Re: faith, and induction as an argument (a troll is a troll)

<joseph_daniel_zukiger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> millerjamesc@xxxxxxx wrote:

> > The Poster Formerly Known as Craig Olson wrote:


> > > But then I sort of reject binary as a decent number system for
> > > human interactions, anyway.]
> >
> > Doesn't maintaining this position for you require you to disavow the
> > LDS position on gender and sexual orientation?
>
> What is the LDS position on gender and sexual orientation? (Give
> references as you go, please, and contrast your references to the
> extant external society, if you will.)

I'm guessing that James might be refering to the line from The Family: A
Proclamation to the World, where it says, "Gender is an essential
characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and
purpose."

I've read a suggestion that Gregor Mendel's work in genetics, and his
ideas about heritability, could have been sparked by the observation
that when a male mates with a female, the offspring is almost inevitably
either male or female, and almost never some unexpected amalgam of the
two. This is a fact that is born out by the experience of most of us.
One either has a Y chromosome or one doesn't. Sounds pretty binary to
me, supporting the proclamation pronouncement. But that's a different
thing, I think, from the human interactions Craig was talking about.

Besides, he said, "sort of reject" not "totally reject under all
circumstances."

Peggy

--
....it's always better to find humility before it goes out looking for
you. -- Carolyn Hax


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