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Sun Herald In the end, our hearts and minds must agree Add to the opinions about stem cell research expressed on today's Opinion pages this one from Gannett News' Deborah Mathis: “I don't think the Creator gave us the curiosity, the patience and the knowledge to figure these things out just for kicks. I think the discovery of the stem cell's potential is a divine gift. And I think we have to figure out some way to make this work where prefunctional human lives won't become a borrow pit, and full-fledged human lives won't have to keep staring death and deterioration in the face.” But can we - with all the curiosity, patience and knowledge at our command - “figure out” how to properly use the minutest beginning of human life to serve and save fully developed human lives? And if we can, should we? Is there a point beyond which our science overreaches our souls? There are times when the president or the Congress or the courts must decide matters of life and death quickly. For those whose lives might be improved and perhaps lengthened by the results of stem cell research, this certainly seems to be such a time. But what is so clear in the minds of some puzzles the minds of others. Just as what sits lightly on some hearts weighs heavily on others. Not every “divine gift” comes with divine guidance. SOURCE: Sun Herald http://web.sunherald.com/content/biloxi/2001/07/17/opinion/0717_editorial.htm * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn