>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 07:22:29 -0700 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: "Bernard Barber,Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Fwd: Re: Anti-Abortion Zealots > >Good Morning Ken, > >I like your post and probably agree if only I could remove the s after gods.... > >Having said that, I must question your "rigidity" in trying to be rational to all of us who believe in the Flat Earth. And I add that there are more "Flat Earth" folks that have inhabited our, and the only, world there is, then believe in the world is sorta round. Corners of the world can only exist in a 3 or more angled forms. Please remember the famous Ukrainian Philosopher Barouch Factorovish Portognikoff, who said " emotion overrules rational thought". One MUST wonder what the heck we would do if all the folks believed in a round earth and a universe that is endless. ? > >Bernie > > >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 38 >>X-Orcpt: rfc822;[log in to unmask] >>Reply-To: "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network" <[log in to unmask]> >>Sender: "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network" <[log in to unmask]> >>From: KEn Becker <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Re: Anti-Abortion Zealots >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 02:43:27 -0500 >> >>Here is another way to look at this: God is offering a cure for PD and many >>diseases, but making it a little difficult, so it will be appreciated. He >>knows there will be controversy and questioning of whether He approves, He >>wants us to think of Him when we make these decisions. If you go into your >>boss's office and take a penny from his desk, that is theft, and is morally >>wrong. If the boss hands you $1000 and tells you it is a bonus for doing >>your job well, it is a gift and you should accept it graciously. Using the >>stem cells is NOT killing, it is preserving and enhancing life, as long as >>abortions are not being performed solely to obtain the cells. I can't believe >>that God would want His children to suffer, when it is preventable. Would He >>not want us to kill germs to allow a baby to live? The germs are His >>creatures too! >>We were given the ability to think for ourselves, and this is the time to use >>our God-given brains to do what is right, not waste time fighting while >>people are suffering and dying!. >>Ken B >>