* Michael Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-05 21:30:00 -0700]: > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 21:22, Hyrum Wright wrote: > > Do we though? I mean, think about how the adversary works, he tries to > > get us to change the line between right and wrong, ever so slightly. > > Then, he gets us to move it a little more. Eventually, we are so messed > > up in our morales, that we begin to call "good evil and evil good." > > That's what happened all throughout the apostasy, until, as a society, > > things were very convoluted (e.g. selling of indulgences, etc.). I, for > > one am grateful for those that help keep us, individually, and as a > > people, on the strait and narrow. > > If you are so insecure of your own moral fortitude then by all means let > someone else who is SO much more sure of theirs decide for you. That's > your choice. The apostasy happened because people became greedy and > uneducated. People ceased rational thought and followed blindly the > followings of corrupt ecclesiastical leaders. > > Give me all your lines about "the adversary" blurring lines, but I think > if we take a step back and really examine things with reason we can see > what is right and what is wrong. In fact, many times in history things > that are good have been called evil and things that are evil have been > called good. If we don't use reason to examine them, then how do we find > out which is right? Sure, the dogmaticists will call the people who make > these discoveries evil and say that they call "good evil and evil good" > but they will only be condeming themselves. > > -- > Michael Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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