Okay, I digress, the fact that no Mormon has come forward and stated their position on this leads me to believe that only two possible conclusions. 1) No Mormons go to the Mudcat website. 2) Any Mormons who read this realize that there are some serious flaws with this doctrine. The Mormons have a set of beliefs called the Articles of Faith in which the second one states, "We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression." I was taught this from the time I was 4 years old, and was told that the meaning was that each person is accountable for what they do on this earth and that the sins of their father will not be held against them. (Which is how it should be.) This is a blatant contradiction of the policy that blacks are descendants of Cain and that their lineage therefore made them ineligible to participate in the priesthood. I just want someone who was taught this doctrine to come forth and explain to me how it came to pass that now blacks are allowed to do something they were not allowed to do prior to 1976. I mean if they are still people of color and they are "descendants of Cain" then why would God have a change of heart regarding their "curse"?