Bruce R. Mcconkie:
"Whatsoever is not of faith is sin. This
law applies to the saints, to those who have the light, who know that salvation
is in Christ, to those who are under covenant to keep the commandments. It is
not applicable to the world in general, for sin is not imputed where there is
no law. Thus the saints are guilty of sin when they fall short of those high
standards they are obligated to attain. In the field of the Word of Wisdom, for
instance, it is a sin for a Latter-day Saint to use tea, coffee, tobacco, or
liquor, but it is not a sin for a nonmember of the Church so to do" (DNTC, 1036).
