How so? If we are to treat "the least of these" among us (i.e. Baby Joseph) as we do Christ, you would be willing to say of Christ, "...because I don’t know him, I’ll focus on the problems/issues of those I DO know,” just as you said of Joseph.
>>How so? If we are to treat “the least of these” among us (i.e. Baby Joseph) as we do Christ, you would be willing to say of Christ, “...because I don’t know him, I’ll focus on the problems/issues of those I DO know,” just as you said of Joseph.<<
If I focused on the problems of every single person in the world, I’d go crazy. Literally. Joseph is not the only “least of these” in the world. He is just the one getting press, and the industry is cleaning up pulling heart strings. I am not attempting to minimize his suffering. Rather, I see the massive focus on his suffering as minimizing the millions of other “baby Josephs” in the world. But again. This baby Joseph thing is really not about him or how I treat him (since I am thousands of miles away), but about the politics of what is going on. That is why it is a story in the first place.
A friend’s son (who is now in his 20’s) was born with downs syndrom. He was not expected to live more than a few years. But we went to the hospital and “patterned” him anyway. It was worthwhile. ;)