Modern-day revelations make it abundantly clear that only defensive wars are justified. Again and again, righteous people are protected when they sue for peace, pray sincerely to God, build up their defenses and do not pursue offensive wars. The Nephites learned this the hard way near the end of the Book of Mormon: And it was because the armies of the Nephites went up unto the Lamanites that they began to be smitten; for were it not fo...
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