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Alma & Korihor
All things testify that there is a God.   It is impossible to know anything
                                          about the future.
You don’t need a sign to believe in       You cannot know things that you can’t
God.                                      see.
You have no evidence that God does        People who believe in God are crazy.
not exist.
How do you know Christ will not come? Religious traditions are foolish.

The prophets have testified that          In life you take what you can get and
there is a God                            the strongest and the cleverest
                                          succeed.
You have the scriptures.                  Death is the end of everything.

                                          There is no such thing as right and
                                          wrong.
                                          Religion is a way of suppressing
                                          people.
Ammon & King Lamoni –
                        Alma 18:24-40
1.  What is the first thing
    Ammon asks the King?
    (verse 24)
2. Why you think he starts by
    asking this?
3. What does Ammon do when
    he is confused? (verses 25-
    28)
4. Why do you think he does
    this?
5. What does Ammon teach
    next?
6. How does he know whether
    the King believes him?
7. How could you apply what you
have learned when speaking to
your friends about the gospel?
Aaron and the King of Ishmael –
                         Alma 22:4-23
1.  What is the first question
    Aaron asks the King?
    (verse 7)
2. Why do you think he
    starts by asking this?
3. How does Aaron help the
    King to understand who
    God is? (verses 9-10)
4. Why do you think he does
    this?
5. How does Aaron know
    whether the king believes
    what he is being told?
6. What did Aaron ask the
    King to do? (verse 16)
7.    How could you apply
what you have learned from
Aaron when talking to your
friends about the gospel?

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Alma & Korihor: God, Prophets and Morality

  • 1. Alma & Korihor All things testify that there is a God. It is impossible to know anything about the future. You don’t need a sign to believe in You cannot know things that you can’t God. see. You have no evidence that God does People who believe in God are crazy. not exist. How do you know Christ will not come? Religious traditions are foolish. The prophets have testified that In life you take what you can get and there is a God the strongest and the cleverest succeed. You have the scriptures. Death is the end of everything. There is no such thing as right and wrong. Religion is a way of suppressing people.
  • 2. Ammon & King Lamoni – Alma 18:24-40 1. What is the first thing Ammon asks the King? (verse 24) 2. Why you think he starts by asking this? 3. What does Ammon do when he is confused? (verses 25- 28) 4. Why do you think he does this? 5. What does Ammon teach next? 6. How does he know whether the King believes him? 7. How could you apply what you have learned when speaking to your friends about the gospel?
  • 3. Aaron and the King of Ishmael – Alma 22:4-23 1. What is the first question Aaron asks the King? (verse 7) 2. Why do you think he starts by asking this? 3. How does Aaron help the King to understand who God is? (verses 9-10) 4. Why do you think he does this? 5. How does Aaron know whether the king believes what he is being told? 6. What did Aaron ask the King to do? (verse 16) 7. How could you apply what you have learned from Aaron when talking to your friends about the gospel?

Editor's Notes

  1. Cut these up and ask the youth to find Korihor’s arguments.Stick them on the board and ask if they have come across similar arguments. Can they add to the list?How could they respond to them? Then put up Alma’s responses and compare with theirs.