That would be nice, but unfortunately in this debate, if one side gets it's way, it automatically means that the other side doesn't. Also, religions are not necessarily allowed to practice without interference. For instance, Satanism believes in ritual human sacrifice, but that is not allowed by law. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joao Carvalho Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 8:23 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: stem cell research/Fink/in vitro clinics ....if either opinion is equally valid, then none of them, should prevail and each one should follow their idea of thruth like different religions followers (or not) are allowed to practice their beliefs freely without the interference of the others. Best, Joao Carvalho Wendy Siegel wrote: >...and others would want to impose as a fact that that same bundle does >not have the same status as a human being. Neither side has proof of >their beliefs, so either opinion is equally valid. > >Wendy > >-----Original Message----- > > >The big problem in this issue is that some people , mostly from >religious beliefs, want to impose as a fact that a bundle of some still >undifferentiated human cells would have the same status of a human >being. So these people believe that using these cells would be the same >as murdering a human being..... >Best, >Joao Carvalho > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn