Hi Stan, Welcome to the list and to the debate. You wrote: >. Isn't it the same wedge that splits believers in > an after-life from those who feel that everything possible must be done for > the living first? The two are not mutually exclusive, or why did Christ say "whatever you do to the least of my brethren you do to me" (I quote from, memory - so please excuse any variation from the exact wording). Dennis ++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene 47/10 [log in to unmask] ++++++++++++++++++++