Casey Rollins 🔵 @realcaseyrollins@qoto.org

@dexter @maison_faim

"we have such a poor understanding of ecosystems"

If this is true, then how do you know that killing all humans will save ecosystems?

@maison_faim God is real.

@dexter @maison_faim How am I wrong?

@dexter LOL

@maison_faim Um...he's not real, he supposedly lives on the North Pole with some elves, and vacations on the beach in the summer, depending on what legend you read. Why?

@alex I disagree that killing somebody does them any good.

@alex In my view, it is better to have a life than to be murdered in order to prevent one from having a miserable one. There are several arguments here that give me concern:

"Life can be enjoyable, but it can also be tragic. Birthing people into tragedy is inhumane, as there will be few opportunities to escape that tragedy. Unwanted children will struggle to survive, and many will turn to a life of crime and ultimately be another body count in our overflowing corrupt prison system."

This has been a long-standing talking point of many who advocated for the population control of minorities (the "undesirables"). Those who used it in a racially charged way (which I don't think you did) assumed that since blacks are inferior, they cannot contribute to society, and must be killed, lest they drag the society down. Sadly, so far they have been successful. And while life is hard, life has joy in it too, and by killing babies before they are born, they are robbed of experiencing the joy of life. Furthermore, this line of thinking could potentially lead to a slippery slope; one could use the same arguments to support performing mass shootings in inner-city schools or homeless shelters, after all.

On euthanasia, at the end of the day this comes down to whether one supports suicide. I personally do not, I hold life in too high a regard. However, if one supports suicide, I cannot understand them simultaneously opposing euthanasia, when used as a method of assisted suicide.

Of course, when euthanasia is used against the person's will, that is clearly murder.

I do not understand why there would be arguments in favor of ending all human life. Without humans, I am quite sure that all life would cease, unless animals begin to populate at an unprecedented rate. Such a proposal would literally destroy the world.

@maison_faim From a secular standpoint, there aren't a whole lot of arguments I can think of to support my view of human life. Sure, humans are the most intelligent life form (as far as we know), and humans maintain ecosystems and save animals from extenction, but if you believe that humans are killing the planet, there's nothing I can say to you on that front.

Now, from a Christian (and also Jewish and Catholic) standpoint, God created mankind in His image, and mandated us to "be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth" (Genesis 1:18) Thus, we are to tend to the earth and animals, and take care of them. This establishes man at the top of the hierarchy in the physical realm.

Ricky Gervais is a selfish, prideful jerk.

@TImW381 Joe Biden has also been accused of having sex with an underage girl provided to him by Jeffrey Epstein btw

@maison_faim No, I'm not vegan. (I value human life over animal life, which is why I think it's fine to kill animals, * humanely *, if your going to eat them, or if they're in extreme pain.)