Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a><br><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/56?id=p3#p3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/56?id=p3#p3</span></a></p><p> These boys were Lamanites. They were a credit to the idea of Lamanites, though we know that the only real definition of the disparate "Lamanites" was, "not Nephites."</p>
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Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/55?id=p19#p19" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/55?id=p19#p19</span></a> Alma 55:19 But behold, this was not the desire of Moroni; he did not delight in murder or bloodshed...</p><p>Moroni does not delight in bloodshed; he keeps the bigger picture in mind. In the leadership of our own lives, what is our bigger picture?</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/54?id=p22#p22" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/54?id=p22#p22</span></a></p><p>And if it so be that there is a devil and a hell, behold will he not send you there to dwell with my brother whom ye have murdered, whom ye have hinted that he hath gone to such a place? But behold these things matter not.</p><p>Murder of his brother -- Teancum's actions totally left them open to such critique.</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/54?id=p23#p23" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/54?id=p23#p23</span></a><br>Ammoron uses his story to express victimhood, and justification. Zoramites have various stories they could draw from, so Ammoron has chosen one which appeals to his pride. See also <a href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/david-b-paxman_zoram-and-i-getting-our-stories-straight/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">speeches.byu.edu/talks/david-b</span><span class="invisible">-paxman_zoram-and-i-getting-our-stories-straight/</span></a></p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/53?id=p18#p18" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/53?id=p18#p18</span></a> </p><p>The sons of Helaman were Lamanites. However, there were no brother-on-brother issues of them fighting other Lamanites because Lamanites are so diverse a body, coming from many surrounding peoples not mentioned in the Book of Mormon.</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeneralConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralConference</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/10/27phillips?lang=eng" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">general-conference/2023/10/27phillips?lang=eng</span></a></p><p>"Many of the Savior's parabolic teachings focus on gathering, restoring, or striving to find that which has been scattered or lost."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Parabolic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parabolic</span></a>, meaning "using parables"! Very different from the mathematical/geometric concept of Parabolic I normally use.</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/50?lang=eng&id=p21#p21" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/50?lang=eng&id=p21#p21</span></a></p><p>"Whoredoms." Rarely in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> does it blame the prostitutes, but rather the users. The exception is Isabel, but that got personal.</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/49?lang=eng&id=p4#p4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/49?lang=eng&id=p4#p4</span></a><br>Here is the common lesson about the importance of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/preparation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preparation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prophylaxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prophylaxis</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpiritualStrongholds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualStrongholds</span></a>. But two other amazements are first that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fortifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fortifying</span></a> was apparently a novel idea to Moroni's inspiration, and also not thought of before by the Lamanites, who evidently did not know how to deal with it. Not too much later, fortifying will be a normal thing for both Nephites and Lamanites.</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/48?lang=eng&id=p17#p17" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/48?lang=eng&id=p17#p17</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Heroes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heroes</span></a>. Who is the "I" speaking? Our editor, Mormon, 500 years later. The man who named his son for this admired army captain. Mormon's admiration for Captain Moroni is very clear. How important it is to have heroes, especially when you are facing the challenges that Mormon faced.</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/47" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/47</span></a></p><p>True villainy: Deceit, tricking into a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SlipperySlope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlipperySlope</span></a>, greed, murder, more deceit.</p><p>What was going through the minds of the Lamanites who were effected by this power-shift?</p><p>Never in U.S. history has there been such a distrust in leadership which allowed aberrants to get into power. Perhaps something similar effected the Lamanites who silently allowed evil to go relatively uncontested to the throne.</p>
Tory Anderson<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PersonalStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalStudy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookOfMormon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookOfMormon</span></a> Alma finishes a Personal Priesthood Interview with his son Helaman</p><p><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/45?lang=eng&id=p2-p8#p2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">churchofjesuschrist.org/study/</span><span class="invisible">scriptures/bofm/alma/45?lang=eng&id=p2-p8#p2</span></a></p>
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