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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 1023019" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>I found <a href="http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/selected-articles/palmer-spencer-j-comments-common-ground" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">this piece</span></a> from Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center on comparing Mormonism and Islam quite interesting. I went searching to try and confirm a quote (found the above link doing so) attributed to Joseph Smith where on October 14, 1838' he's alleged to have said,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Jon Krakauer in his book "Under the Banner of Heaven" page 102 does assert these words to Smith but in a <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=0DQaTU7Opq0C&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=We+will+establish+our+religion+by+the+sword.++We+will+trample+down+our+enemies+and+make+it+one+gore+of+blood+from+the+Rocky+Mountains+to+the+Atlantic+Ocean.+I+will+be+to+this+generation+a+second+Mohamed+whose+motto+in+treating+for+peace+was+the+Quran+or+the+Sword.++So+shall+it+be+with+us.&source=bl&ots=A_SiMwFS6h&sig=BkR2IhtNPKw2Durf9DjSkyda7LQ&hl=en#v=onepage&q=We%20will%20establish%20our%20religion%20by%20the%20sword.%20%20We%20will%20trample%20down%20our%20enemies%20and%20make%20it%20one%20gore%20of%20blood%20from%20the%20Rocky%20Mountains%20to%20the%20Atlantic%20Ocean.%20I%20will%20be%20to%20this%20generation%20a%20second%20Mohamed%20whose%20motto%20in%20treating%20for%20peace%20was%20the%20Quran%20or%20the%20Sword.%20%20So%20shall%20it%20be%20with%20us.&friend=false" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">larger quote in context</span></a> I take Smith's comments from a position of self defense and as last resort after peaceful means of judicial and civil redressed had been all but exhausted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 1023019, member: 2189"] I found [URL="http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/selected-articles/palmer-spencer-j-comments-common-ground"][COLOR=#ff0000]this piece[/COLOR][/URL] from Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center on comparing Mormonism and Islam quite interesting. I went searching to try and confirm a quote (found the above link doing so) attributed to Joseph Smith where on October 14, 1838' he's alleged to have said, Jon Krakauer in his book "Under the Banner of Heaven" page 102 does assert these words to Smith but in a [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=0DQaTU7Opq0C&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=We+will+establish+our+religion+by+the+sword.++We+will+trample+down+our+enemies+and+make+it+one+gore+of+blood+from+the+Rocky+Mountains+to+the+Atlantic+Ocean.+I+will+be+to+this+generation+a+second+Mohamed+whose+motto+in+treating+for+peace+was+the+Quran+or+the+Sword.++So+shall+it+be+with+us.&source=bl&ots=A_SiMwFS6h&sig=BkR2IhtNPKw2Durf9DjSkyda7LQ&hl=en#v=onepage&q=We%20will%20establish%20our%20religion%20by%20the%20sword.%20%20We%20will%20trample%20down%20our%20enemies%20and%20make%20it%20one%20gore%20of%20blood%20from%20the%20Rocky%20Mountains%20to%20the%20Atlantic%20Ocean.%20I%20will%20be%20to%20this%20generation%20a%20second%20Mohamed%20whose%20motto%20in%20treating%20for%20peace%20was%20the%20Quran%20or%20the%20Sword.%20%20So%20shall%20it%20be%20with%20us.&friend=false"][COLOR=#ff0000]larger quote in context[/COLOR][/URL] I take Smith's comments from a position of self defense and as last resort after peaceful means of judicial and civil redressed had been all but exhausted. [/QUOTE]
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