Hm interesting. Without examinining the actual booklet, knowing how old it was, whether it was an official pamphlet endorsed by the church or by " well-meaning " members I'm afraid I really have no room to comment on the pamphlet itself.

So far as the " white bearded god " thing goes, you also have to consider that the word white itself has many different connotations. It can mean one of the Caucasian race, it can mean lighter-skinned, it can mean spiritually pure, it can actually be the color white. In the Book of Mormon as far as I can recall (and I may have to go back and read it again to be absolutely sure) there was no in-depth physical description of Jesus other than than he was clothed in a white robe and he bore the marks of the Crucifixion. Why? Because it wasn't so much about what he looked like physically as who he was. Currently the Prophet at the head of our church today does not say " Worship Jesus because he was blonde, blue-eyed and a white man " He says " Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, the Savior of the World "

But if you really want to study the whole " white bearded god " idea more, here is also a quote to consider, this from a book called " The World of The Book of Mormon " by Paul R. Cheesman. There is a whole section in there about that. Talking about the Incas it says "...they [the Incas] told their Spanish conquerors that they had obtained their traditions from their ancestors who in turn had been taught by a white, bearded god known as Viracocha, which means " white man. " Sarmiento de Gamboa, a Spanish writer of the sixteenth century wrote '...all agree that Viracocha was the creator of this people. They have a tradition that he was a man of medium height, white and dressed in a white robe...and that he carried a staff and book in his hands. ' (Gamboa, History of the Incas p.247) The book itself for me is quite informative and the writer appears to have documented his sources well. If it's not out of print I'd suggest you find it for further study as well as any of the others historical sources he cites if it is possible to find them. And of course I would recommend going to the source, the Book of Mormon itself and read 3rd Nephi which gives an account of Christ visiting the Americas.

For the record I'm not trying to convince you to believe anything. Converting people is one of the duties of the missionaries of the church. I'm not a missionary and I have not served a mission. I'm just saying " There's some information to study and you are welcome to come to your own conclusions "

Again...it's all one member's opinion