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Church Life Back in 1971

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:13 pm
by moksha
The Genesis Group and the Stake Basketball Tournament Finals –that didn’t happen
JULY 30, 2020 BY MARGARET BLAIR YOUNG

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/welcometa ... hat-wasnt/

"The Genesis team lost, but not on the court. Every one of those young men was more than defeated; he was gutted. Each left Genesis and left the Church, and they never came back. It was the final blow." Mormon intolerance had preserved Church basketball for the pure and delightsome. Seven years later, the Church would rescind its racial purity ban.

Re: Church Life Back in 1971

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 5:14 am
by blazerb
This made me want to cry. I would like a TBM to explain why polygamy had to be the church's Abrahamic test. Why couldn't it have been racial equality?

Re: Church Life Back in 1971

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:38 pm
by 2bizE
What a story...it would make a great movie staring Denzel Washington...

Re: Church Life Back in 1971

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:35 am
by græy
2bizE wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:38 pm What a story...it would make a great movie staring Denzel Washington...
Remember the Titans, but no happy ending.

Re: Church Life Back in 1971

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:14 am
by Not Buying It
Horrible. And don't think it couldn't happen today. Thanks to the priesthood ban and the "white and delightsome" nonsense in the Book of Mormon and all the apologetics to try and rationalize all that garbage, there is an ugly undercurrent just below the surface or Mormonism I don't believe will ever be adequately rooted out.