"Bio-diversity, software diversity, ethnic diversity, intellectual diversity ==> All serve to resist epidemics of various forms. The principals of biology, software security, and social policy are very similar in this respect."
Now, I'm definitely not going to argue about the virtues of ethnic diversity or the merits of biological diversity. Both were created and part of the plan of God. But I fear we as a society are sliding towards actually believing that in order to be strong and overcome the ills of this world we must actually embrace social policies fundamentally destructive to families and that run counter to the order established by our Creator.
In the end, what makes us resistant to epidemics--biological, social, software, or otherwise--will not be our diversity, it will be our obedience to the commandments of God, our willingness to follow His counsel and become one with Him as we have been invited to do. Strength and resistance to epidemics of any kind comes through embracing truth. And that course, alone, is the path to remedying the ills of our world.
Diversity within the context of righteous living will do more to strengthen us and help us to resist the ills of our day than any other course. So I'm not arguing with the diversity created by our Creator--the wonderful plurality of personality created by Him--but I fear our society has some how misinterpreted "agency" with diversity. Those who find themselves in His kingdom are certainly free to choose, and yet the inhabitants of that relm choose but one way of life and living. Through this and this alone, through belief on Him who overcame all, they are clothed with immortality and eternal lives. They are not clones--they all have personalities. But all have recognized and obeyed the way, the truth, and the life.
More on this another time.
