.org)
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Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor or curse, or that it reflects actions in a premortal life; that mixed-race marriages are a sin; or that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to anyone else. Church leaders today unequivocally condemn all racism, past and present, in any form.<br>&mdash;"Race and the Priesthood," ''Gospel Topics'', lds.org (2013) {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/topics/race-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng}} (lds.org)
 
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Response to "Prophets Concerns & Questions"


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A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine. There is an important principle that governs the doctrine of the Church. The doctrine is taught by all 15 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. It is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk. True principles are taught frequently and by many. Our doctrine is not difficult to find.

The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men. Remember the words of Moroni: “Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father … ; but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been” (Ether 12꞉6).

— Elder Neil L. Anderson, "Trial of Your Faith," Ensign (November 2012).
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== Notes ==

  1. [note]  Gordon B. Hinckley, "First Presidency Message: Keep the Faith," Ensign (September 1985): 3. off-site
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