The years after Christ visited the people in the Americas had to have been a wonderful time to live. It is recorded of this time:
"And it came to pass that there was no contention in the land, because of the love of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people. And there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms, nor lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness; and surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God. There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God." (4 Nephi 1:15-17)
When I read these verses, the thing I take from it is that everyone truly loved their neighbor. All of the sins that were not present in these years are sins, I believe, that come from the individual worrying more about themselves than they do about others. When people take the time to care about others, however, those sins and all their negative consequences abate, and people can be truly happy.
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