30th anniversary of priesthood announcement celebrated on Temple Square

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

For those of you still clinging to the "God had some mysterious unknown purpose" ideology, how do reconcile the fact that Elder Childs and other church leaders have explicitly stated that it was not doctrine? Do you consider it some sort of divinely inspired policy?

Many people--even great church leaders--who were convinced of the false doctrine that was taught about blacks came to terms with their mistakes and changed their ways. It's a wonder some of you can't come to terms with the fact that God at the very least permitted the ban to endure, even in the face of his prophets petitioning him for change.

I don't know if he had a purpose in it or not. I don't presume to speak on matters on which God has remained silent. But I'm not going to hedge my way around what happened just because the truth makes me uncomfortable either.