A couple months ago I wrote an article for my computer security blog entitled "Social Engineering in the Scriptures". The article discusses a successful attempt by the Nephites to trick the Lamanites (as described in Alma 55), and an unsuccessful attempt by the Ephraimites to trick the Gileadites (as described in Judges 12). Since the article fits within the context of this religion blog as well, here's a link if you'd like to read it:
Read the article "Social Engineering in the Scriptures"
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Saturday, April 04, 2009
What does "succor" mean?
Wow, it's been a year and a half since I last updated my religion blog. Life has been very busy, and I've been working on other online pursuits including the Introduction to Mormonism podcast, my other podcasts, and social networking.
I'm finally updating this blog again because I've been watching the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a semiannual conference in which the prophet[?], apostles, and other Church leaders speak to the whole world. One of the words that was used repeatedly during the Saturday morning session (particularly in President Henry B. Eyring's talk) was succor. I don't think I've ever heard this word used outside of a Church setting, so I felt it might be useful to explain what the word means.
Oxford American Dictionaries defines succor as "assistance and support in times of hardship and distress" or as a verb, to "give assistance or aid to."
The word succor should not be confused with the word sucker which is pronounced the same way and has a rather opposite meaning. As a noun, a sucker can be defined among other things as "a gullible or easily deceived person," or as a verb, to "fool or trick (someone)" (ibid.). The word sucker is almost never used in an LDS context so as to avoid confusion with the scriptural and oft-used word succor.
I'm finally updating this blog again because I've been watching the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a semiannual conference in which the prophet[?], apostles, and other Church leaders speak to the whole world. One of the words that was used repeatedly during the Saturday morning session (particularly in President Henry B. Eyring's talk) was succor. I don't think I've ever heard this word used outside of a Church setting, so I felt it might be useful to explain what the word means.
Oxford American Dictionaries defines succor as "assistance and support in times of hardship and distress" or as a verb, to "give assistance or aid to."
The word succor should not be confused with the word sucker which is pronounced the same way and has a rather opposite meaning. As a noun, a sucker can be defined among other things as "a gullible or easily deceived person," or as a verb, to "fool or trick (someone)" (ibid.). The word sucker is almost never used in an LDS context so as to avoid confusion with the scriptural and oft-used word succor.
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