“The people are astonished at Amulek’s words, and Zeezrom himself begins to tremble [Alma] (11:46). Of course, only in fiction does it happen that someone is so thoroughly confounded that he suddenly cracks and changes his position. In real life, nothing in Amulek’s sermon was even surprising.”

^{Dan Vogel, Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 30 April 2004), 213.}