BOOK OF MORMON
This passage from Mormon scripture justifies self defense and certain righteous war. It is also used by some Christians to argue that Mormons are not Christians because they do not accept Christ’s directive to “turn the other cheek”.
This command of the Ancient Prophet Moroni has been interpreted to refer to Facism, organized crime, and Communism at various times. Ezra Taft Benson, the Mormon Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower Administration and later to be President of the Mormon Church, in 1960 claimed that this passage was a warning about International Communism.
Referring to the prophet Jared and his family in search of the Promised Land.
The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2200 BC to AD 421. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. The Book of Mormon is one of the earliest of the unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement, the denominations of which typically regard the text primarily as scripture, and secondarily as a historical record of God's dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. Mainstream archaeological, historical and scientific communities do not consider the Book of Mormon to be an ancient record of actual historical events.
