@zoverions @BenZeisloft They're not identical, but that doesn't mean they can't overlap in certain categories.

So to reiterate, if not all people need to be self-sufficient to be people, then it would be a double standard to require that the fetus be self-sufficient to be a person. @zoverions @BenZeisloft For example, children are not fully formed either. Their adult teeth, joints, brains, immune systems, etc. are not yet fully formed, but we don't deny their personhood.

So, being fully formed adults is not the essence of personhood.

Let's return to self-sufficiency.

@PeterSilliman @drdowning47 I believe Peter's testimony. Ironically, it's *you* that doesn't.

Ready? Here we go.

"God used Gentile food as a metaphor for the Gentiles being accepted, but the Gentile food isn't accepted, it's still unclean" - then why did God use it as a metaphor for them being accepted? @PeterSilliman @drdowning47 The only way for the food to work as a metaphor is if the food too is clean and accepted. This is why the Bible says explicitly that people will come forbidding to eat certain foods (that's you.) 1 Timothy 4.

Jesus cleansed all foods. Mark 7.

🧵A dance of providences:

I've only been East once, when I went to Ottawa. While I was there, soaking in the history, my wife and I visited the Parliament buildings.

I don't think our culture is capable of building such beauty these days. That is the demesne of our stronger forefathers. Their faith was strong-backed, far-capable. In the center of the buildings lies the Peace Tower, built as a memorial for the fallen of WWI. It is inscribed with a verse: "And He shall have Dominion from Sea to Sea."