Post by kriss on Jan 21, 2018 18:49:39 GMT -5
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Scientists' claim that a researcher's sex can affect the outcome of experiments has been cited as corroboration of biblical teaching on gender.
"The Bible clearly teaches that God's design for humanity includes creating us male or female (Gen 1:27). Our gender -- which in the biblical worldview cannot be separated from our biological sex -- is not accidental, as if it is merely how we are," Smothers said in written comments. "Instead, the Bible teaches that our gender is essential to who we are as divine image bearers.
"We are not unsexed souls trapped in sexed bodies -- an ancient gnostic heresy. But instead Christian doctrine affirms that God creates us as a psychosomatic unity; we are both body and soul. And who we are as male and female has implications for how we are in the world -- whether we are aware of it or not, as [Chapman's research] so aptly demonstrates."
IQ tests also have been affected by gender, Chapmen said, noting, "If you have a female experimenter with a male student, for instance, you're going to see higher IQ scores." And in pain research, a heterosexual man generally reports more pain to a male researcher than to a female researcher, he said.
www.bpnews.net/50190/scientists-gender-findings-said-to-confirm-bible
"The Bible clearly teaches that God's design for humanity includes creating us male or female (Gen 1:27). Our gender -- which in the biblical worldview cannot be separated from our biological sex -- is not accidental, as if it is merely how we are," Smothers said in written comments. "Instead, the Bible teaches that our gender is essential to who we are as divine image bearers.
"We are not unsexed souls trapped in sexed bodies -- an ancient gnostic heresy. But instead Christian doctrine affirms that God creates us as a psychosomatic unity; we are both body and soul. And who we are as male and female has implications for how we are in the world -- whether we are aware of it or not, as [Chapman's research] so aptly demonstrates."
IQ tests also have been affected by gender, Chapmen said, noting, "If you have a female experimenter with a male student, for instance, you're going to see higher IQ scores." And in pain research, a heterosexual man generally reports more pain to a male researcher than to a female researcher, he said.
www.bpnews.net/50190/scientists-gender-findings-said-to-confirm-bible