Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekmdp!dadla!dadla-a!russ From: russ@dadla-a.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: What are Mormons Message-ID: <344@dadla-a.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 10:11:44 EDT Article-I.D.: dadla-a.344 Posted: Thu Jun 23 10:11:44 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 13:35:50 EDT References: tekmdp.2045 Lines: 12 The some sort of special communication with God that you refer to is just that the President of the church is considered to be a prophet like prophets in the Bible. There is no reason why that type of communication is limited to ancient times except for lack of faith. As far as the decision to allow the blacks to receive the priesthood, it was always known in the church that the blacks would receive that opportunity some day, but it was not know when. It would also not seem to be politically motivated since 1978 was a rather quite period relative to complaints about the Church's stand relative to the blacks. But all decisions could be suggested to be politically or otherwise motivated as long as the assumption is that he is not a prophet.