Social: Note the nature of Moroni’s lament. He says that the Christians are despised. What we must remember here is the context. We are quite accustomed to supposing that the Lamanites might despise the Nephites, but Moroni’s provocation for this prayer is not an external Lamanite confrontation, but an internal one. He is actually speaking of Nephites who despise Nephite-Christians! Because the political system of the Nephites allows for multiple religious beliefs, there is no longer a uniform religion in the cities under Nephite control. Thus we have civil war brewing over both religion and politics, but the non-Christians are apparently gaining much greater numbers than ever before.