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Couldn't this comment be on par with John Dehlin's comments about Black folks and being Mormon? His comments were taken to be racist - can this not be taken to be a little bit, I dunno, condescending to LGBTQ+ types who choose to be Mormon?Dr Exiled wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:20 pmI wonder how poor Smoot navigates his biology with the current position of the LDS. Perhaps his presentation will shed a little light on this? It has to be tough. One wonders how he stays, what he tells himself to justify putting himself through the constant shame from the ignorant.
I guess anything can be offensive.Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:37 pmCouldn't this comment be on par with John Dehlin's comments about Black folks and being Mormon? His comments were taken to be racist - can this not be taken to be a little bit, I dunno, condescending to LGBTQ+ types who choose to be Mormon?Dr Exiled wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:20 pmI wonder how poor Smoot navigates his biology with the current position of the LDS. Perhaps his presentation will shed a little light on this? It has to be tough. One wonders how he stays, what he tells himself to justify putting himself through the constant shame from the ignorant.
- Doc
Oof. Imagine if John Dehlin had responded with this.Dr Exiled wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:20 pmI guess anything can be offensive.Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:37 pm
Couldn't this comment be on par with John Dehlin's comments about Black folks and being Mormon? His comments were taken to be racist - can this not be taken to be a little bit, I dunno, condescending to LGBTQ+ types who choose to be Mormon?
- Doc
I think it is a legitimate question to ask why someone is a member of an organization known to have or had views, policies, or committed actions which are/were critical of that persons race, gender or sexual persuasion. How one asks the question is critical. For example, I am interested in how any member sees the church's priesthood ban on blacks, but the opinion of a black member would include perspectives that a non-black simply could not provide. Do we simply avoid asking such a person about his/her views simply because of their race?Dr Exiled wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:20 pmI guess anything can be offensive.Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:37 pm
Couldn't this comment be on par with John Dehlin's comments about Black folks and being Mormon? His comments were taken to be racist - can this not be taken to be a little bit, I dunno, condescending to LGBTQ+ types who choose to be Mormon?
- Doc
There's a difference between asking someone directly, in a conversation with that person, and speculating publicly about it on a message board.Fence Sitter wrote:
I think it is a legitimate question to ask why someone is a member of an organization known to have or had views, policies, or committed actions which are/were critical of that persons race, gender or sexual persuasion. How one asks the question is critical. For example, I am interested in how any member sees the church's priesthood ban on blacks, but the opinion of a black member would be include perspectives that a non black simply could not provide. Do we simply avoid asking such a person about his/her views simply because of their race?
I agree but given that the person in question is using his own name to make a public presentation on the subject discussed, it would seem to be a topic he himself has made open to public discussion.