Korihor’s feeble arguments are no match for the power of the spirit of testimony. Alma, like Jacob before Sherem, is unshakeable. Alma’s response is a great reminder of how missionaries should respond to these situations—bear their testimonies.
“Now, we ask, have the united efforts of all the Korihors the world has ever known successfully proved that there is no God? Have they proved that Jesus was not the Christ, the promised Messiah? Where is the man that can refute the testimony of those humble shepherds who heard the heavenly host sing, and who found the infant child wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger? Who is it that can come forth and refute the testimony of the wise men who followed the star and paid homage to the Christ child? Who is it that can discredit the testimony of John that the heavens were opening to him and that he heard a voice saying ‘This is my beloved Son’?…Who with authority can deny such a testimony?” (Millet & McConkie, Sustaining and Defending the Faith, pp. 92-3)
Jeffrey R. Holland
“Korihor’s arguments sound very contemporary to the modern reader, but Alma used a timeless and ultimately undeniable weapon in response—the power of personal testimony.” (Christ and the New Covenant, p. 121)