Jacob

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Injustice
Intolerance
Plagiarism
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Women
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-Jacob (Book of Mormon)

Good Stuff in Jacob

  1. Polygamy is condemned as "wicked". 1:15

  2. Polygamy is "an abomination." 2:24

  3. A man may not have any concubines, and no more than one wife. 2:27

  4. Use your wealth to help the poor and less fortunate. 2:19

  5. "No man knoweth such things."
    Sherem, the first freethought martyr in the Book of Mormon [see the story of Korihor for another (Alma 30)], tells Jacob he is misleading the people in by telling them (ca. 500 BCE) that Christ will be coming "many hundred years hence." 7:1-7

  6. "There is no Christ, neither has been, nor ever will be."
    Sherem denies the existence of "Christ" more than 500 years before his supposed existence. 7:9

  7. "Show me a sign."
    Sherem asks for a sign from God about his intention of sending a Christ 500+ years in the future. 7:13