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Originally Posted by ChinoCoug
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.
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That kind of call to authority stuff is just not pleasant in people, but that doesn't mean you seperate your religion from your thinking.
One LDS person might say according to my religion...
my religion defined as:
my interpretation of scripture
my interpretation of doctrine
my interpretation of the Holy Ghost
my past experiences and observations involving anything religious
my testimony
etc.
...according to my religion...I will vote pro-choice because of x,y,z.
While another might say according to my religion...I will vote pro-life because of x,y,z.
But still your religious views can't possibly be eliminated from the thought process. It's assinine to believe they can.