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I appreciate your faith based notion of life, but I do wonder about the arrogance of such position. I wonder why we continue to kill animals and other human beings; I wonder why we don't speak up for the living whose quality of life is painful and hungry. I wonder why your faith excludes the totality of the human race and the suffering of animals; and so on? I support your right to your faith and beliefs, and would like you to do the same for others. If you are for life, does that include such life as Cancer? Cells, bacteria, virus, etc.? In our world the majority of people are not of your faith, does that mean all others are wrong and must abide by your position? If, so where does that lead us and at what point to we stop such limitation of freedom? It is your right to agree to treatment for your self as an expression of faith that, in my opinion, should not limit the faith of others or their choices. I know not of your age or life's experience, but during my life time, Hitler rid the world of folks who not only believed differently but added millions of folks who were sick, elderly, disabled, or different. Bernie Barber -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Souls in limbo In the statement: "...cell research is not okay because the potential for life is there." The key word is 'potential'. What about the people who ARE ALIVE and SUFFERING? What about the people who have spent their lives working, sacrificing for their children, going to church, singing in the choir, playing with their grandchildren and actually contributing to the world, like my dad. Don't they have rights? Don't they have the right to quality of life? Instead, we are perfectly willing to stand by and watch our family members and friends afflicted with these debilitating diseases to lose the battle with their bodies because there is a dish of cells that have the 'POTENTIAL' of life. How will these people feel when their 40 year old son or daughter is afflicted with Parkinsons in the prime of their life and they have to just sit by and watch their child's bodies fail them knowing that there is a dish of cells in a lab somewhere that is more important to protect than finding a cure for the PEOPLE WHO ARE ACUTALLY ALIVE AND SUFFERING!!!!!! IT'S RIDICULOUS!!! Jennifer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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