Comments on: Does God Want to Punish People?

By: Doc

Doc — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:09:30 +0000

Maybe Alma did not have time to explain to his recently converted companion the ins and outs of agency, or maybe he did not understand it himself. He only knew the spirit constrained him and that their blood would stand against them at the last day.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:46:11 +0000

It does seem to imply that God let those people die in order to justly punish those who did the murdering. I think in this case, we don’t have all the information. Alma could have stopped the crimes from happening, but what would that have accomplished? Would those people who rejected his word earlier have converted or would they have influenced others towards evil later on? We don’t know. but that is my assumption. The Lord used this situation to end their influence, so he could justly take them out, basically.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:27:13 +0000

Alma doesn’t seem to say that it is about agency. He says that it was so God’s punishment would be just.

By: Doc

Doc — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:06:37 +0000

This is about agency. Men have a right to act and be acted upon, and the consequences are then just. God could intervene in pretty much every disaster and save us all from any punishment and the world would be a beautiful Eden, but Lucifer’s plan was rejected long ago.