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Article Title

Is Not This Real?

Authors

Joseph M. Spencer

Keywords

Korihor, wickedness, Book of Mormon

Abstract

Latter-day Saints often take Korihor, the infamous Nephite anti-Christ, to be a fool, someone perhaps rightly struck dumb for stupidly demanding signs when he knew better. After all, he self-contradictorily trusted “an angel” who told him that “there is no God” (Alma 30:53). One popular commentary remarks: “Wickedness does not promote rational thought!”

Recommended Citation

Spencer, Joseph M. (2019) "Is Not This Real?," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 58: Iss. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol58/iss2/4