Aaron, one of the sons of Mosiah, goes into a city called Jerusalem. He is preaching to the Amalekites in their synagogues (remember, they were building them after a Jewish pattern, at least sort of). The Amalekites followed a religion called the Order of Nehor.
When he's in there, he apparently started talking about his own experience seeing an angel.
"What!? You say you saw an angel? If you saw an angel, why didn't we? Aren't we good enough people? You say unless we repent, we'll perish. But how can you know what's actually going on in our hearts? How could you possibly know that we are not already righteous? Haven't we built these places of worship where we get together to worship God? We believe that God will save everybody, not just a few elect people."
Answer:
Yes, I've asked this question in my heart before.
Yes, it's a bad question. At least with the attitude of this particular Amalekite. He's obviously trying to use negative evidence to disprove Aaron's beliefs. Not only is it super rude, but it's just a logical fallacy. If he was doing it in public it would have been more like bullying than a rhetorical conversation.
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