thesometimesaint Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) Genes do largely determine intellectual attainment(+/- 10 IQ points for the environment) Put Einstein in a coat closet and you'd still get a really smart guy but with lots of hangups. However intellectual attainment is not based on sex, race, religion, or country of origin of the individual. Edited May 1, 2012 by thesometimesaint
treehugger Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 If I seemed to have been short with anyone posting on this thread I apologize. I asked for your opinion and you gave it. Thank you.As a result of your input, I want to further refine my response to critics of the Church with regard to racism."When it really counted the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was on the side of the angels.1. When slavery was an issue Joseph Smith ran for president with a plan to free all slaves by 1850.2. For more than a century leading up to the Nazi genocide, Mormon doctrine refuted the ideas that underpinned Naziism; namely biological determinism or the idea that genes or biology determine intellectual and moral attainment.Abraham Chapter 3:22"Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;"What do you use to support your points? Materials from the Church or other sources of accepted facts? Making claims is what we all do, supporting those claims is what counts. You number 2 statement does not address the claim that the LDS had what is viewed as a racist policy. What is the connection of Nazis to worthy Black males not being ordained to the priesthood prior to 1978? How do you address Abraham Chapter 1:21-27 and what is stated about Pharoah?
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