{"id":2854,"date":"2013-12-01T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T23:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2013-12-01T17:00:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T00:00:19","slug":"honesty-according-to-for-the-strength-of-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2013\/12\/01\/honesty-according-to-for-the-strength-of-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Honesty, according to For The Strength of Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Gospel Doctrine class today, we split into small groups to discuss six principles in <em>For The Strength of Youth<\/em>. My group were assigned \u201cHonesty and Integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One thing stuck out to me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Being honest means choosing not to lie, steal, cheat, or deceive in any way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why is honesty defined by what it isn&#8217;t? Wouldn&#8217;t it be better to teach people what it is, so they can be proactive in living righteously. 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