A Response

Methodist vs. Mormonism
(This is a response to the comment in part two of this subject. I thought it important to post here.)

Dear Alma,
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.
I can elaborate a bit on this without writing a book. "Holy Race" is indeed considered by the Mormons as all who will become gods. Those who claim to be the 'Jews' of this dispensation.
In 1978 the revelation was not a "thus saith the Lord" revelation. (I guess this means that the 'revelation' did not come from the Lord.) The manifesto only changed the way Mormons do business and was under enormous pressure to change policy or risk their tax exemption status. "In 1966 Wallace Turner's, The Mormon Establishment, stated: "The most serious problem facing the LDS church today is the Negro question." Turner forcefully added that as long as the LDS church clung to its racist practices, it would be "a political and social cancer".........But as Turner wrote these words, events were taking place that would gradually lead to a drastic 1978 policy change for Mormons concerning Blacks and the priesthood. These events began unfolding as early as 1951, when David O. McKay took over as LDS president." (One Nation Under Gods, Richard Abanes, Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002, pg 364-365)
The docrine of the pre-existance which taught that everyone's place in the world is pre-determined by their conduct in the pre-mortal world. The more righteous spirits were born white and the less commendable spirits were not so fortunite to be born under favorable conditions. The less quality of life lived in the spirit world, the less quality of life in the mortal world. The punishment was being born with dark skin. Darker the skin, the less righteous the spirit.
In 2 Nephi 30:6, the scripture was changed from using the word "white" to "pure". The Book of Mormon has had 3,913 changes since Joseph Smith wrote it. This is what Joseph Smith had to say about Blacks: "Had I anything to do with the negro, I would conifine them by strict law to their own species..." (Joseph Smith, Jr., January 2, 1843, HC (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1976/1980), vol. 5, 217-218), One Nation Under Gods, Richard Abanes, Four Walls Eight Window, 2002, pg 355-357)
Yes, I am careful.