1 Nephi 16
The following verses are so true of human nature. Nephi's brothers, Laman and Lemuel, were angry when Nephi tried to help them see the error of their ways. Verses 1-3:
1 "And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end of speaking to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hast declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear.
2 "And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.
3 "And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us."
In today's society, those who try to hold to spiritual and religious truths are called the "religious right" in a derogatory manner by people who want nothing to do with religion or anyone or anything that might bring to their attention their evil and unsavory lifestyles. There is building anger against righteous principles and people who try to uphold them. Those who support that marriage should only be between a man and a woman (no polygamous or homosexual "marriages") and who are against abortion (murder of unborn children) come under attack by the "liberal left," including most of the mainstream media. People who indulge in those and other immoral practices are angry at those who adhere to righteous truths.
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