General Conference

We just watched General Conference together as a family :) Here are is an excerpt of President Monson's talk that I really liked:
"For those of us who remember dial telephones and manual type writers, today's technology is more than merely amazing. Also evolving at a rapid rate has been the moral compass of society. Behaviors which once were considered inappropriate, and immoral, are now not only tolerated, but also viewed by ever so many as acceptable. I recently read in the Wall Street Journal an article by **I don't know how to spell his name, but he's a chief rabbi of some sort.** Among other things, he writes, and I quote: 'In virtually every Western society in the 1960s, there was a moral revolution. An abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint. All you need, sang the Beatles, is love. The moral Christian code was Genesis. In its place came the adage, Do whatever works for you! The ten Commandments were replaced with, the Ten Creative Suggestions.' Rabbi Sax goes on to lament, quote, 'We've been spending our moral capital with the same reckless abandon that we've been spending our financial capital. There are large parts of the world where religion is a thing of the past, and there is no counter-voice to the culture of Buy it, Spend it, Wear it, Flaunt it, Because you're worth it. The message is that morality is passé. A conscience is for wimps. And the single overriding command is that Thou shalt not be found out.' Closed quote."


I thought is was a good point. How 'bout you?