Korihor the Anti-Christ
READ Alma 30:7-11
What does it mean to be on “equal grounds”?
How would forbidding some beliefs be contrary to the divine law of
equality?
When reading Korihor’s arguments against God, it may be useful to
understand the philosophical principles upon which he is basing his
thinking…
Metaphysics deals with the nature of reality; what question does
it try to answer?
Axiology deals with ethics and values; what question does it try
to answer?
Epistemology deals with knowledge; what question does it try to
answer?
What are the primary ways that people obtain or derive knowledge
or truth?
READ Alma 30:12-18
What does Korihor believe about what
is real?
So, what is the implication with
regard to how we should live our lives?
What does Korihor believe about how we
can derive truth?
What does Korihor believe about what
is good or right?
What does Korihor believe about
revelation as a way to obtain truth and the belief in a Christ?
READ Alma 30:22-29
What does Korihor say about those who
have faith in God?
Why is Korihor’s argument (that God
does not exist because He’s never been seen or known) an effective argument,
and what is wrong with the argument?
So what is Korihor's bottom line
message to the people?
READ Alma 30:31-35
Can Alma prove that Korihor is lying
about “glutting himself on the labors of the people”?
What is Alma’s strategy in dealing
with Korihor’s philosophical debate and accusatory claims?
Why is this strategy fair?
READ Alma 30:37-45
How does Alma trap Korihor in his own
argument?
How does Korihor know there isn’t a
God?
How has Alma beaten Korihor in getting
him to admit that his argument is based on his (Korihor’s) own personal
testimony?
What sign does Alma give Korihor of
the existence of God?
Why won’t Korihor believe the signs?
READ Alma 30:46-50
What is the irony in the additional
sign that the Lord gives Korihor?
READ Alma 30:51-53
Can we believe Korihor’s story about his previous experience?
How does Korihor’s story about an “angel” appearing to him change the
philosophical beliefs upon which he based his initial argument to Alma?
READ Alma 30:59-60
Why does the devil not support his children at the last day?
What is the major
flaw in Korihor’s argument?
The Zoramites: An Anti-Christ Society
Read Alma 31:1, 8-11,
5
Why is the preaching
of the "word" in power more effective than the sword or anything
else?
How is the book of Alma a testimony to the power of the “word of
God”?
READ Alma 31:12-22
Are the Zoramites
religious?
What kind of church
meeting do the Zoramites hold each week?
Why do the people all
bear the same testimony/prayer?
Why do churches use
creeds?
What is the doctrine
of the Zoramites?
READ Alma 31:23-29
How do these beliefs
translate into behavior?
How are Korihor and the Zoramites both examples of “Anti-Christ’s”?
Why did Mormon include this account of the Zoramites in a book
written for our day?
