I realize that appeals to liberty don't mean much to people who don't already value it. I'm sure when I invoked economic freedom, I lost a bunch of people. I believe in freedom for its own sake irrespective of the results. - @ScubaMySteve
@Ilerioluwakiye_ as a severely disabled person, i promise we can tell when “i value disabled people” is just the soft intro before saying you don’t
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Have you heard of anyone terminating a pregnancy due to a cerebral palsy diagnosis?
No you haven't. Why? Because it's a birth injury.
Every argument for aborting a baby with a Down's diagnosis could be turned on newborns who develop cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy is often a worse disability than Downs. In its most severe cases, the child becomes a paraplegic who requires 24/7 care. I don't know a single person with Down's who requires that level of care.
Yet you're now recoiling at the thought of killing a newborn because they were injured.
It's morally abhorrent to kill anyone with a disability, wherever they're located. Transfer that feeling to the baby with Downs too.
@LoudmouthR I get that. But the question still remains. Hasn't Trump already forced the sale of TikTok-USA? That's what I meant to reference in my first reply.
When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians:
“If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?”
And honestly, I used to ask it with pride like it was some unbeatable argument.
But later I realized something:
That question was not exposing Christianity.
It was exposing my misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be.
Because the real question is not:
“Why would God become weak?”
The real question is:
“What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?”
Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable.
But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us.
And suddenly His humanity stopped feeling like weakness to me.
It became proof of love.
If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us.
If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry.
If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance.
He entered it Himself.
Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh.
Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like.
And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves.
That changed everything for me.
Because every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity.
Jesus became the sacrifice Himself.
And no prophet in history ever claimed that.
One thing I don't understand is the conservative prejudice against libertarians.
If you're a conservative and you don't like Thomas Massie, why is that exactly?
I'm really conflicted on something and would like some help making a decision.
Should I watch TOY STORY 5 when it comes out in theaters in order to review it or not and why?
If I don't, then I'll just wait for streaming and then review it.