And Jesus Said Unto Them, "And Whom Do You Say That I Am?"
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PearlWatson
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He's endorsed Newt for president.
Then shut yer yappin and fall in line already.
Reason
If God actaully doesn't exist does that mean right and wrong do not and have not existed either?
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
The populace or those in charge (until they are overthrown).
Killing is wrong, except in societies when it is done to uphold one's honor. Thou shalt not kill, unless God commands you to slay an entire civilization and take over their lands for your inheritance (OT). Society evolves and changes and so do the once absolute laws that govern that society.
Are you reading the same board as the rest of us? ;-)
For what it's worth, one of the things I like most about LDS theology is that it teaches that all people receive a chance to accept Christ in the hereafter. Therefore we don't teach that Jews/Muslims/Atheists/nonLDS Christians/etc who don't convert in this lifetime are damned. Also, we view a major purpose of this life to be trying to become the best person you possibly can (very much like what Dalamon was saying about the reason he's a Muslim).
See here for the view from one of the current LDS leaders, one of our "12 apostles". https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2000/10/the-challenge-to-become?lang=eng. Here's the first bit.
Dallin Oaks said:
Powshredder
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"Man is an intellectual giant but a moral dwarf." - Idjave Edewor
You are raised to adapt to your parents moral belief's, but as your brain develops and you grow older you instinctively begin to form a Moral commitment as from the development of a self-identity that is defined by moral purposes: this moral self-identity leads to a sense of responsibility to pursue such purposes. It can be argue'd for ages whether multiple moral beliefs have become a proof of righteousness or an inducement to evil. What is interesting, is that the English language, over the centuries; has a remarkable rise of the word right, in its many interrelated senses and uses that the use of `right' and `wrong' as parallel concepts (and opposites); and that the use of right as an adjective increased enormously in relation to the use of true. The word "TRUE" is conceived through FACT or REALITY. The word "RIGHT" is conceived through a moral perspective to be an acceptable exploit. THIS is my biggest issue with religious people.(And,yes, i do believe in god)
You are raised to adapt to your parents moral belief's, but as your brain develops and you grow older you instinctively begin to form a Moral commitment as from the development of a self-identity that is defined by moral purposes: this moral self-identity leads to a sense of responsibility to pursue such purposes. It can be argue'd for ages whether multiple moral beliefs have become a proof of righteousness or an inducement to evil. What is interesting, is that the English language, over the centuries; has a remarkable rise of the word right, in its many interrelated senses and uses that the use of `right' and `wrong' as parallel concepts (and opposites); and that the use of right as an adjective increased enormously in relation to the use of true. The word "TRUE" is conceived through FACT or REALITY. The word "RIGHT" is conceived through a moral perspective to be an acceptable exploit. THIS is my biggest issue with religious people.(And,yes, i do believe in god)