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When you start with God’s Word as the ultimate authority, there is no choice but to respect, value, and honor all human life.
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Desire to be a vessel of honor unto the Lord Jesus Christ?
Join For His Glory for a discussion on how
https://christianforums.net/threads/a-vessel-of-honor.110278/
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Taking the time to pray? Christ is the answer in times of need
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[__ Science __ ] Are Humans with Disabilities Facing Extinction?
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again: never thought I'd like an AIG auto-post. and yet...here I am.
What I find disturbing is how many of the 'progressive' nations -have- extensive social programs in place, already. I mention that because its not as if a disabled child would be without services or have to fight just to survive. They have programs, those programs are usually well-funded, although I think the UK has cut back a lot, during a wave of so-called 'austerity measures.' moving on...
I don't think anyone can justify protecting the vulnerable, the disabled, the poor, the weak, etc. without running into the obvious question: why? Even in progressive nations where programs take the edge off poverty, the disabled have more of a safety net available, and health care is provided by the government, there is a -definite- limit to how far even the most progressive nation will go to protect and preserve life. After a while, an individual is too (old, weak, far gone, sick, drain on the coffers) to justify more expense, and...buh bye. hence, widespread euthanasia in The Netherlands and Belgium, and the pre-birth destruction of the disabled and otherwise 'undesirable.'
As a Christian, one can look to Jesus and say "He's why!," when pushed to justify respect for every.single.life on earth. I will say that, by extension, that means a lot of us Christians need to learn to see and respect and cultivate the image of God in classes of 'society's rejects' (prisoners, those in jail, mental hospitals, homeless, etc.) many of us currently condemn with the same Bible we use to condemn abortion and euthanasia.
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What I find disturbing is how many of the 'progressive' nations -have- extensive social programs in place, already. I mention that because its not as if a disabled child would be without services or have to fight just to survive. They have programs, those programs are usually well-funded, although I think the UK has cut back a lot, during a wave of so-called 'austerity measures.' moving on...
I don't think anyone can justify protecting the vulnerable, the disabled, the poor, the weak, etc. without running into the obvious question: why? Even in progressive nations where programs take the edge off poverty, the disabled have more of a safety net available, and health care is provided by the government, there is a -definite- limit to how far even the most progressive nation will go to protect and preserve life. After a while, an individual is too (old, weak, far gone, sick, drain on the coffers) to justify more expense, and...buh bye. hence, widespread euthanasia in The Netherlands and Belgium, and the pre-birth destruction of the disabled and otherwise 'undesirable.'
As a Christian, one can look to Jesus and say "He's why!," when pushed to justify respect for every.single.life on earth. I will say that, by extension, that means a lot of us Christians need to learn to see and respect and cultivate the image of God in classes of 'society's rejects' (prisoners, those in jail, mental hospitals, homeless, etc.) many of us currently condemn with the same Bible we use to condemn abortion and euthanasia.
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What this article is asking for is that all the unbelievers and dirty rotten sinners have the same kind of faith that we Christians have. (I'm saying that someone with faith is no longer a sinner in God's viewpoint, because they respect God). Of course, it is reasonable to assume that all Christians share the same faith and respect of God, but unfortunately they don't. It might take the trauma of doing the evil thing like abortion to get someone to understand that the pleasure of God is very much greater than the pleasure of sin. But in a substantially democratic nation like this, when the majority of people do the evil thing in the guise of what they think is reasonable or "right for them," the nation as a whole begins to erode with corruption, as we see in these days.
But imagine what a nation could become if its people have faith like this guy born with no arms or legs:
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Darwin's answer was that even allowing weaker humans to die would provide only a small benefit, but would amount to an "overwhelming evil."
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In the long run, every species goes extinct. Several races of H. sapiens no longer exist. So, we too are transient on this Earth.
I don't believe things that don't come from the bible when it involves the "past".
You mention "several races", but there is only one race.
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That's kind of an oxymoron, considering Romans 1:20. If you believe the Bible, you believe there are truths that are not in the Bible.
There is now. But there were others. Neanderthals. Denesovans. And at least one other. Not quite different species, but different races. And you are right about only one human race now; evolutionary theory has shown that there is more genetic variation within any human "race" you might define, than there is between "races."