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Title: Good, but unfortunately altered from earlier editions
Review: This book is an excellent resource for those interested in what Mormons think on various topics. Unfortunately the later editions have been edited to not reflect the Mormon churches view of white racial superiority. Earlier editions of this book as well as the Book of Mormon and Pearl of Great Price and Journal of Discourses speak of whites as being the "chosen seed" and the blacks as being the "seed of cain." The Book of Mormon also speaks of dark skin as a curse(see 2 Nephi 5:21-23) that was pronounced upon the American Indians to make them loathsome to the mormon god's "white and delightsome people." The reader of this book would do good to look for a copy of an earlier edition as well to compare and see the way the Mormon church tries to hide some of its less favorable teachings from potential converts. All in all, the book is worth the money for a good general reference on the subject of "Mormon Doctrine"
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