It is Lucifer who is behind this doctrine and who seeks to pervert the ways of God and distort the true nature of Deity. Satan, the father of this lie and all lies is the one who is without faith, hope, and charity. It is he who denies the mercy afforded by the Atonement. It is he and his angels who ate “in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity” and who ultimately “must go down to hell”. They are the ones who spread lies about God and the gospel to ensnare and enslave others in their wicked webs of falsehoods and to make them miserable like themselves. Those who follow Lucifer and embrace his false teachings are the ones who are “in danger of death, hell, and endless torment.” In this epistle Mormon is exercising all his power and authority to preach against Lucifer’s false and damning doctrine concerning the salvation of little children and exhorting all to repent and come to a true understanding and acceptance of the mercies of the Messiah. As can be seen especially with this doctrine the Book of Mormon exposes the and-Christ Lucifer and the mortal proponents of his Christ doctrines and invites all men and women everywhere to come unto Christ and partake of his goodness and mercy.