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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ
and then a little backpedaling beginning with "nevertheless?"
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I agree that alma backpedals. but I think I read the backpedaling as much stronger than you do. I read it as almost a complete backpedal. I think Alma seriously backs of the implications of verse 12 in terms of the omniscience of God. I think that is why in verse 13 Alma emphasizes and only mentions in repetition the "blot out transgression part of the atonement" rather than the "learning to succor component" and why he brings up at least to some degree the omniscience of God.
On the other hand, if Alma's view of God is modal (don't impute a lot of theological precision to my use of the word) then Alma might not be backpedaling at all.