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Ron, I just finished reading your commentary about neoplatonic views of the body and spirit. Sunday night my daughter and son-law just returned from a 10 week sabbatical in Greece and Scotland. Part of their trip included a seminar/retreat covering ethics and morality. My son-in-law is the clergyman and my daughter the social worker. After reading my last two letters to the editor Sunday night, my daughter Laura, raised the very issue of placing the pursuit of bodily healing ahead of spiritual well being. I was really taken back by the discussion which we of course didn't finish. Laura has been supportive of our advocacy for stem cell and fetal cell research, and made the trip to Washington with Nancy and me. She has been reserved in her support and until Sunday night I could not figure out why. Your letter today made it quite clear why she has been reserved. Unlike Dr. Fink who believes the issue is a beginning of life issue, in my family the issue also addresses the issue of placing our physical needs too far ahead of the nurturing of our soul. I suspect that many of us may be tested in this way. Unfortunately few of us possess the ability/training to raise the issue the way you did nor the skill to really respond to it. Thanks for the very informative view. Bob Martone [log in to unmask] http://www.samlink.com/~bmartone ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn