VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|HarryR|DATE|1365585315|CONTENT|As the mormon church was an officially racially biased org until it suddenly had a revelation from the lord, just in time to comply with Civil Rights legislation, I do find it curious that a black Nigerian should be a believer and eager spokesperson.

The greatest mormon of them all - yes, Mitt Romney - might not by that time have been the equivalent of a bishop but was a senior adult male member who presumably espoused the theological belief that blacks were inferior due to being black or non-white until he heard from the elders that god had changed his mind about this. 

It&#039;s almost as if the religion had just been running with the social attitudes prevalent at the time of its [strike]creation[/strike] founding until it was no longer legal to do so.

I didn&#039;t get much of a sense from the interview of what mormonism was, just a claim to follow the new testament, jesus, keep the women down, the gays in the closet or patronised and the non-mormons away from the church services presumably so they don&#039;t see the sausages being made. Does that all add up to a religion? With tax breaks and much legal immunity perhaps it does.|IP-ADDRESS|77.185.219.36|MODERATIONFLAG|