Who are those who will say, “Eat, drink, and be merry”?

Thomas R. Valletta

“This teaching emphasizes both the humanistic and the hedonistic. It argues that individuals are free to gratify their own carnal desires, to set their own standards of morality, to live for the pleasure of the moment and to do all this without guilt. … This evil teaching totally denies the justice of God. It embraces the teachings of the noted anti-Christs Nehor and Korihor” (Largey, “Enemies of Christ,” 290). Nevertheless, “do not think that this was [only] said of the world. … It is said of members of the Church. Moreover, Nephi warns us that in the last days there will be many who will follow Satan” (Smith, Seek Ye Earnestly, 143).

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