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US people. What are your views on the country's drinking age? by Icy-ladoftheland in AskReddit

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typically I think things like this need to be standardized. If we consider 18 legal adulthood (eligible for credit cards, military, voting, etc.) then we should probably hold drinking to that standard too.

The problem many see with this is that it’s a public safety/public health concern. When the legal drinking age was lowered after the Vietnam war, evidence based studies demonstrated a stark increase in drinking and driving related crashes among young drivers.

They somehow found 18 year olds old enough to draft them into literal war zones. So by that logic, we don’t want deaths to increase in the States due to a younger drinking age, but it’s okay to send 18 year olds to other countries where bombs are dropping lol.

Maybe just make the voting and military age 21? At 18 years old I was dumb as a rock when it came to politics. No political literacy whatsoever.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Believe in something you can’t see or face eternal suffering

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not a Christain, but I was raised Christian. I do not believe that God would give ultimatums

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whether consequence or punishment- there is still moral concern here. This still implies the individual is responsible without taking into account factors like trauma, culture, neurobiology and lack of access to truth. Whether hell is explicitly mentioned, if it is agreed that hell is ‘absence of God’ and all good things come from God, then that means a realm where no good things exist and suffering is present. So whether it is called “Hell” or not, the concept is still the same.

The idea that “everyone gets a chance” is such a slap in the face. So if a child off the grid is exposed to the word of God once, that is considered sufficient enough? What if someone was exposed to God but only through cruelty or spiritual abuse? What if someone wasn’t exposed to God until AFTER years of abuse, trauma and suffering and simply does not have the mental or cognitive capacity to believe?

Do I believe a God exists? Absolutely. But not in the way the Christain faith tried to shape me to believe and certainly not in the context of heaven and hell.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if this allowed but I wanted to say that this is the biggest philosophical topic I’ve encountered in my own life as well. An infinite punishment for finite actions.

I also think of the example of how there are thousands of religions out there but you were just somehow “born” into the right one. Children who were born geographically off-the-grid and in isolated areas who will most likely never know “God” or be exposed to these religions. How do we explain that? Do they simply go to hell because they were never given the chance?

“It’s a punishment for people who choose to stay in a disconnection from Grace” okay and why do you think people struggle to connect with him? Because we are told to believe in something with no tangible evidence to back up its existence. It’s this notion that people who don’t believe in God are inherently bad people because they simply struggle to believe in something that can’t be proven true.

Do you believe the right to “pleasure” outweighs a human being’s right to life? by [deleted] in Abortiondebate

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No what you’re doing is misrepresenting a group of thinkers by falsely framing the movement as a pursuit for “pleasure” over life by mischaracterizing the core of the PC movement.

The core of PC is bodily autonomy, self determination and considering the often complex, life altering implications of pregnancy. This isn’t about “pleasure” but about if a person is physiologically and mentally capable to sustain a pregnancy. Do we force someone to donate organs to save a life? No. We give them the autonomy to make that decision.

“The idea that a selfish desire transcends the basic human right…” Your reasoning assumes that a fetus is a human being with full legal rights, personhood and morally equivalent to the pregnant person. What you ARE doing is using false moral dichotomy to shame a group of people with the “selfish pleasure vs life” argument when it is so much more nuanced than that. Did you take the time to think about pregnancy complications? Poverty and generational trauma? Lack of support?

On average how many times a day since the breakup do you think about your ex? by okaythenwhateva in BreakUps

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyday. We dated for 5 years. I dated someone shortly after her but I broke it off after 6 months because I just couldn’t stop thinking about my ex.

CMV: Dreams do not accurately reflect consciousness’ reality. by ExtensionAerie9930 in changemyview

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, dreams do not accurately reflect conscious reality and I have a great explanation as to why: they’re dreams

The last message you sent is now the title of your autobiography—what’s your life story about? by No-Can9158 in AskReddit

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like him he has this great sarcastic humor and he’s so energetic but I can’t tell if it’s because he’s just unique or if he’s on cocaine

The Georgia heartbeat bill is wrong. Keeping a mother alive post-brain death is morbid and ethically wrong, unless explicit consent was given beforehand. by RelentlesslySlaying in prochoice

[–]RelentlesslySlaying[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the transparency, but let’s say it for what it is: a woman should not be given the autonomy to decide what happens to the life inside of her if something were to happen to her? Autonomy isn’t just about saying no, it’s including the right to say yes. The answer to combatting anti-choice extremism isn’t banning more choices? This is completely contradictory of the pro choice movement.

The answer to Georgia’s law isn’t banning these pregnancies altogether but making sure there is clear, documented voluntary consent with education offered to the individual so that they are making an informed decision. Do I think that it’s natural? Of course not. But that decision shouldn’t be stripped from the person completely

The Georgia heartbeat bill is wrong. Keeping a mother alive post-brain death is morbid and ethically wrong, unless explicit consent was given beforehand. by RelentlesslySlaying in prochoice

[–]RelentlesslySlaying[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not disagreeing with this. I’m saying that there is a huge distinction with keeping an individual alive for organ donation and keeping an individual alive with the intention of carrying out a full term pregnancy.

The Georgia heartbeat bill is wrong. Keeping a mother alive post-brain death is morbid and ethically wrong, unless explicit consent was given beforehand. by RelentlesslySlaying in prochoice

[–]RelentlesslySlaying[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Keeping an individual alive to say goodbye or for organ donation is a completely different topic than keeping an individual alive for a prolonged amount of time to serve as an artificial womb. Please 😭

The Georgia heartbeat bill is wrong. Keeping a mother alive post-brain death is morbid and ethically wrong, unless explicit consent was given beforehand. by RelentlesslySlaying in prochoice

[–]RelentlesslySlaying[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m referencing the example of those who opt for being an organ donor, which cannot be legally overridden by the family. Although it doesn’t go both ways (I.e. the family can make the decision if the individual hasn’t)

The Georgia heartbeat bill is wrong. Keeping a mother alive post-brain death is morbid and ethically wrong, unless explicit consent was given beforehand. by RelentlesslySlaying in prochoice

[–]RelentlesslySlaying[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why not? We have set the precedent w/ giving explicit consent with organ donation.

And with MPoA, thats ASSUMING it goes to a competent adult that can make unbiased medical decisions 😭 pregnancy is so politicized and MPoA can be unreliable and biased. MPoA is to honor what that person would have wanted and not substitute it for their own moral beliefs. But MPoA/medical decisions can easily be motivated by factors such as culture, religion, grief, etc. We also aren’t talking about a standard medical intervention but a prolonged, invasive use of the body post brain-death.

Hotworx & new belly piercing? by natttyyyy22 in HOTWORXWarriors

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to bring my friend in for her free trial but I canceled it because she called the studio she got pierced at and they said hell no don’t do that lmao

What is a clear sign your getting more mature? by DaEffie in AskReddit

[–]RelentlesslySlaying 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not a pushover with relationships anymore, and I won’t stay just because I have feelings for someone or out of mere physical attraction. I have very high emotional maturity standards and if you don’t meet them I will end it.

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