Monday, August 01, 2005
The Mormon god's rationale for killing Laban
In the Book of Mormon, we read the following:
And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.
And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;
Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief (1 Nephi 4.10-13).
It would seem that the Mormon god is also the god of Jesus' enemies, for in the New Testament we read:
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not (John 11:50).
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And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.
And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;
Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief (1 Nephi 4.10-13).
It would seem that the Mormon god is also the god of Jesus' enemies, for in the New Testament we read:
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not (John 11:50).
# posted by O'Brien @ 8/01/2005 09:34:00 AM 
