Do Mormons believe that black folks are the devils children?
NO! Another false rumor. The Church has always taught that black folks were the literal spirit-sons and spirit-daughters of God. Do Mormons believe that black folks were “fence sitters” or “less valiant” in the War in Heaven? Orson Hyde, an early Mormon apostle, gave a lecture in 1847 before a High Priest Quorum where he said that some spirits were “neutral” in the War in Heaven, and this is why they were born into a lineage which could not have the Priesthood. But this doctrine was refuted by Brigham Young; the President of the Church at that time. It is considered false doctrine. In previous decades many have believed in the “Less Valiant Theory”, but this too is not official Church doctrine! Orson Pratt, an early Apostle, wrote in 1854 in The Seer (a Mormon publication in England) that “it may be” that some spirits were “less valiant” in the pre-existent “War in Heaven” where all spirits either followed Jesus or Lucifer. All who followed Jesus became human beings. All who followed L
