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Originally Posted by Archaea
The only logical starting point is utilitarian point of views. If there isn't some utilitarian purpose, then we don't even need to start.
And if Mormons shed their reliance upon faith-based arguments, it will strengthen their intellects and useufulness in the modern world.
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I took a political philosophy class at BYU from J. Holland's son. He had to warn everybody not to be dogmatic with statements like, "It's this way because Moroni said so."
When arguing in a secular setting there are plenty of thinkers that have spouted Gospel truths we can apeal to in our arguments. I had a roommate who used Aristotle's teleology to argue against gay marriage. Unfortunately, most of us LDS are trained to think that way.