just me wrote:God, I hope you are going to address my actual questions. :(
I wish I could but I don't think I can. Sorry. I'm really not much of an apologist. We all just believe what we want to believe.
Well, that was why I asked for your opinion. If you were an apologist I don't think I would have asked.
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden ~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
Drifting wrote:In Mormonism - Is it okay to break any or all of the ten commandments?
No. Not all stories teach good morals nor are all actions in stories to be emulated in real life. Sometimes evil deeds are performed in the course of any events. Look on these evil deeds as something not to do. Had Nephi committed those crimes in Texas, Governor Perry would be itching to throw the electrical switch.
When looking at the Book of Mormon or any other sacred text it is best to look for both positive morals and symbolic truths.