Author Archives: Lynn K. Wilder

If the Foundation is Rotten, All that Joseph Smith Built Tumbles

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Lynn K. Wilder

[In honor of Black History Month 2014, each Monday in February Mormon Coffee’s blog post will address a topic related to racism in Mormon history. Today guest blogger Lynn Wilder presents Part 3, the final installment of the series she … Continue reading →

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Joseph Smith Founder of LDS Racist Scriptures and Teachings: Part 2

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Lynn K. Wilder

[In honor of Black History Month 2014, each Monday in February Mormon Coffee’s blog post will address a topic related to racism in Mormon history. Today guest blogger Lynn Wilder presents Part 2 of the series she began last week.] … Continue reading →

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Joseph Smith Founder of LDS Racist Scriptures and Teachings: Part 1

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Lynn K. Wilder

[In honor of Black History Month 2014, each Monday in February Mormon Coffee’s blog post will address a topic related to racism in Mormon history. Today guest blogger Lynn Wilder kicks off the series.] In January of 1964, LDS apostle … Continue reading →

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Are Racist LDS Scriptures Still Deemed “Utterly Reliable” and “Pure Truth”? Part 2

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Lynn K. Wilder

What do LDS Church leaders have to say about the reliability and accuracy of their own scriptures? According to LDS leaders, Mormon scriptures are “utterly reliable” and “pure truth.”  The current prophet, President Monson, declared on the official church website … Continue reading →

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Are Racist LDS Scriptures Still Deemed “Utterly Reliable” and “Pure Truth”? Part 1

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Lynn K. Wilder

In the recently released statement on lds.org on Race and the Priesthood, the modern Mormon Church disavows “that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to anyone else…” This unequivocal truth, that no … Continue reading →

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