Greg S.... SMACK! BAD Greg, BAAAD!!! Take that oh-so-nasty attitude and GO TO YOUR ROOM! SHEEEESH.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Greg Sterling <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 8:27 PM Subject: Re: Stemcells, a cure and ethics(Drew) >Drew, >You have a right to believe however you choose. You can believe whatever >you want to about what God does or does not think. Personally I haven't had >the pleasure of God relating his "Grand Plan" to me. Please tell me where >your God was when you were stricken with an incurable, insidious disease? >Why would He not wish for you to be cured by means He has clearly given to >man to pursue? Stem cells do not harm any living thing. If you care to >distort the facts then you will just have to suffer the consequences. Where >do you draw the line. Maybe transplant surgery should be halted as well. >Maybe all medicine should be banned for fear of man playing god and >interfering with an individual's life cycle. Where does it all begin and >end? > >Greg >:) > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dev" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 2:40 PM >Subject: Re: Stemcells, a cure and ethics > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Yes, I would refuse the cure. It goes against the basic principles >> of my religion. >> I believe that this God is also the one who has given me hours of >> comfort when I am alone in my illness. Also, just because I am >> against the cure for myself does not mean I am against the research >> for others. I am not. >> >> Drew Devlin >> 30/30/27? >> >> aka >> DisneyFreak >> [log in to unmask] >> >> - ---- >> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." >> Walt Disney >> >> http://www.WEDisney.com >> http://www.maggiescafe.net >> http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/2833/ >> >> - ---- >> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." >> Walt Disney >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of KF Etzold >> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 11:26 AM >> > To: [log in to unmask] >> > Subject: Stemcells, a cure and ethics >> > >> > >> > There are people on this forum who oppose the use of stem cells >> > derived from Human Embryos for research on a cure for PD, mostly on >> > religious grounds. Suppose a cure becomes available based on these >> > cells, developed in a foreign country (because it cannot legally be >> > done in the US). This is a result which is certainly plausible and >> > feasible. >> > >> > Would the people who oppose the research refuse the cure? >> > >> > K-F Etzold >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> >> >> iQA/AwUBOKRmaV/Sit24IuzLEQLO2wCgvBwy5BLexxbbDyGdH2aDsGp6yWQAn2yH >> gSKRl5be7kWROtgwdrg016YJ >> =hUHg >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>