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MG 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:27 pm My high school years and pre-mission are kind of a blur when it comes to things religious. On my mission- I don't think I really gave it any thought except for one time when we were teaching a black person and we weren't able to baptize him.
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MG

Not me. I remember one Sunday when I was in the Teacher's Quorum, the instructor was going on a very racist screed about black people. I didn't want to speak up because there were a couple of older, mean-spirited bullies in the class, yet I did not want to hear that blatant racism, so I got up and walked out. Walking away from a poison message was a viable option for me, since I did not belong to an LDS family that would cast me out for doing so.

I came back the next Sunday, and fortunately, they had moved on to another topic, but I realized that until Spencer Kimball released the Church from the bonds of their racial policy, how far removed from the love of God the Church was.

Why was I without blinders? Just lucky, I guess, although I suspect my primary lessons on right and wrong fortified my character.

The movie A Long Way From Heaven:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCr8EoBreRY

I remember Deacon's and Teacher's quorum being the place where I learned kids could bear a testimony on Sunday, and then break the commandments the rest of the week. Quorum meetings were where we learned to kid ourselves and and each other about what the world was really like.