1769: Mormon Superiority w/ John Larsen
Mormon Stories Podcast
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The Church Doctrine of Joseph Smith
Carol Costello: The way that the church justifies people's superiority individually, because if a black person doesn't get the priesthood, it's because when they were in the pre existence, they made the wrong choices individually. If someone gets born into a Utah wasage front, you know, 12, 12 children, Mormon family with the state president dad, it's not because of some blood privilege. Same with Mormons. And this is sort of the genius of Joseph Smith. He creates these long tendrils of these doctrinal stories that justify their power and authority and position that they use to lord over everyone else today.Costello: It really is kind of a racial superiority vibe. Whenever
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