Two Mormon missionaries thought it would be a good idea to approach this guy about their faith, but it seems he understood their Holy Book better than the believers themselves did.

In a video posted to Facebook, an African American man is seen conversing with young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Instead of avoiding the evangelists, the man encourages them to read their own book, starting with the Second Book of Nephi.

The man says he has read the Book of Mormon before, and that he “loves this scripture.” He has them read the words for themselves before he points out that the verse claims “blackness” in skin is a curse caused by sin, and that they have no right to peddle their racist nonsense to his family.

“Because of their sins against God, he turned them black. You came to my house, to teach my family that God turned us black because we sinned against God. That’s not going to be acceptable at all.”

For those who are not aware, the man is absolutely right. Here’s an excerpt from the actual Mormon scriptures:

“And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.”

The missionaries insist they don’t believe that, and that he’s “taking it a little bit out of context,” but they don’t explain how that’s the case.

The man goes on to point out Revelation 13:10, which says, “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.”

“What did your forefathers do to my forefathers? You guys led us into slavery, right? … Now you come over here to try to teach my family that they were cursed because of their skin as black people.”

The man handled the situation perfectly, telling the young missionaries to have a great day and politely asking them not to return to his family home. I don’t know if their minds were changed, but I know it makes for one great video.

Mormonism has a long and complicated history with racism (they didn’t let black people join the priesthood until the late 1970s), and it can’t be resolved with a single video. But I do hope more Mormons see this, and realize how bad their Holy Book can actually be.