Originally posted by wuapinmon
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Most Mormons believe that God's laws are eternal, including his ethics. Of course an ethical or moral judgment is based on the facts and circumstances, but I don't think that is what Dan is getting at. In man-made law, ethics are clearly based on the facts and circumstances, ie killing a human being is not always murder (justifiable homicide, for example). But that has little to do with moral relativism. It cannot be said that our laws are relative. They are supposed to be consistently applied to all.
So with God's laws, except his ethics and morals are more perfect. Thus the killing of Laban by Nephi is a justifiable killing, as are many other killings in war, for crimes committed, etc. Mormonism does not hold what Dan asserts. His ethics are not merely based upon what God feels at the moment, which is what is implied by (if not explicitly stated) in Dan's comment.
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