Showing posts with label Lamanites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lamanites. Show all posts

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Same to you

That's one of the things I love about the Book of Mormon: it shows both groups of people disparaging the other — just like people do. For me it's one of those intrinsic testimonies that it's a true record, not just something somebody made up.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

They're already here

Once you start poking around, you find that refugees are everywhere.

Friday, June 27, 2014

The road to recovery

One of the things I like about the Book of Mormon is when the authors describe the Lamanites. Usually it's something like "bloodthirsty, indolent, ferocious" or something along those lines. What I like about that is that it shows the prejudices that the writers had toward the Lamanites. I'm sure not all of them were bloodthirsty and indolent. They talk about how the Lamanites have been taught to hate the Nephites, but they seem to do a fine job of passing on their preconceptions as well.

Friday, June 20, 2014