The Book of Mormon is full divinely-sanctioned violence. Here are a few examples.
God commands Nephi to kill Laban.
1 Ne 4:10-13, 18
10 And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.
11 And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.
12 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;
13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief . . .
18 Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit, and took Laban by the hair of the head, and I smote off his head with his own sword.
The slaughter of American Indians by Europeans was justified.
1 Ne 13:14-15
14 And it came to pass that I beheld many multitudes of the Gentiles upon the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath of God, that it was upon the seed of my brethren; and they were scattered before the Gentiles and were smitten.
15 And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful, like unto my people before they were slain.
God will make people eat their own flesh and drink their own blood.
2 Ne 6:18 And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
God will make people kill each other and eat the flesh of their own arm.
2 Ne 19:19-20
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother.
20 And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm . . .
God will smite His people with famine and pestilence.
Mosiah 12:4 And it shall come to pass that I will smite this my people with sore afflictions, yea, with famine and with pestilence; and I will cause that they shall howl all the day long.
God helped the Nephites slaughter the Amlicites.
Alma 2:18-19
18 Nevertheless the Lord did strengthen the hand of the Nephites, that they slew the Amlicites with great slaughter, that they began to flee before them.
19 And it came to pass that the Nephites did pursue the Amlicites all that day, and did slay them with much slaughter, insomuch that there were slain of the Amlicites twelve thousand five hundred thirty and two souls; and there were slain of the Nephites six thousand five hundred sixty and two souls.
The god described in the Book of Mormon is obviously nothing like our dear, sweet Lord. Is it any wonder that the
Mormons have such a bloody history? Probably the most infamous incident is the
Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which 120 Arkansan emigrants were slaughtered after they had surrendered to the Mormon militia led by John D. Lee.
However, most Mormons are ignorant of their history and their holy books. They have never taken the time to examine their beliefs. I would be so embarrassed if it turned out I had clung to false beliefs all my life when all the time the truth was only a few keystrokes away. Even a
cursory Google search would show the Mormon religion to be based on lies.