From: bocarsm@hotmail.com   
      
   Sun God makes about as much sense as our "God!"   
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   > On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:07:15 -0800, Bob Tiernan   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Many but not all American Indian nations defined 5   
   >>> genders as opposed to the naive binary male-female   
   >>> Anglo-European system.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Yeah, and they also believed in a Sun God etc.   
   >>Talk about naive.   
   >   
   > "They" are several hundred American Indian nations in the US and many,   
   > many more in Canada, Mexico, South America, etc., each with their own   
   > spiritualities.  Maybe whichever specific one believed in a Sun God   
   > did not have a multiple gender description.  The Comanches and at   
   > least some Apaches didn't, for instance.  The dominant society   
   > religious creation myths have a lot of problems if one actually looks   
   > at them.   
   >   
   > Maybe "naive" was the wrong word. How about "unrealistic and neurotic"   
   > instead.  The binary model obviously doesn't match the reality, but oh   
   > that's right -  scientific examination is no longer fashionable in the   
   > US so such a match is irrelevant.  A 5 gender system seems to be a   
   > accurate scenario and in fact a better match for the frontier rural   
   > societies we've discussed. But realities may not matter in the face of   
   > artificial deep seated prejudices.   
      
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