1 Nephi

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Violence and Cruelty in 1 Nephi

1. Nephi is forced by "the Spirit" to kill Laban. 4:10

2. "The Lord hath delivered him [Laban] into thy [Nephi's] hands." -- the Spirit 4:11

3. The Spirit said unto me [Nephi] again: "Slay him [Laban]." 4:12

4. God kills bad people to achieve good ends. (The ends justify the means.) It's better to kill one person than have a whole nation die unbelievers. 4:13

5. Nephi obeys "the Spirit" by grabbing Laban by the hair and chopping off his head. 4:18

6. God destroys entire nations of "wicked" people and curses the land for their sakes. 17:37-38

7. God "sent fiery flying serpents" to bite people. (Num.21:6) 17:41

8. God will force people to eat their own flesh and drink their own blood. 21:26

9. The members of "the great and abominable church" (the whore of all the earth) will kill each other and get drunk on their own blood. 22:13

10. All those that fight again Zion (Mormonism), like "that great whore, that great and abominable church" will be destroyed. 22:14

11. The day is soon coming when God's wrath will be poured out and all proud, wicked people will be burned. 22:16-17