Why do you think Zerahemnah cannot see God’s hand in the Nephite victory?

Thomas R. Valletta

What is the relationship between evidence and faith? Why do you think Zerahemnah cannot see God’s hand in the Nephite victory? Latter-day Saint scholar John W. Welch wrote: “In an important sense, evidence makes belief possible. I am very impressed by the words of Austin Farrar in speaking about C. S. Lewis and quoted by Elder Maxwell on several occasions: ‘Though argument does not create conviction, lack of it destroys belief. What seems to be proved may not be embraced; but what no one shows that ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish’” (“Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith,” 156).

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