| 00:06.43 | romanovic | I'm disappointed that the article, like many others, conflates an entire world's worth of belief systems as "religion." |
| 00:07.04 | romanovic | I have a family member who loves to derail discussion on any church topic into a trial, citing a long list of offences Religion has committed against the peoples of the world since the beginning of time |
| 00:10.20 | romanovic | He too likes to paint mormonism as a culture where people believe non-mormons (or non-christians, or non-religious people) can't have proper morals and are wicked by default |
| 00:15.09 | romanovic | even though this was not taught at home or at church. aren't we taught just the opposite? I'm pretty sure Moroni didn't say "the spirit of Christ is given to every man, as long as he is mormon or a really good Christian, that he may know good from evil" |
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| 00:25.47 | romanovic | if secular-minded individuals have good morals but don't attribute them to Christ or any divinity, what difference does that make? I think LDS members recognise and encourage all the good such people can do in the world |
| 00:26.16 | romanovic | and for the most part are open to learning and following their examples, where there is room for improvement |
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| 04:48.33 | resplin | As a society we have progressed beyond some of the gross errors of our ancestors. But the individual temptations have gotten far worse in my lifetime. Pornography, foul language, gambling, drug use. |
| 04:49.10 | resplin | I remember a talk by Pres. Hinckley that I can't find right now. He said that this is the hardest time in the history of the world to be faithful, yet it is the easiest because the obstacles are private temptations not public persecution. |
| 04:49.52 | resplin | However, I completely agree that Mormons need to recognize the good of people throughout the world. We are taught that regularly, and yet it sometimes seems absent from our culture. |
| 04:50.04 | resplin | Though if I wasn't a Mormon I would be a Taoist. <grin> |
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