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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) believe that the curse given to Ham for revealing his father's nakedness in Genesis 9 was dark skin. Ham's children then went on to populate Africa and Arabia. Mormons do not believe that modern African or dark-skinned people themselves are in any way cursed, but that their black skin is the result of a curse on their common ancestor, Ham.
Similarly, Mormons believe that the Native Americans have dark skin also as the result of a curse on their common ancestors the Lamanites, found in the Book of Mormon. This does not mean that modern-day Native Americans or Africans are cursed, only that their distant ancestors were.
People of all races are welcomed with open arms within the church and all are treated equally. The Book of Mormon says that the Lord "denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile." (See 2 Nephi 26:33)
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoWe must be careful about the wording of this statement. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) do not believe that black people are cursed. They believe that black skin came as the result of a curse on one of their ancestors.
In Genesis 9, Ham, the son of Noah, uncovers the nakedness of his father and is cursed by God. Mormons believe that this curse was dark skin. It is generally accepted by all Bible scholars that the decendents of Ham were the Libyans, Egyptians, South Arabians, and East Africans - all of whom have darker skin. A similar curse takes place in the Book of Mormon, in which the wicked Lamanites are cursed with dark skin. Mormons belive the Lamanites are the ancestors of modern Native Americans.
Just because Mormons believe that black skin is the result of a curse, they do not believe that those with dark skin today are cursed. Dark skin means only that their ancestors recieved dark skin as the result of a curse.
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