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* TheCassandra: Any time the people become wicked, a prophet is likely to come and be rejected, after which their dire prophecies will be fulfilled. But Samuel the Lamanite is a notable example because the people reject his predictions ''while watching them happen'', and they lay grand plans to slaughter everyone who believed him as soon as they can claim his deadline has passed.
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--> Some things they may have guessed right, among so many; but behold, we know that all these great and marvelous works cannot come to pass, of which has been spoken.
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* KangarooCourt: The Nephites find the chief judge dead, and five men unconscious nearby. They conclude that those five must be the murderers, and that God has smitten them down to stop them from fleeing, proceeding to throw the men in prison and make a widespread proclamation of their guilt -- all without actually trying or questioning them. (The Nephite legal system was noted to be thoroughly corrupt at the time, driven by bribery and backstabbing.)
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* KangarooCourt: The Nephites find the chief judge dead, and five men unconscious nearby. They conclude that those five must be the murderers, and that God has smitten them down to stop them from fleeing, proceeding to throw the men in prison and make a widespread proclamation of their guilt -- all without actually trying or questioning them. (The Nephite legal system was noted When it's later discovered that they're not guilty, but were sent there to be thoroughly corrupt at investigate Nephi's prophetic warning of the time, driven by bribery murder, he gets arrested and backstabbing.)tried -- which starts with the judges declaring him guilty and trying to bribe him to reveal his conspirators.
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* KangarooCourt: The Nephites find the chief judge dead, and five men unconscious nearby. They conclude that those five must be the murderers, and that God has smitten them down to stop them from fleeing, proceeding to throw the men in prison and make a widespread proclamation of their guilt -- all without actually trying or questioning them. (The Nephite legal system was noted to be thoroughly corrupt at the time, driven by bribery and backstabbing.)
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* AmoralAttorney: Zeezrom is described as a wealthy lawyer who is "an expert in the devices of the devil," and whose first appearance has him attempt to bribe two prophets with a large sum of money[[note]]Equivalent to 42 days of wages in a decent job[[/note]]. In addition, his practice is said to be exploitative and overpriced. As tends to happen, he undergoes a HeelFaithTurn, after which he abandons the practice of law and becomes a missionary.
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* ActualPacifist: The Lamanites in loved nothing more than murdering Nephites. So when several Lamanite cities were converted to Christianity, as part of their [[HeelFaceTurn repentance]] they buried their weapons, preferring to let themselves be killed than risk losing their forgiveness by killing an enemy even in self-defense. They were so firm in this conviction that the Nephites had to give them land to live on in the Nephite territory so the Nephites could protect them from the non-converted Lamanites, who kept killing them without resistance because of their faith.
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* AbductionIsLove: The wicked priests of King Noah were hiding in the wilderness, having abandoned their people and their families as the Lamanites conquered their land, when they stumbled across a group of daughters of the Lamanites dancing in the woods. They captured these daughters and made them their wives. Presumably, love followed because the next we hear of these daughters is their (and their children) pleading with an army of Lamanites not to kill their husbands.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: As soon as the flocks of King Lamoni are scattered by robbers, all the servants except Ammon panic and lament their fate, because the king has executed a string of previous shepherds for allowing that to happen. Ammon sets out to recover the flocks by whatever means are necessary (and ends up [[LiteralDisarming disarming]] most of the robbers), in order to avoid it.
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* OutGambitted: Amalickiah uses ex-Nephites as his military captains, because they're the most familiar with Nephite weaknesses. Moroni anticipates this tactic, however, and makes sure to thoroughly reinforce and fortify the cities that they'll hit first. The result is a one sided slaughter that sends the Lamanites running for home.
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* MeleeDisarming: After negotiations for the Lamanites' surrender break down, their leader Zerahemnah simply draws his sword and rushes at Captain Moroni. However, one of Moroni's guards strikes the sword out of his hand to the ground, so hard that it breaks.
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* HeelRealization: Amalickiah is able to get his people worked up and ready to fight, but when they see Captain Moroni's larger army facing them, waving banners proclaiming a readiness to fight for liberty, they start to have second thoughts about whether they're on the right side. Amalickiah ends up abandoning many of them and running away with the more loyal ones, then they're caught and he leaves most of ''those'' behind as he flees to the Lamanites to try his luck. Almost all his former followers surrender to Captain Moroni without a real fight and accept a covenant to protect liberty.
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* MurderByProxy: After Jared's rebellion against the king fails, he bribes one of the king's friends, Akish, to assassinate the king for him, in exchange for marrying Jared's daughter. Akish accepts the deal, but unfortunately for Jared, Akish recruits an entire organisation for the task, and then they remain in the king-slaying business after Jared takes the throne...
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Anti-Christ preachers have some of this.
** Korihor preaches that there is no God. How does he know there is no God? Why, an angel of God visited him with a message from God, telling him to preach that there is no God!
** Sherem declares that prophesying about the future is blasphemous, that he ''knows'' there will never be a Christ, and that he believes the scriptures -- each of which statements contradicts the other two.
** Korihor preaches that there is no God. How does he know there is no God? Why, an angel of God visited him with a message from God, telling him to preach that there is no God!
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** Sherem declares that prophesying about the future is blasphemous, that he ''knows'' there will never be a Christ, and that he believes the scriptures -- each of which statements contradicts the other two.
** Korihor preaches that there is no God. How does he know there is no God? Why, an angel of God visited him with a message from God, telling him to preach that there is no God!
** Sherem declares that prophesying about the future is blasphemous, that he ''knows'' there will never be a Christ, and that he believes the scriptures -- each of which statements contradicts the other two.
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* ShowSomeLeg: The people of Limhi, when they decide to stop running from the pursuing Lamanite army and surrender, send their daughters forward to plead their case. The Lamanites are charmed enough by "the beauty of their women" to stop attacking and listen.
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** The people of Limhi, when they decide to stop running from the pursuing Lamanite army and surrender, send their daughters forward to plead their case. The Lamanites are charmed enough by "the beauty of their women" to stop attacking andlisten.listen.
** The daughter of Jared's plan to win her father the throne includes her dancing for the king's friend, Akish, at which point she's sure Akish will want to marry her and will make a deal. Exactly what kind of dance isn't clear, but it worked...
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** The daughter of Jared's plan to win her father the throne includes her dancing for the king's friend, Akish, at which point she's sure Akish will want to marry her and will make a deal. Exactly what kind of dance isn't clear, but it worked...
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Jared recruits the king's friend, Akish, to assassinate the king and put Jared on the throne. However, Akish doesn't simply do the job himself; he gathers all his friends and family and forms an entire oath-bound organisation. The king flees before they can finish him, and Jared gets the throne like he wanted, but Akish is now next in line and has command of a group of people whose job is to kill the reigning monarch...
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* DeathbedConfession: Both Sherem and Korihor, after being smitten by God, confess that they knew all along that their teachings were false and that God existed. Sherem is literally on his deathbed, and passes away immediately afterward; Korihor lives a short time, but being cursed with muteness and apparently lacking the skills to support himself, he's reduced to begging, and is then trampled to death when he tries the wrong neighbourhood.
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** Korihor claims that the whole church is corrupt, "leading away the people after the silly traditions of their fathers, for the sake of glutting on the labors of the people." Alma responds by pointing out that this argument makes no sense when all the priests are unpaid.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: King Noah has forced his priests to abandon their families so as to run away from the Lamanites faster? No worries, they'll just kidnap some of the Lamanites' daughters to marry! That definitely won't result in a Lamanite army coming for revenge...
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** Korihor says he'll believe in God if He shows him a sign. Alma tries to convince him that God has given them enough signs with the scriptures and the creation, but Korihor still insists he needs a sign, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor which he gets by being struck dumb]].
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** Korihor says he'll he won't believe in God if He unless God shows him a sign. Alma tries to convince him that God has given them enough signs with the scriptures and the creation, but Korihor still insists he needs doesn't believe and won't believe without a sign, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor which he gets by being struck dumb]].
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--> Therefore I will write and hide up the records in the earth; and whither I go it mattereth not.
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* DeadManWriting: Several authors show awareness that they are writing for a time long after their own death, a "cry from the dust".
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* DeadManWriting: Several authors show awareness that they are writing for a time long after their own death, a "cry from the dust". Moroni, finishing the book, made particular mention of it.
--> Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.
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... That we have a trope entry on [[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm The Book of Mormon]], a book of scripture used by [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and its splinter groups alongside Literature/TheBible and the Literature/DoctrineAndCovenants. The Book of Mormon is the main piece of holy/'god-given' writ that distinguishes Mormonism from Catholicism and the various Protestant sects, and the unofficial name of the religion, Mormonism, derives its name from the book. The Mormons regard the book as divine scripture equal to the Bible in importance. In the 1980s the church added the subtitle "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" to help clarify that the primary subject of the book is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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... That we have a trope entry on page for [[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm The Book of Mormon]], a book of scripture used by [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and its splinter groups alongside Literature/TheBible and the Literature/DoctrineAndCovenants. The Book of Mormon is the main piece of holy/'god-given' writ that distinguishes Mormonism these from Catholicism and the various Protestant sects, and the unofficial name of the religion, Mormonism, derives its name from the book. The Mormons regard the book as divine scripture equal to the Bible in importance. In the 1980s the church added the subtitle "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" to help clarify that the primary subject of the book is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: King Lamoni is astonished by his father's angry reaction to his conversion and baptism. He doesn't back down, though.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Teancum sneaks into Amalickiah's army at night while everyone is asleep and kills him this way. He tries to do this again to Amalickiah's brother and successor Ammoron, but doesn't make as clean of a kill, causing Ammoron to scream before he died. Ammoron's screams woke up his guards, who hunted down and killed Teancum.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Teancum sneaks into Amalickiah's army at night while everyone is asleep and kills spears him this way. in the heart, causing instant death. He later tries to do this again to Amalickiah's brother and successor Ammoron, but doesn't make as clean of a kill, causing Ammoron to scream before he died. dies. Ammoron's screams woke wake up his guards, who hunted hunt down and killed kill Teancum.
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** The reason the records of the Nephites were compiled and hidden until Moroni led Joseph Smith to them.
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** The reason the records of the Nephites were compiled and hidden until Moroni led Joseph Smith to them. This is mentioned in the book of Enos as being something that many of the Nephite prophets prayed for, that if the Nephites became wicked and were destroyed, that they would at least leave a record for other nations to learn from. Near the end of the book, Moroni acknowledges several times that he's speaking for the benefit of distant future generations.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The Book of Mormon has a pronunciation guide, and the "Quad" (Literature/TheBible, The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price) has a Bible dictionary, maps, the Joseph Smith Translation, footnotes and references to similar verses and chapters. Some non-LDS scholars use the footnotes and index published by the LDS church because of their completeness and quality. Of note is that the [[NoPronunciationGuide pronunciation guide]] was only developed in the 1970s, as beforehand different regions had different ways of reading the many different names. This isn't considered to be their definitive original Nephite pronunciation, only a way to unify the way the church pronounces it.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The Book of Mormon has a pronunciation guide, and the "Quad" (Literature/TheBible, The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price) has a Bible dictionary, maps, the Joseph Smith Translation, footnotes and references to similar verses and chapters. Some non-LDS scholars use the footnotes and index published by the LDS church because of their completeness and quality. Of note is that the [[NoPronunciationGuide pronunciation guide]] guide was only developed in the 1970s, as beforehand different regions had different ways of reading the many different names. This isn't considered to be their definitive original Nephite pronunciation, only a way to unify the way the church pronounces it.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: The pronunciation and sometimes even the spelling is largely up to the interpretation of the translators. Modern editions offer a guide, but this is mostly for church unity and doesn't claim to be the original pronunciation. For instance, beforehand some called Amulek "A-Mew-lek" rather than "Amu-lek" (like amulet).
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: Happens for each major protagonist civilisation.
** The Nephites eventually lose their hopeless war and are wiped out by the Lamanites; even the prophet who recorded the final battle is eventually hunted down and killed afterward.
** The Jaredites kill ''each other'' until there is just one man left (plus the prophet in hiding whose ultimate fate is unknown). Since all the women and children were recruited into the war and killed off before the end, the nation is really most sincerely dead.
** The Nephites eventually lose their hopeless war and are wiped out by the Lamanites; even the prophet who recorded the final battle is eventually hunted down and killed afterward.
** The Jaredites kill ''each other'' until there is just one man left (plus the prophet in hiding whose ultimate fate is unknown). Since all the women and children were recruited into the war and killed off before the end, the nation is really most sincerely dead.
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* KillEmAll: Happens for each major protagonist civilisation.
** The Nephites eventually lose their hopeless war and are wiped out by the Lamanites; even the prophet who recorded the final battle is eventually hunted down and killed afterward.
** The Jaredites kill ''each other'' until there is just one man left (plus the prophet in hiding whose ultimate fate is unknown).
** The Nephites eventually lose their hopeless war and are wiped out by the Lamanites; even the prophet who recorded the final battle is eventually hunted down and killed afterward.
** The Jaredites kill ''each other'' until there is just one man left (plus the prophet in hiding whose ultimate fate is unknown).
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* DramaticIrony: After arriving in the land of Bountiful, Laman and Lemuel complain (again) about leaving Jerusalem, and lament about how they would have been wealthy and happy if they had stayed. Comparing the dates with the Bible suggests that the complete destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians would have been happening at or near the time they were speaking.
