Joseph Smith teaches God tells us to LIE

[_manmormon]

the same principle is at play when Nephi is told to kill Laban. Thou shalt not kill/kill Laban. Keeping a handle on good is not so easy as a set of written rules. That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is right under another. Joseph Smith it is a life long pursuit

[_The CCC]

the same principle is at play when Nephi is told to kill Laban. Thou shalt not kill/kill Laban. Keeping a handle on good is not so easy as a set of written rules. That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is right under another. Joseph Smith it is a life long pursuit

Would you lie to save your friends' life?

[_Mittens]

The question should be, would God lie

[_just me]

the same principle is at play when Nephi is told to kill Laban. Thou shalt not kill/kill Laban. Keeping a handle on good is not so easy as a set of written rules. That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is right under another. Joseph Smith it is a life long pursuit

There was no reason for God to have Nephi do his dirty work. God could have snuffed Laban out with a stroke or heart attack rather than turning Nephi into a murderer. Dumb.

[_Mittens]

the same principle is at play when Nephi is told to kill Laban. Thou shalt not kill/kill Laban. Keeping a handle on good is not so easy as a set of written rules. That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is right under another. Joseph Smith it is a life long pursuit

There was no reason for God to have Nephi do his dirty work. God could have snuffed Laban out with a stroke or heart attack rather than turning Nephi into a murderer. Dumb.

Laban is a mythical character

[_just me]

There was no reason for God to have Nephi do his dirty work. God could have snuffed Laban out with a stroke or heart attack rather than turning Nephi into a murderer. Dumb.

Laban is a mythical character

Not to believing Mormons. Keep up.

[_mocnarf]

Sounds similar to what Allah tells Muslims to do. It may be that all religions teach that lying to gain advantage is OK.

[_Zakuska]

And so did Abraham in the Bible, and then god punishes Pharaoh because of Abraham's lie, apparently give the seal of approval to the lie..... Is there a point?

Both Pharaoh and Abimelech were punished for falling for Abraham's lie . However Abimelech was warned by God and he was spared .

God told Moses to lie to Pharoah and to "borrow" his gold and riches, but the real story he was telling to the Israelites was that they where Going to steal the Egyptians Gold and leave them desolate when they took off into the desert.

Exodus 3:22

[_Gaelan_Ainsworth]

Genesis 22 also teaches that when God commanded of Abraham that he kill his son, not only did Abraham leap at the chance, but lied to Isaac multiple times before the attempted murder.

I think the moral here is don't lie unless you are the prophet.

[_The CCC]

Would you lie to save your friend's life?