One of the things that is remarkable about Captain Moroni is
how he frequently tries to bring battles with the Lamanites to a close by
requiring the Lamanites to enter into a covenant that they won’t go to battle
against the Nephites again. This
is very peculiar and refreshingly large-hearted and trusting. How did he get the idea that he could
do such a thing?
I suspect that he might have gotten the idea from the record
of Zeniff and Limhi. Zeniff is the
first one that makes promises with Lamanites and we can see that at the
beginning these promises did a pretty good job of allowing Lamanites and
Nephites to live in fairly close proximity to each other without
bloodshed. Perhaps this was
previously believed to be impossible.
Captain Moroni could have learned from Zeniff and Limhi’s
records that the Lamanites had a culture that took their promises, oaths, and
covenants very seriously, and this made him willing to try using that factor to
build peace between the Nephites and Lamanites.
We can also make agreements requiring nonaggression from our
enemies. Conficts happen, but if
there is a promise not to fight, then that keeps fighting from happening except
in really serious conflicts.
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