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By: Tricky questions » transabled.org » Blogging about BIID

Tricky questions » transabled.org » Blogging about BIID — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:31:28 +0000

[...] I’ve heard disability rights people say there isn’t really a disability community, and I’ve argued that perhaps there isn’t really a BIID community. So my answers to you here are only my answers, and may not be fully representative of how other [...]

By: Leadership? » transabled.org » Blogging about BIID

Leadership? » transabled.org » Blogging about BIID — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:03:51 +0000

[...] course, I’m not sure there *is* such a thing as a transabled or BIID community. And if there isn’t a community to be a leader of, perhaps there can’t be [...]

By: Kyla

Kyla — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:10:38 +0000

Actually, all historical evidence points to the fact that the man called Jesus, and referred to in the bible, never actually existed at all - born in December, March, or outside of space-time entirely.

While there is frequently wisdom to be found within fictional writings (many mythologies are good for this - the bible is only one of these), i’m not sure how putting faith in someone who never existed will help with ANYTHING.

Then again, perhaps there is something to the idea of dismissing the real world, and living in a mythological fantasyland.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:07:02 +0000

No, faith will not cure BIID or any other condition. Faith will help individuals determine what is really important and what should be prioritized in one’s life. We have all been blessed with freedom of thought, sometimes we need a kick in the rear to use it properly.

By: Brice

Brice — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:15:48 +0000

Check out John 9:2-3.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:46:40 +0000

He is indeed the way, the truth and the life.

But having a mental illness is not a sin. Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus condemn the mentally and/or physically ill as sinners.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:09:13 +0000

Hello Sandy,

So you’re saying that since you found religion, you don’t have BIID anymore?

And I hate to point this out, but Jesus wasn’t actually born on 25 December, most of the religious scholar agree on that, and many of them suggest a March birth. I don’t mind if you want to celebrate it so near the Equinox though ;)

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:38:05 +0000

Hi Sean, I haven’t been here for a while as I felt I didn’t belong to this “community” any longer. Yes, I found some common aspects in this community. I was amazed not to be alone with my BIID. In my very first e-mail to you I wrote that for me it’s a sin. So I had to give it up, and I did. I am very happy after that final decision to stop. I wished everybody here would find this fulfilling life in Jesus whose birtday we celebrate next week. He is the way, the truth and the life.