Deseret News | Reader comments: Morality — a moving target? Living by a code is never easy

Reader comments
Morality — a moving target? Living by a code is never easy

Anonymous | 6:55 p.m. June 26, 2009

Morality has always moved to wherever we need it to.

Morality is ever changing | 7:25 p.m. June 26, 2009

I hope morality is a moving target, otherwise we would be stuck with the morality of the old testament i.e. We would be stoning people for breaking the sabbath for adultery, for growing two types of crops in one field, for worshiping idols.

Or we in the United States would still have slaves.

Or many years from now we would still be performing abortions on innocent babies.

Thank heaven we can improve on old outdated and wrong moralities of the past.

Anonymous | 6:31 a.m. June 27, 2009

who are the people in the picture w/the bullseye?

Comments continue below

Choosing the Right | 10:18 a.m. June 27, 2009

All of the quotes in this article give helpful advice as to how to identify when you have "crossed the line" and committed an immoral act. Unfortunately, then the damage is already done. Everyone may have their own general idea of right and wrong, but until we accept that God knows everything, and that he guides us with Prophets like Moses, Elijah, and Thomas S. Monson, we will be left to continually stumble and suffer the consequences of our foolish actions. Prophets point out dangers we don't see until it is too late.

BobP | 2:54 p.m. June 27, 2009

With the sterling example of Slick Willie Clinton what else can we expect.

"He who.... | 8:25 p.m. June 27, 2009

is without sin, let him cast the first stone."

"He who..." | 3:22 p.m. June 28, 2009

...quotes scripture to justify sin or immorality, does NOT understand the law, God's or man.

Add your comment

Comments are monitored. Any comments found to be abusive, offensive, off-topic, misrepresentative, more than 200 words or containing URLs will not be posted.

Words Remaining

E-mail address: For internal use only. We may want to contact you to publish your comment (not your e-mail address) in the newspaper or for a separate story idea.