The just laws provided by the Code of Mosiah, the governing rules of Nephite conduct, not only protected the innocent, but they ofttimes shielded the guilty in their iniquitous ways. There was no law which prohibited any man from teaching or practicing his beliefs, or in any way forbidding or restraining him from attempting to indoctrinate others with his private opinions no matter how false they were, just so long as he believed them himself. Therefore, it was left for every man to choose for himself in what he would believe. No let nor hindrance came to him from any governmental sources whatsoever. They remembered the words of the ancient prophet, and abided thereby: "Choose ye this day, whom ye shall serve." (Josh. 24:15)
All men appeared before the law upon equal grounds; there were none better than were others; the advocate of Christ, and the Anti-Christ, the follower of the Law of Moses and those who had fallen by the wayside; all were peers, and it was against the mind and will of God upon which the law was based, to afford more privilege to one than to the other.