To: Concerned
A beautiful post. I have written before on Terri threads about a dear friend of mine who has a severely disabled daughter (now in mid-20s) who also cannot speak, feed or care for herself. This daughter is also dearly loved, and loves in return. For people to equate intellect or skill level with human worth is akin to the philosophy of eugneics. Only humans with certain abilities, skill, intelligence, or proper race are valuable; others should be killed.
This shallow, cruel view of human worth is based on the materialistic idea that people are just the body; merely an accidental group of chemicals and electrical connections.
The spiritual view is that the real identity of the human being is an eternal soul, which is inhabiting the body, and is of infinite worth, no matter what the condition of the body.
51 posted on
04/28/2004 12:10:16 PM PDT by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: little jeremiah
What a beautiful and glorious post - #51. Thank you.
62 posted on
04/28/2004 1:27:14 PM PDT by
Saundra Duffy
(For victory & freedom!!!)
To: little jeremiah
Thanks for sharing.
65 posted on
04/28/2004 1:53:01 PM PDT by
pc93
To: little jeremiah
LITTLE JEREMIAH WROTE: "A beautiful post."
Thanks! I wrote back to The Bandit on post # 84.
LITTLE JEREMIAH ADDED: "The spiritual view is that the real identity of the human being is an eternal soul, which is inhabiting the body, and is of infinite worth, no matter what the condition of the body.
BINGO!!!!!
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson