In Alma 39:5, Alma the Younger chides his son Corianton by saying that his actions were so bad that only denying the ghost and murdering would be worse.<\/p>\n
Know ye not, my son, that these things are an abomination in the sight of the Lord; yea, most abominable above all sins save it be the shedding of innocent blood or denying the Holy Ghost?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So what does he mean by “these things”? Well, modern Mormon interpretation of this means sexual sins; often in a general sense. But is that what it really means?<\/p>\n
Specifically, Alma said, “Now this is what I have against thee; thou didst go on unto boasting in thy strength and thy wisdom. . . . thou didst forsake the ministry, and did go over into the land of Siron among the borders of the Lamanites, after the harlot Isabel” (vv. 2?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00fa3).<\/p>\n
So it seems that the actions Alma was reproving were three fold: boasting of his own strength and wisdom, forsaking his ministry, and going after a harlot. I’m not sure why common interpretation leaves out the first two, but it is easy to see how one could make a connection between sexual sin and going after a harlot.<\/p>\n
But does “going after a harlot” strictly refer to sexual sin? Did Corianton actually do anything sinful (read ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00c0\u00fasexual?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2) with Isabel? Or did the sin lie in the fact that he left his mission to go after her. In other words, his personal desires were more important than the Lord’s; doing what he wanted was more important than doing what the Lord wanted.<\/p>\n
On the surface, it even seems that the question remains unanswered because Alma didn’t go into any further detail regarding Corianton?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s sins. Yet, on the other hand, if Corianton?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s sin was simply going after Isabel (not really that simple)?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9and didn’t include any actual sexual activity?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9then Alma went into all the detail necessary, and the account is accurate.<\/p>\n
Somehow the list that Alma gave in verses 2 and 3, however, has evolved into including everything under the sexual sun so to speak. Odd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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