Donald Files

Follower of Christ // MA Christian Studies, BCF // Principal at Gracepointe Academy

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

You cannot claim that you’re aborting your Down syndrome child because you don’t want him to “suffer.” First of all, killing a child so they don’t suffer is psychopath serial killer logic. You’re on the same moral plane as Andrea Yates. Second, children with Down syndrome are famously some of the happiest people you’ll ever meet in your life. They are not in fact living in a state of perpetual torment. So what’s really happening is that you’re killing your child so that YOU won’t suffer the inconvenience of caring for him. This is about freeing yourself of your own perceived suffering. If you’re going to be a child killing sociopath, at least be honest about it.

[David Fischer @DavidFischer]

Down Syndrome lives matter

Let's get it trending

[Eric Sammons @EricRSammons]

"This kid will suffer so I have to kill him"

almost always means

"I will suffer having this kid so I have to kill him."

[Grant R. Castleberry @grcastleberry]

You will not acquire wisdom until you realize that you are a fool in and of yourself.

Wisdom requires repentance. It begins with fearing Yahweh. Then asking Him for wisdom and understanding.

[Erik Reed @ErikReed]

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[Daniel Darling @dandarling]

Just heard from friends in Ukraine about a Baptist Church intentionally struck by the Russians in Zaporizhzhia. A congregation of 300 who sacrificially built that building to meet for worship. At least 5 victims that we know of, including the pastor. When you read and hear about the war in Ukraine, don't forget that Russians intentionally target, jail, and often murder Baptist and evangelical pastors wherever they take over. Pray for our brave Christian brothers and sisters in Ukraine. Pray for Putin's reign of terror to end. Pray for peace.

[NASA @NASA]

HOME.

The Artemis II crew has arrived back on Earth, ending a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon. The trip took them farther into space than humans have ever gone before, and now they're safely home with us.

https://t.co/XmDQwNlCPR

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

I’m not sure whether the President’s bellicose rhetoric will actually lead to action, and I sincerely hope it does not, at least in its current framing. To me, it comes across more as bluster—a threat meant to extract concessions. Even so, it’s a morally reckless statement that stands in clear opposition to the Just War Tradition. By now, we should recognize that such remarks are often made to provoke and capture attention, but that doesn’t excuse them, either. It is unacceptable for a President to speak in this manner.

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

BREAKING 🚨: After today's briefing, NASA remains “GO” for Artemis II launch at 6:24 pm ET on Wednesday 🚀

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

BREAKING 🚨: NASA says Artemis II is a 'GO' with zero technical issues reported ahead of Wednesday's historic Moon launch

FOUR ASTRONAUTS WILL FLY AROUND THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1972

Liftoff set for April 1st!

[March for Life @March_for_Life]

Make abortion unthinkable

[Brad Brisco @bradleybrisco]

I don't think we fully grasp the damage political entanglement is having on the life and witness of the church in the United States. The perception (in some cases, the reality) of this posture will only become harder to undo.

I am not saying we should abandon politics. Christians belong in every domain of public life. But our engagement must be marked by wisdom, integrity, and courage. The courage to speak up and push back against lies, fear, injustice, corruption, discrimination, and hate.

[Donald Files @DonaldFiles]

Entitlement robs the heart of joy, but Scripture calls us to cultivate contentment and gratitude through our union with Christ.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Our highest loyalty doesn’t belong to people or parties. It belongs to principles.

If you wouldn’t accept it from the “other side,” you shouldn’t accept it from yours.

Integrity is upholding your values even when your own group violates them.

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

(1) I don't think protestors should attempt to interfere with immigration agents.

(2) I think every American has the right to carry a gun.

(3) I think you, when engaging in obstruction with federal agents, can get hurt. When armed, things can go wrong.

(4) I think we actually don't know as much about this situation as we presume because both sides are focused more on telling narratives than getting to the facts of what actually happened.

(5) I think Tim Walz and Jacob Frey have made the situation far worse and destabilized by amping up white progressives and refusing to assist immigration agents.

(6) I think Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino have made the situation far worse by being unrestrained in how they proceed, not prioritizing the criminals, gang members, and more seriously problematic illegals, and not thinking of the public relations fall out should things like what are happening actually happen.

(7) I think Trump supporters who want an unrestrained and unmeasured deportation response are playing into the hands of progressives' PR and alienating normal voters.

(8) I think Trump cannot back down from deportations due to mob violence because that will only encourage more mobs and violence to stop other polices the left does not want.

(9) I think every illegal should be deported. I think prioritizing the worst ones who are criminals, gang members, drug dealers, etc. is a smart strategy and exposes the Left's sanctuary policies as unreasonable.

[Donald Files @DonaldFiles]

@NintyPrime Praise God! Glad to hear!

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

2 axioms to internalize as you watch California continue to drive the most productive segment of its population to mass-exodus:

AXIOM #1: “Progressives think in terms of solutions; conservatives think in terms of tradeoffs.”

You’ll notice progressives often see a problem (poverty, budget deficit, etc) and just think of a straight-line solution: “To solve the problem of some not having enough, just take money from the ones who have more than enough and redistribute. Duh. Problem solved”, without ever thinking about second- and third-order consequences (“Wait, if we excessively tax the people who create wealth and jobs, they might leave our state, and the last state will be worse than the first.”)

Conservatives tend to think in terms of those trade-offs.

The Biblical category for this is “wisdom”, which means the ability to maneuver the world as it actually is in its complexity.

AXIOM #2: “With governments, you always get more of what you incentivize and less of what you penalize.” Another way to say this is, “Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome.”

Progressives tend to only think about what problem they’re trying to solve, while conservatives tend to think about what behaviors their policies are incentivizing.

For instance, if you have extremely generous entitlement programs based on wealth redistribution from the rich to the poor, you’re accidentally INCENTIVIZING poverty (“if you stay below X income level and aren’t married, we will give you $”)… thus via incentives creating more poverty and destroying the nuclear family.

While at the same time you are PENALIZING grit-and-grind ingenuity and builders (“If you are X successful, we will take more of your $”), thus driving the behavior away from your state.

TRANSLATED: In those cases, while you think you’re SOLVING poverty, you’re actually CREATING it longterm.

^The Biblical category for this is sin nature. Christian Theology understands mankind’s default mode is sinful/selfish and will not do the altruistic, responsible, and good thing by nature, so incentive structures have to be put in place.

By contrast, progressive Critial Theory is built on the belief that mankind is basically good, so if you just treat people nicely enough they’ll default-mode to the right thing and start working hard on their own.

^^^All of the above is why a 3rd axiom always holds true: “The best argument against progressive policies is progressive cities.”

[Donald Files @DonaldFiles]

She said yes!

[The Floridian @Floridianpress]

🚨 Operation Northern Lights

@AGJamesUthmeier confirms 43 missing kids found—youngest just 18 months old.

“We will bring the strongest charges possible against those who put these kids in harm’s way.”

https://t.co/mUlyNWFIIX