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Bill, the last time i knew, the ten commandments were just that, not the ten suggestions murph brown 57/9 On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:02:25 -0500 William Harshaw <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Charlie, > > Bravo! no one knows the mind of God on this or any other matter. > Anyone > who pretends to is guilty of blasphemy. All we can do is examine > every > moral question for every possible perspective and hope that whatever > position we arrive at is a reasonable one. William Temple, the > great modern > Archbishop of Canterbury once said:"It is a mistake to suppose that > God is > only, or even chiefly, concerned with religion." My spin on that > statement > is that God is concerned with Humanity, not how we organize > ourselves to > relate to God. > > Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles T. Meyer, M.D. <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: NEWS-Panel Urges Embryo Donation Policy > > > >Murph, > > > >As a Jew I take serious offense at your comparison of Jews in the > Holocaust > >to aborted fetuses. They were people by any standards who loved and > were > >loved. How can you compare a bunch of cells existing outside of the > body > (as > >is the case with IVF cells used in stem cell research) with a > living > >breathing person. > > > >The Nazi's never made any pretense of the killing being moral, just > >expedient. They hid their actions and knew well that they were > committing > >atrocities. > > > >Are you saying that because your Morality says something that it > must be > the > >truth for all of us? That is as dangerous as the Nazi's that you > would > >protect us from emulating. As I have said many times before- It is > the > >thinking that brought us the Crusades and the Inquisition not to > mention > >abortion clinic bombings, and the shootings of kids in L.A and in > the > church > >in Texas. > > > >Murph, I believe that you can do with your body whatever you want. > Just > >please don't stand in the way of pregnant women doing what they > want. And > >don't stand in the way of stem cell research. > > > >Charlie > > > > > >Merlin H Brown wrote: > > > >> As a 9 year PWP i couldn't disagree with you more. It is hard for > me to > >> believe you or anyone else would totally set aside their moral > values. > >> Would you become pregnant and then sacrifice the unborn baby to > save a > >> life? I have a big heart and the thought of it is repugnant to > me. > >> > >> We must be very careful in taking the path of aborted embryo use. > This is > >> a path full of land mines. My prayer is that we will soon be able > to > >> clone, a word I use with trepedation, human fetal cells. > >> > >> Morality is a relative term. In WW 2 , the nazis believed that it > was > >> morally right to exterminate the jews. We, as a people, must be > very > >> careful not to deviate from the morality given to us by the word > of GOD. > >> > >> My prayer is that you will reconsider your position. Let's not > sacrifice > >> one life so save another > >> > >> murph brown 57/9 > > > >-- > >************************************************************************ *** > *************** > > > >Charles T. Meyer, M.D. > >Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin > >[log in to unmask] > >************************************************************************ *** > *************** > >