Dear Jen , I am far from considering and/or starting a religious debate .... see there are many religions in this world and each with a different perspective what is right and what is wrong. You are a Christian but remember that are religions such as Buddhism and Mahomethism and Induism that have a even greater number of followers ...and to becomes things more complicate are those that do not believe in any of the dogmas of these religions. So I am trying to stay in the scientific and philosophical field . Best wishes, "Fleming, Jennifer" wrote: > Joao, > > This exhausts me. When it comes right down to it, it is a religious vs. > scientific debate. If you believe in God and the Bible and that life comes > from God, and He breathed the breath of life into Adam, and He knew us in > our mother's womb before we were born, and there is sickness and deformities > in the world because we are under the sin nature...and therefore > cursed...and therefore brainless babies can happen, then you would > understand our side. To us the philosophical side is as important as the > scientific one. If you do not believe in the Bible then you just go on > science alone and voila you have a difference of beliefs! > > Let's just agree to disagree. Jen, Dad w/ PD 55/39 Cheers, Joao Paulo - Salvador,BA,Brazil [log in to unmask]