“Mormon is painting a picture of a people in apostasy, from which they will be called to repentance by Abinadi. … The set up necessitates our understanding of the fallen nature of Noah and his people. Their sins include the ‘pride of their hearts.’ They achieved a victory, but ascribe it to their own strength and forget their God. Even worse, they ‘did delight in blood, and the shedding of the blood of their brethren” (Gardner, Second Witness, 3:259).