tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post3975448196354143844..comments2023-05-10T10:41:32.689-04:00Comments on Against the Greater Light: 2 Nephi 5: Beauty, Thy Name is LoathsomenessAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14724409661360473452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-87595205474125320432013-06-14T23:10:09.270-04:002013-06-14T23:10:09.270-04:00Thanks for finding that. I guess I was wondering ...Thanks for finding that. I guess I was wondering if the context of Phelps' quote would have made the meaning more open to interpretation, but it looks pretty straightforward. <br /><br />The gay rights article was a nice little reminder of how slow progress has been. And I got a kick out of the article on censorship at BYU!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724409661360473452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-71764811449610064572013-06-14T22:36:05.234-04:002013-06-14T22:36:05.234-04:00I have not seen the actual source.
Here's a ...I have not seen the actual source. <br /><br />Here's a link to a Sunstone article with the revelation reprinted in it. It's on page 64, verse 4. This is the November-December issue from 1981.<br /><br />https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/030-59-65.pdf<br /><br />You may also be interested in the Gay Rights article on page 59.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-37186395950219602282013-06-10T14:31:27.761-04:002013-06-10T14:31:27.761-04:00Interesting. I didn't know about that. Is th...Interesting. I didn't know about that. Is that in some kind of journal or did that statement make it to a published book?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724409661360473452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-62965862037011547692013-06-10T14:30:21.036-04:002013-06-10T14:30:21.036-04:00There's a simple explanation here--Nephi was T...There's a simple explanation here--Nephi was THAT MUCH MORE righteous than Solomon that God allowed him to build faster.<br /><br />It's not because somebody's just making stuff up.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724409661360473452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-37271464939732542642013-06-09T11:30:17.494-04:002013-06-09T11:30:17.494-04:00You're right about the Book of Mormon being ra...You're right about the Book of Mormon being racist. The "white and delightsome" stuff is crap as is the statements about mixed race. I just Googled each of these women. All four of them are of mixed race, and they are all lovely and beautiful. Halle Berry's mom as well as Alicia Keys mom are both white. Beyonce's mom is a mix of French, Native American, and African American. Gabrielle Union is part Filipino. <br /><br />Another interesting fact is that W.W. Phelps wrote down a statement by Joseph Smith that the Lord wanted Mormon men to intermarry with Native American women. "For it is my will, that in time, ye should take unto you wives of the Lamanites and Nephites, that their posterity may become white and delightsome..."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-72454596582622715232013-06-09T11:25:15.285-04:002013-06-09T11:25:15.285-04:00Nephi was like a Superman. Check out verses 15-16....Nephi was like a Superman. Check out verses 15-16.<br /><br />And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which were in great abundance.<br /><br />And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon’s temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine. (2 Ne. 5:15–16)<br /><br />Nephi built a temple like Solomon's Temple. 1 Kings 5:13-16 says that Solomon had 183,300 workers building his temple, and it took over 7 years to build. Even if his Temple were built to 1/10 scale, and Nephi exaggerated as the the quality of the workmanship, you would think it would still take hundreds of workers several years to build. Nephi did it with just a handful of men, probably less than a dozen available at that time, and they would have been constantly interrupted in their work to go to war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com