Alma 46: 12 And it came to pass that he rent his coat; and he took a piece thereof, and wrote upon it—In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children—and he fastened it upon the end of a pole.
This is a story about war. War is a very small word. But it is full to the brink with human suffering: cuts, bruises, tears, fears, sadness, broken bones, and death. All that is needed for a war to happen is people who are willing and ready to fight.
And that is something that is both good and bad about the Lamanites and the Nephites. They were always fighting for what they believed. This is a story about two different people who took two different approaches to war. Both were good. And both ultimately failed. Because what is good is not always what works.
The first man’s name is Moroni. Moroni was a young man. And like a lot of young men, he had hot blood.
Hot blood, a definition:
To have hot blood is to be brave and courageous and bold and confident. It c…
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