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[calmoriah]

ERayR, on 10 July 2012 - 06:35 PM, said:

Question - where was Ether.  He had to be alive to finish his record.  Also knowing people as I do I am sure those that didn't take part in these wars of extinction added up to a great many.  So you see total annihilation does not work for me.

There are always defectors in any war and not just to the other side as mentioned in the Book of Mormon, but those who try to completely remove themselves from the conflict.

[ERayR]

calmoriah, on 10 July 2012 - 07:18 PM, said:

There are always defectors in any war and not just to the other side as mentioned in the Book of Mormon, but those who try to completely remove themselves from the conflict.

Yes that is my point and they are never just a few.  The represent a large portion of any population on both sides of a war.  Once leaders are deposed and armies decimated the come in and reclaim the land.  They are the fathers and mothers sheltering their families, grand parents to old to fight and people who just don't see themselves as having a dog in the fight.

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ERayR, on 10 July 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

Yes that is my point and they are never just a few.  The represent a large portion of any population on both sides of a war.  Once leaders are deposed and armies decimated the come in and reclaim the land.  They are the fathers and mothers sheltering their families, grand parents to old to fight and people who just don't see themselves as having a dog in the fight.

I had forgotten the correct term in my above post and that is "refugees".  One only needs to look at every war that has ever taken place...well, at least those I know about, to see that refugees are always present as you have pointed out.