I'm not good at reading, so perhaps some of these facts are inaccurate. This is also incomplete since I'm not done reading.
The Book of Mormon says Nephi and Laman were brothers, sons of Lehi. It does say black skin is a curse upon the Lamanites due to iniquity(2 Nephi 5:21). Yet it also says it's a commandment to "revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins." Racism is a sin. In one way the Lamanites were more righteous than the Nephites "for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father—that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them." I think at one point the Nephites are told they might have darker skin than the Lamanites: "O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be a whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God."
The Lamanites were based because they enslaved the people of Limhi. Slavery is based. It's also based that they said, "it is better that we should be in bondage than that we should lose our lives." Death is the worst.
Zeniff saw good in the Lamanites: "I saw that which was good among them I was desirous that they should not be destroyed"
Now, the Lamanites weren't perfect because " they delighted in wars and bloodshed." Obviously this is bad, but I think this is a misportrayal. Right-wingers paint non-whites are criminals when they're actually innocent. Delighting in war is just a lie by racists.
Unfortunately, bad things did befall the Lamanites: "twenty and four of the daughters of the Lamanites they carried into the wilderness." They were abducted by Amulon. They ended up marrying them.
Here's a detail: "And it came to pass that the Lamanites had compassion on [the Nephites], for they were charmed with the beauty of their women."
In one way, the Lamanites were peaceful: "And they were a people friendly one with another; nevertheless they knew not God..."
It seems Alma and his people were turned into slaves by the Lamanites: " And Alma and his brethren went forth and delivered themselves up into their hands; and the Lamanites took possession of the land of Helam."
Although the Lamanites "delighted" in bloodshed, the Nephites went to war too: Nephite Abinadom says, "I, with my own sword, have taken the lives of many of the Lamanites in the defence of my brethren."
The Nephites succeeded in converting some of the Lamanites: "And they had been teaching the word of God for the space of fourteen years among the Lamanites, having had much a success in bringing many to the knowledge of the truth."
The Lamanite queen was faithful: "And it came to pass that [Abish] went and took the queen by the hand, that perhaps she might raise her from the ground; and as soon as she touched her hand she arose and stood upon her feet, and cried with a loud voice, saying: O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy on this people!"
The Lamanites are actually superior in one aspect to the Nephites because they practiced slavery. Also, the Nephites were thugs who robbed the Lamanites according to the Lamanites: "Lamoni, thou art going to deliver these Nephites, who are sons of a liar. Behold, he robbed our fathers; and now his children are also come amongst us that they may, by their cunning and their lyings, deceive us, that they again may rob us of our property."
King Lamoni of the Lamanites was converted and converted his household: "the king stood forth, and began to a minister unto them. And he did minister unto them, insomuch that his whole household were converted unto the Lord."
Many Lamanites were converted and were called "Anti-Nephi-Lehies." They refused to go to war: "Now there was not one soul among all the people who had been converted unto the Lord that would take up arms against their brethren." Unfortunately, many of them were slain: "we have no reason to doubt but what they were a saved."
The Nephites seem to have been antislavery: "But Ammon said unto him: It is against the law of our brethren, which was established by my father, that there should be any a slaves among them; therefore let us go down and rely upon the mercies of our brethren."
The Book of Mormon says Nephi and Laman were brothers, sons of Lehi. It does say black skin is a curse upon the Lamanites due to iniquity(2 Nephi 5:21). Yet it also says it's a commandment to "revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins." Racism is a sin. In one way the Lamanites were more righteous than the Nephites "for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father—that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them." I think at one point the Nephites are told they might have darker skin than the Lamanites: "O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be a whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God."
The Lamanites were based because they enslaved the people of Limhi. Slavery is based. It's also based that they said, "it is better that we should be in bondage than that we should lose our lives." Death is the worst.
Zeniff saw good in the Lamanites: "I saw that which was good among them I was desirous that they should not be destroyed"
Now, the Lamanites weren't perfect because " they delighted in wars and bloodshed." Obviously this is bad, but I think this is a misportrayal. Right-wingers paint non-whites are criminals when they're actually innocent. Delighting in war is just a lie by racists.
Unfortunately, bad things did befall the Lamanites: "twenty and four of the daughters of the Lamanites they carried into the wilderness." They were abducted by Amulon. They ended up marrying them.
Here's a detail: "And it came to pass that the Lamanites had compassion on [the Nephites], for they were charmed with the beauty of their women."
In one way, the Lamanites were peaceful: "And they were a people friendly one with another; nevertheless they knew not God..."
It seems Alma and his people were turned into slaves by the Lamanites: " And Alma and his brethren went forth and delivered themselves up into their hands; and the Lamanites took possession of the land of Helam."
Although the Lamanites "delighted" in bloodshed, the Nephites went to war too: Nephite Abinadom says, "I, with my own sword, have taken the lives of many of the Lamanites in the defence of my brethren."
The Nephites succeeded in converting some of the Lamanites: "And they had been teaching the word of God for the space of fourteen years among the Lamanites, having had much a success in bringing many to the knowledge of the truth."
The Lamanite queen was faithful: "And it came to pass that [Abish] went and took the queen by the hand, that perhaps she might raise her from the ground; and as soon as she touched her hand she arose and stood upon her feet, and cried with a loud voice, saying: O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy on this people!"
The Lamanites are actually superior in one aspect to the Nephites because they practiced slavery. Also, the Nephites were thugs who robbed the Lamanites according to the Lamanites: "Lamoni, thou art going to deliver these Nephites, who are sons of a liar. Behold, he robbed our fathers; and now his children are also come amongst us that they may, by their cunning and their lyings, deceive us, that they again may rob us of our property."
King Lamoni of the Lamanites was converted and converted his household: "the king stood forth, and began to a minister unto them. And he did minister unto them, insomuch that his whole household were converted unto the Lord."
Many Lamanites were converted and were called "Anti-Nephi-Lehies." They refused to go to war: "Now there was not one soul among all the people who had been converted unto the Lord that would take up arms against their brethren." Unfortunately, many of them were slain: "we have no reason to doubt but what they were a saved."
The Nephites seem to have been antislavery: "But Ammon said unto him: It is against the law of our brethren, which was established by my father, that there should be any a slaves among them; therefore let us go down and rely upon the mercies of our brethren."
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