Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral

[ether-ore]

Special case? You're just pleading for an exception without justification. A real law cannot be broken. Only the "laws" that we humans place on ourselves can e.g. traffic laws, state laws, etc... These "laws" are just agreed upon desired behavior to have a functional society. I don't see how moral laws are any different.

Two things: First, We are eternal beings on a course of progression. Before mortality, we had no experience with physical bodies. We are here to learn to control them. God may assign laws (even an incomplete set) to a specific set of conditions such as mortality for the purpose of giving us a chance to learn to control these bodies in accordance with those laws He has given which are expedient for us to have in this condition. I see this as justifiable.

Now, this exchange has given me a lot to think about. I'm in a bit of a quandary trying to find a way of explaining. I see that I need to try another tack. I believe that God's law is objective and eternal. I also believe that law must exist somewhere in reality and has done so forever without beginning. So, it must be something about the word "objective".

God is the administrator of justice with regard to the laws given for our mortal sojourn. We are responsible for our actions relative to those laws which have been given and which apply in mortality. After we have proven how we would respond and act under the conditions here in mortality, come judgment day, God will objectively hand down judgment without regard to His own feelings. If you did this and that, then this or that will be your consequence according to the strict interpretation of the law. Whatever else may be the case, at least here, objectivity means without feeling and with strict adherence to the dictates of the requirements of the law.

I said the objective law resides in the mind of God, but I have no support for that assertion. I just cannot see where else it would reside. I'm beginning to see objectivity in terms of its administration, which would still tie in to calling all earthly codes of law subjective because they are administered differently around the earth and are not in agreement with God's perfect law which is designed to maximize joy for those who abide it. If one thinks of the objective law in terms of administration, then its being in God's mind is not an issue in terms of subjectivity.

We haven't talked about how mercy figures into this, but that is another topic.