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-----Original Message----- From: Kathy Ogden [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:48 PM To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network Subject: RE: Okay, stem cells, but when? Jacob, I find it hard to understand that religious faith teaches life, love, compassion, unselfish acts, etc. and that those who believe in this religion so passionately, denounce life with death, love with hate, compassion with coldness, and unselfish acts with selfishness. This is how I see those who oppose the "betterment" of "human life", not at the expense of "human life", perhaps human tissue. "Human life" does not consist of a bunch of cells beginning to divide. It's when you come into to this world all pink and crying, maybe the child of a drug addict, maybe unwanted by a 13-year old mother, maybe blind and deaf, maybe the anxiously awaited child of 2 loving parents. That's "human life", the sum total of intense suffering and ecstatic joy. P.S. I'm an optimist. Technology is moving too fast for it to be 25 years. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jacob M. Drollinger Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:00 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Okay, stem cells, but when? Dear listfriends, I have heard enough of the stem cell debate, and have formed my opinion. Although, as a Christian, I am totally against the harvesting of these cells from human embryos, as a sufferer of a Parkinson's like illness, that is and always will be unreponsive to traditional P.D. meds, I am at a quandry. That is: Support the advancements being made in stem cell research, and someday possibly be cured, but risk losing my salvation; or give up all hope of ever leading a normal life and wait for the eternal to take me home. If there happens to develop some way around the ethical, moral, and Christian implications surrounding this research,, e.g. adult stem cells, umbilical cord cells, etc... I may consider treatment. Otherwise, I will not support use of stem cells harvested from embryos. Anyway, as I believe I have stated before, I truly expect to be dead and gone before anything comes out of the current developments. How long are we talking with this; 10, 15, 25 years? I would bet my life savings that it will be more like 25 years, at which point I will be 55 years old. Quite frankly, I don't expect or want to live that long; not with this stinking illness. Jacob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn