Talk:Gadianton robbers

Uniting
Is there a clear reference for the Gadianton robbers and Lamanites uniting?219.69.19.70 (talk) 02:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)grego

re "whose works are good"
A quote is needed for this description: "whose works are good, but who are actually deeply involved in conspiracy and organized crime". Outside of one instance from the letter written between that one guy and the other guy, I am unaware of any claims that they believed their works were good, and never is that definition made clear... for instance, the only way I understood it was that they were good because it lead to financial benefits... I never understood the Gadianton robbers to claim, like the masons do, to be a "good works organization", and so the parallel is somewhat flawed in my view, especially without a quote. myclob (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:17, 3 October 2009 (UTC).

Anti-Masonic interpretations within the Latter Day Saint movement.
There are people within the movement, particularly in the RLDS tradition, who believe the Book of Mormon is true AND that the Freemasons are/were rather like modern day Gadianton robbers - that part of the reason the Book of Mormon came forward was to warn us (us meaning the Latter Day Saints) against becoming involved in similar secret combinations. I have also heard criticism from opponents of the Brigham Young-descended factions who compare the Gadianton robbers to the Danites and their means of identification to the secret signs involved in the Utah Mormon temple rituals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.193.112.62 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 6 September 2010 Dafalias (talk) 11:47, 2 November 2021 (UTC) It is clear from the Book of Mormon that the Gadianton Robbers were not and are not some insignificant little organization. They were and are the super wealthy and powerful.

The article is also ignorant of the fact that it is clearly stated in the Book of Mormon that the secret combinations have existed since Caine. The merely got the name "Gadianton Robbers" in the Ancient Americas.

possible source for future editing
There's an essay in Brant Gardner's Second Witness vol. 5 on the Gadianton Robbers starting on page 11. The original presentation is available for free from FAIR. FAIR is typically not cited on Wikipedia. Here's the citation to the book:

Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 22:11, 18 October 2023 (UTC)