“Own Strength, Own Wisdom”

Brant Gardner

Mormon depicts their textbook rationalization. Humans are remarkably able to believe but also remarkably able to support what they wish to believe by denying the very things they see. In this case, prophecies were being fulfilled, but the disbelievers passed them off as lucky guesses.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 5

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