“They Did Not Dwindle in Unbelief”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
This was no gradual decline, no unfortunate slippage of the unwary. This was sin against light, choosing to forsake the truth and deny the revelations of God with an unholy enthusiasm and zeal born of Satan, the father of all lies and deceit.

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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