To recognize a trap before it is stepped in is far preferable to treating the wounds it inflicts. With the gift of discernment, one's spiritual vision becomes sharper, the camouflaged landmines become visible, and the enemy's wicked motivation becomes evident. Filled with the Spirit, Amulek perceives their wicked thoughts, and condemns their secret plans of perversion. No mortal, though they are the wisest as to the arguments of men, can argue with the power of the Spirit of God. The scribes and Pharisees could never show up Jesus of Nazareth. Joseph Smith could never be confounded in an argument about religion. And Amulek is not going to be outdone by the wisest in Ammonihah.