Despite Not
Moroni described the state of the Lamanites around him after his entire people had been destroyed. He wrote, “And behold also, the Lamanites are at war one with another; and the whole face of this land is one continual round of murder and bloodshed; and no one knoweth the end of the war” (Mormon 8:8). He was left among a people who were filled with anger and violence after seeing that same anger and violence destroy his people. After seeing all of his family and loved ones, especially his father, be killed by the senseless war, he was surely tempted to be filled with bitterness and wrath and his lot in life. But instead he turned to the Lord and invited us to shun anger and contention. He wrote, “And whoso receiveth this record, and shall not condemn it because of the imperfections which are in it, the same shall know of greater things than these…. Therefore, he that condemneth, let him be aware lest he shall be in danger of hell fire…. For behold, the same that judgeth rashly shall be