Order of Nehors vs. Gadianton Robbers

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JohnnyL
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Order of Nehors vs. Gadianton Robbers

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Order of Nehors vs. Gadianton Robbers

I guess that while they're close, they're not the same.

I think all too often we group the ON into the GR, as a generalization--it works, but just wanted to point it out.

And all too often we are afraid to say someone is a GR, so we leave them out of everything, when it would be right to put them in the ON group.

It might be possible to be both, as it seems ON often leads to GR.

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The Order Of Nehor operates legally, under government protection and in the open...

while Gadianton Robber operated illegally and secretly.

The Nehor uses government grants, licensing, protection, preference, that applies force/burden on tax paying public and monopoly in some form on the public.

The Gadianton evades law enforcement, covertly sneaks around for goodies, combines with other low lifes like himself and actually does his own evil works.

The Nehor needs and embraces the force of government for goodies while the Gadianton needs and embraces the dark.

The Nehor is a public role model while the Gadianton is despised and hunted.

The one is protected by government in his robbery and the other is not.

Both are full of dead men's bones, one is whited and the other is dark.

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Order of Nehors refers to priestcraft and preaching popular doctrine.

Gadianton Robbers refers to the overall secret combinations.

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davidian
Order of Nehors refers to priestcraft and preaching popular doctrine.
18 And when they had been cast into prison three days, there came many lawyers, and judges, and priests, and teachers, who were of the profession of Nehor...Alma 14:18

4 And he appointed teachers of the brethren of Amulon in every land which was possessed by his people; and thus the language of Nephi began to be taught among all the people of the Lamanites.

Amulon was a priest of King Noah, stole the dancing girls and establishes public education among the Lamanites.

These are well paid, respected people, working as quazi government agents. No one can preach or plum, do electrical, or cut hair unless they have been to college, trained, certified, licensed in government ministry, (ministry of force, Lucifer's gospel).

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Joel
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Gadianton robbers made it into Wikipedia:

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