Does anyone know the bit about, what was it, soldiers or someone, tearing the flesh from their enemy or whatever with their teeth? It’s been so long since I’ve thought about it I can’t recall the scriptural context.
FARMINGTON — The Book of Mormon was challenged in the Davis School District last week, with the challenger calling the seminal text for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "very violent."
According to a copy of the challenge obtained by KSL NewsRadio Friday, the book is being challenged at Kaysville Junior High.
The petitioner, whose name was redacted, said he or she doesn't want children reading about "murder, rape and torture, or learning that it is OK to murder somebody if God tells them to (Nephi)."
"Nephi cuts off Laban's head and his brothers are constantly beating him up. There are also the war chapters of Alma that describe dead bodies littered across the land. The Nephites and Lamanites torture and murder each other," the person wrote in his or her request for the book to be removed. "There is also burning people at the stake (Abinadi); and forced cannibalism (Moroni 9). There is also sex and visiting prostitutes. While this is framed as a sin, it is still mentioned. Further, the Lamanite women are kidnapped and raped in Mosiah 20."