Comments on: Were the spared Nephites the cream of the crop? https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/10/14/were-the-spared-nephites-the-cream-of-the-crop/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/10/14/were-the-spared-nephites-the-cream-of-the-crop/comment-page-1/#comment-217580 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:22:24 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2746#comment-217580 In reply to annegb.

Good points. Sometimes I have to remind myself that most of the Book of Mormon people didn’t have access to King Benjamin’s sermon, which would explain on all the racism and us vs. them mentality.

]]> By: annegb https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/10/14/were-the-spared-nephites-the-cream-of-the-crop/comment-page-1/#comment-217578 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:18:17 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2746#comment-217578 The Book of Mormon has a particular flaw, I think, in that it invites people to compare themselves with others and there’s a lot of pride and patting oneself on the back in it. More justice than mercy, which bothers me because I’m a mercy kind of gIrl.

You hear that phrase “only the good die young”—-I’ve been obsessing on the Holocaust, no clue how many books I’ve read or re-read. I often wonder why God has chosen to spare my life when good people who love life have died. No answer to that question. But, my study and thought have led me to conclude that luck plays a large part in survival. Not survival instinct, or strength, or those who are just not as good as the saints who have died. Luck.

I know that doesn’t go along with God being in charge of everything……but it makes sense to me.

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