This just goes to show that Brits are smarter than us Yanks. They sound smarter too. Take Blair and Bush. Please. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda Phillips" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:02 PM Subject: Re: cells vs. personhood > I'm sorry Mary, but you misunderstood me; I'm all in favour of religion - > it > brings so many benefits and is part of the bedrock of civilisation. It's > the > tendency of people to use religion as an excuse (not a reason) to make > other > people miserable that worries me. > also, saying 'it's God's will' can be a synonym for 'I'm too scared / > lazy / > unable to think for myself'. > > Surely any entity powerful enough to be a / the God (Allah,etc), would > want > created entities to use their full potentail. > > Me, I'm inclined to believe in God, 'cos to believe all this exists by > accident is too difficult - that doesn't mean he/she/it is getting blind > obedience > out me... on the contrary I'm planning to respond with a punch on the nose > if > possible ! > Amanda (still not hit by lightning bolts) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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