Comments on: Diversity https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17616 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:25:37 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17616 Yup that one as well as comments like:

“In General Conference, 1960 (and the ensuing published official Conference Reports), Spencer W. Kimball said: “I saw a striking contrast in the progress of the Indian people today…. The day of the Lamanites is nigh. For years they have been growing delightsome, and they are now becoming white and delightsome, as they were promised. In this picture of the twenty Lamanite missionaries, fifteen of the twenty were as light as Anglos, five were darker but equally delightsome The children in the home placement program in Utah are often lighter than their brothers and sisters in the hogans on the reservation. At one meeting a father and mother and their sixteen-year-old daughter were present, the little member girl–sixteen–sitting between the dark father and mother, and it was evident she was several shades lighter than her parents–on the same reservation, in the same hogan, subject to the same sun and wind and weather….These young members of the Church are changing to whiteness and to delightsomeness.”

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By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17596 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:27:19 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17596 I believe Rick is referring to comments such as this one.

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By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17594 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:10:31 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17594 You can go on seeming to recall just as long as it amuses you.

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By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17585 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:04:42 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17585 Won’t all people of the LDS faith eventually end up one colour anyway?

I seem to recall a comment about lamanites, er, American Indians becoming whiter as they studied the scriptures and became more faithful…

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By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17582 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:54:37 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17582 Of course, lest someone out there try to misconstrue Elder Oaks, he’s obviously not saying we should all seek to be one color.

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By: Gary https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17540 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:10:36 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17540 According to Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Jesus didn’t pray that His followers would be “diverse,”  but that they would be “one.”  Likewise modern revelation doesn’t say, “Be diverse; and if ye are not diverse, ye are not mine.”&nbsp It says, “Be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine.”  (“Church Leaders Speak Out on Gospel Values,” Ensign, May 1999, p. 119.)

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By: gary https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17537 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:57:47 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17537 Maybe they couldn’t come up with $500 to buy a shot from Getty or Corbis.

Those are probably the web designers sisters.

Penny pinching could be considered reflective of the general curch population.

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By: George https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17452 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:41:44 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17452 Why would it be racist to have a picture of 3 white girls? Even 15 or 20 white girls? Why does skin colour even matter?

Should all Church pictures have a % of members according to their skin colour? Do pictures need to be politically correct?

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By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17450 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:48:23 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17450 No one was calling racism. All that was mentioned is that such a photo is not reflective of the general Church population.

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By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-17448 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:19:10 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/11/09/diversity/#comment-17448 Kim wasn’t crying racism. :) He likes to spark discussion is all.

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