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@KingdmHeritage What exactly is this legacy talk all about?

John had disciples. John 1:35-39, John 3:25-36 Acts 18:24-26 How did Apollo hear of John's baptism? Acts 19:1-4 How did the folks Paul met at Ephesus hear about John's baptism? John's disciples continued to preach after John's death.

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John 3:25-36 Again, John makes it clear to his disciples that his purpose is to point men to Jesus.

John didn't have an ambition other than God's purpose. He and his disciples prepared people's hearts to receive the gospel of Jesus. Acts 18:24-28, Acts 19:1-7

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Whatever Arome is saying here is false. God didn't tell him these things.

1) John discipled many people

2) His purpose was clear and he lived it to the letter.

John 1:35-42 tell us John had disciples, two of which he pointed to Jesus. The two of them became Jesus' disciples.

[Adetoro Daniel Official @adetorodanielX]

“You know the second thing he told me, he said Don’t Rise Alone.

That’s why John the baptist died.”

~ Apostle Arome Osayi

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5. Some people don't know that people with albinism are targets of violence in certain parts of the world.

6. Some people think people with albinism are cute looking and privileged.

I'll stop at 6 for now.

If you draw a Venn diagram, you'll find overlapping perspectives.

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Different perspectives can be identified from the reactions.
1. Some people are completely ignorant about albinism.
2 Some people do not consider albinism a disability.
2. Some people truly don't discriminate against people with albinism hence their shock at his post.

[Bunmi 👓 @oadefisayo]

Left to many people I should have been unalived in the womb

Evil thinking

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4. Some people think he is exaggerating albinism by inserting it into a debate that is primarily about disabilities that renders the sufferers dependent from birth till death, thereby drawing false equivalence.

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@dayveibeh Accuser, why you dey hold brethren by the Jugular?

[Sai Ishaya @Sai_Ishaya_]

This tweet just shows our absolute inability to hold multiple thoughts simultaneously.

First, the people saying he doesn't have a valid impairment are ignorant of the medical & social realities of his condition, especially in our environment.

Second, throwing himself as a target into a deeply serious conversation that's centred around profound, life-altering developmental disorders that often require 24/7 medical dependency is a spectacular failure of self-awareness by him.
Almost the same way it would be completely out of touch for someone with dyslexia or mild hearing loss making a conversation about severe lifelong genetic anomalies all about themselves.

Both things are true, his struggles are incredibly valid, & his attempt to insert himself into a totally different stratosphere of medical trauma is frankly manipulative & blindly insensitive.

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@ToluwaniOjeleye I'll check it out.

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@daveolukayodept @thekintann I don't have the answers or perfect explanation to some of these things.

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@daveolukayodept @thekintann I understand. Sometimes, explanations we may try to proffer don't always answer the actual question. Exodus 4:11 portrays God as the one who causes people to have these defects, yet he excludes them from serving him in certain capacities if they have said defects (Lev 21:16-23).

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@daveolukayodept @thekintann If I may use your example, if someone without arms can't kill the sacrificial lamb, can someone with dwarfism or a hunchback not do that? Can someone with one eye not do that?

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@daveolukayodept @thekintann Given that the reference passage specifically mentions not offering food to God or not even coming close to the altar, I don't think it's about inability to do those activities. For instance, would they be allowed to clean the altar and be exempt from carrying the ark? No!

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@daveolukayodept @thekintann Let's establish one thing. Moses' stammering isn't a physical defect in the sense that Lev 21:16-23 describes. I'm particularly referring to the exclusion from certain priestly services based on the physical defects outlined.

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One day, someday, scientific breakthroughs will bring about permanent cure to Down Syndrome and several other disabilities. Till then, the burden lies on societies to create an environment that adequately supports people with disabilities.

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@Kyn_Okk You have absolutely no idea if her suffering has ever led her to contemplate or attempt suicide. Being suggestive of self-harm in whatever way is evil. How helpful is your comment to her current suffering? How does your comment even win an argument against her position?

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@Kyn_Okk This is one of those instances where silence is better than disgusting remarks.

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@TheGsmart What specific case of suffering are we talking about and how exactly does our Christian faith teach us to address such suffering? Also, does our Christian faith outrightly condemn escaping from any form of suffering if the means is right?

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@TheGsmart Also, we have to define the kind of suffering we are discussing here. Are we talking about suffering primarily because of your Christian faith or suffering due to discrimination (ethnic/race/etc) or suffering due to general economic hardship or war/political unrest?