tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post1874070065253837115..comments2023-05-10T10:41:32.689-04:00Comments on Against the Greater Light: Alma 33: Dead Prophets SocietyAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14724409661360473452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-70447363537377465222014-09-24T23:14:01.108-04:002014-09-24T23:14:01.108-04:00You've been a good teacher. After reading your...You've been a good teacher. After reading your work, I've developed the ability to see things differently with a much more open view. Keep up the good work!Larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-55172386136414984312014-09-22T03:28:22.299-04:002014-09-22T03:28:22.299-04:00Good catch! It's interesting that God would m...Good catch! It's interesting that God would move mountains for this Zenock dude but let Joseph, the guy who's supposedly more important than everybody but Jesus, sit there and rot in jail.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724409661360473452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172451149432147710.post-8560133929046648902014-09-21T11:25:19.136-04:002014-09-21T11:25:19.136-04:00As I read the chapter before reading your post, th...As I read the chapter before reading your post, this is what stood out to me:<br /><br />10 Yea, and thou hast also heard me when I have been cast out and have been despised by mine enemies; yea, thou didst hear my cries, and wast angry with mine enemies, and thou didst visit them in thine anger with speedy destruction. <br />11 And thou didst hear me because of mine afflictions and my sincerity; and it is because of thy Son that thou hast been thus merciful unto me, therefore I will cry unto thee in all mine afflictions, for in thee is my joy; for thou hast turned thy judgments away from me, because of thy Son. (Book of Mormon, Alma, Alma 33)<br /><br />Am I wrong is restating it this way? "If you pray to god, he will hear your cries, destroy your enemies and you will have joy."<br /><br />It didn't work so well for the saints as they were being driven from city to city, did it? It also didn't work so well for Joseph when he was in prison. D&C Section 122 comes to mind. He prayed to god to destroy his enemies, and this was the answer he got:<br /><br />7 And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good. <br />8 The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he? (Doctrine and Covenants, Doctrine and Covenants, D&C 122)<br /><br />I guess the saints finally decided that if they wanted their enemies destroyed, and the blood of the prophets avenged, they would have to take things into their own hands after prayerful consideration and debate. Thus, the Mountain Meadows Massacre.Larrynoreply@blogger.com